United States Department of the Interior 

 Oscar Le Chapman, Secretary 

 Fish and Wildlife Service 

 Albert U* Day, Director 



Special Scientific Report - Fisheries 

 No. 10 



DRIFT BOTTLE RELEASES OFF NEW JERSEY 



A PRELIMINARY REPORT ON EXPERIMENTS BEGUN IN 1948 



By 



John Ro Webster and Raymond J. Buller 

 Fishery Research Biologists 



CONTENTS 



Preface Page 



Introduction ••••••••••••••••••• 1 



Balanus releases 



Comments on recoveries •••••••••••••••••• 3 



a» Recoveries from New Jersey. ...••• 3 



bo Recoveries from Delaware southward to 



North Carolina. •••••..••..••••• 12 

 Caryn releases 



Comments on recoveries .•••••.•••.•..•••• 12 



a« Station A-1 ..••• 13 



bo Station B-1 13 



c. Station C-1 ..>.. 13 



d« Station C-2 • 15 



Albatross III releases 



Comments on recoveries .................. 15 



a. Recoveries from New Jersey. ........... 15 



Notes on the influence of wind and drags 17 



Simimary and conclusion 18 



Literature cited 21 



