inshore of the continental slope bounded by Cape 

 Cod and Nantucket Shoals to the east (long. 70°W ) 

 and Cape Hatteras to the south (lat. 35°N). The 

 New York Bight, as defined in the MESA New 

 York Bight Atlas Monograph Series (Bowman and 

 Wunderlich 1977), is the offshore waterarea in the 



bend of the Atlantic coastline from Long Island 

 (long. 7r30'W) to New Jersey (lat. 38°30'N). A 

 chart of the Gulf of Maine and Middle Atlantic 

 Bight and the names of places and areas referred 

 to in the spawning summary are given in Fig- 

 ure 1. 



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66' 



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40* 



38* 



36* 



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FIGURE 1.— Orientation chart of the Gulf of Maine and Middle Atlantic Bight. 



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