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OTL Large otter trawl, 40 ft. headline, 1 1 in. cod-end mesh. 



BTS Small beam trawl. 



NRL Large rectangular net. 



BNR Russell's bottom net. 



DC Conical dredge. 



N450H Large plankton net 4I m. diameter at mouth. 



TYF Young fish trawl, stramin, 2 m. diameter ring^ Fished either horizontally 



N looH (or B) Plankton net i m. diameter at mouth / (H) or obliquely (B). 



NH Hand net. 



LH Hand line. 



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This report is primarily based upon the hauls of the trawl + accessory nets, and full details of date, 

 time, position etc. of all such hauls (apart from total failures) are tabulated in Appendix I. Similar 

 details regarding the working of all the other gear will be found in our Station Lists when completed. 

 For the present purpose reference to other gear has only been made where it directly affects our 

 knowledge of fish distribution. 



