This study was conducted in the northern section of the New York Bight where 

 the Long Island and New Jersey coastlines are nearly perpenaicul ar. 



Two study areas, ocean and bay, were designated to facilitate sampling 

 and data handling. The ocean study area was delineated oy two sets of 

 imaginary lines and the 28- and 366-m isobaths (Figure 2). The first set of 

 lines extends seaward from points on Long Island and New Jersey to the 28-m 

 isobath; the second set from the 28-m isobath to the edge of the continental 

 shelf (366 m). The bay study area included Sandy Hook, Lower, and Raritan 

 Bays (Figure 3) . 



STATION SELECTION 



Station locations in the ocean survey area were selected by a stratified 

 random sampling design (Steel and Torrie I960). Strata boundaries were 

 determined by depth, i.e., 0-10, 11-19, 20-28, 29-55, 56-110, 111-183, and 

 184-366 m (Figure 2). A minimum of two stations per stratum were selected 

 randomly for sampling during each cruise. Inshore strata (0-28 m) were 

 sampled at a rate of approximately one station per bib km and offshore strata 

 (29-366 m) at a rate of approximately one station per 1,030 km 2 . Grosslein 

 (1969) described additional details pertaining to this sampling method and 

 desi gn. 



Tne bay survey area was divided into 103 sampling blocks. Except where 

 interrupted by land, each block measured 1' of latitude by 1' of longtitude, 

 i.e., l.d km x 1.4 km (2.b km ) . Trawl stations for all bay cruises were 

 selected randomly from these blocks at the beginning of the study and were 

 retained as permanent stations throughout the study. 



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