CONTENTS 



Page 



Introduction 1 



Gear and operations 1 



Fishing transects 2 



Hydrographic transects 2 



Surface temperatures 2 



Bottom temperatures 2 



Temperature profiles 2 



Fish temperature preferences 



Annotated list of species 3 



Literature cited 11 



Appendix I, BT cast data 13 



Appendix II, temperature profiles 17 



FIGURES 



m/V AlhatToaa III Frontispiece 



1. Cruise track oi Albatross III Cruise no. 126. Solid circles indicate BT 



drops and ringed circles indicate fishing stations. Eachfishing tran- 

 sect is identified with its code number and name. Letters are used to 

 indicate beginnings and endings of various profiles presented in Ap- 

 pendix II 2 



2. A typical deep tow, station 4-8 3 



3. Surface temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit on the Continental Shelf, 



Nantucket Shoals to Cape Hatteras. Based on data collected January 



23 to February 3, 1959 5 



4. Bottom temperatures in degrees Fahrenheit on the Continental Shelf, 



Nantucket Shoals to Cape Hatteras. Based on data collected January 



23 to February 3, 1959 5 



5. A big haul of spiny dogfish, station 9-3 6 



6. Counting and measuring Etrumeus, station 7-4 7 



7. Physiculus fulvus (Bean), Drawn from l60-mm. specimen 8 



8. A 45-cm. bluefin tuna, photographed innmediately after capture 10 



9. Bluefish taken in the trawl on station 7-1 10 



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