ILLUSTRATIONS 



FIGURE Page 



Frontispiece: Chart of the Northeastern Pacific showing tracks of Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 

 (broken line) and M/V Paragon (solid line). 



1. Track chart, Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 2 



2. Schematic view of longline gear, Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 . 3 



3. Positions of gill-net sets, M/V Paragon 4 



4-13. Temperature-depth sections (A-J), Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 . 7 



TABLES 



TABLE 



1. Summary of the types of observations (except C . .) made at Hugh M. Smith 



cruise 46 stations 13 



2. List of common and scientific names and abbreviations used in HBL data for fish 



encountered during cruise 46 of the Hugh M. Smith and that of the M/V Paragon . . 16 



3. Summary of gill -net catches, Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 17 



4. Summary of gill -net catches, M/V Paragon 18 



5. Summary of surface trolling, Hugh M. Smith , cruise 46 19 



6. Summary of surface trolling catches, M/V Paragon. 20 



7. Summary of longline catches, Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 21 



8. Length frequency distribution, by stations, of albacore caught by the gill net, 



Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 22 



9. Length frequency distribution, by stations, of ailbacore caught by the gill net, 



M/V Paragon. 23 



10. Summary of night light observations on the abundance of saury and squid, 



Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 24 



11. Record of daily sightings of bird flocks, scattered birds, fish schools, and 



aquatic mammals, Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 25 



12. Zooplankton station data and volumes, Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 26 



13. Station curves and observed oceanographic data, Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 28 



14. Summary of observations at bathythermograph casts (U. S. Navy Hydrographic 



Office 1956), Hugh M. Smith cruise 46 81 



15. Summary of observations at bathythermograph casts (U. S. Navy Hydrographic 



Office 1956), M/V Paragon 90 



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