Abstract 



Basic data on volumes of zooplankton off the Pacific 

 coast in 1956 are given, together vdth haul data for all 

 plankton hauls taken on survey cruises of the California 

 Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations. Distri- 

 bution chajrts shovdng relative areal zooplankton abun- 

 dance by month are included. 



