CONTENTS 



Page 



Introductiom .................................................... 1 



Methods .................................................... 2 



Results .................................................... 5 



Abundance and age composition for Georges Bank 5 



Summer ........................................... 5 



Spring ........................................... 12 



Abundance and age composition in individual subareas ......... 14 



Summer ........................................... 14 



Spring ........................................... 20 



Abundance and age composition as related to depth ............ 20 



Summer ........................................... 20 



Spring 29 



Abundance and age composition as related to bottom type ...... 34 



Summer ........................................... 34 



Spring ............................................ 39 



Comparison of census and commercial data ................... 39 



Summary and conclusions 49 



Bibliography ...................................................... 51 



Appendix ......................................................... 54 



