mnerate WaMQfynent Se*v\cc 

 Jan M5 



Distribution and Abundance Trends 



of 22 Selected Species in the 



Middle Atlantic Bight from 



Bottom Trawl Surveys 



During 1967- 1979 



APPENDIX: Annual Cycle of Gonad-Somatic Indices as Indicators of 

 Spawning Times for Fifteen Species of Fish Collected 

 from the New York Bight, June 1974 to June 1975 



DOCUMENT 

 LIBRARY 



Woods Hole Oceanograpliic 

 Institution 



Final Report to the U.S. Mineral Management Service 

 (Contract No. AA 550-1 A7-35) 



U.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE 



National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration 



National Marine Fisheries Service 



Northeast Fisheries Center 



Woods Hole, Massachusetts 02543 



January 1985 



