THE U. S. FISHERIES STEAMER ALBATROSS. 



INVESTIGATIONS OF THE ALBATROSS, 1904. 



11 



Temperature. 



Sur- 

 face. 



oF. 

 63 

 (13 

 62 

 til 

 60 

 60 

 59 

 59 

 59 

 59 

 59 



59 



Bot- 

 tom. 



oF. 



52.0 

 52.0 

 52.0 



49.9 



4S.0 



Apparatus. 



Tnr. sdr 



ll'Tnr 



Tnr. sdr 



Tnr. sdr 



11' Tnr.; m. b 



Tnr. sdr 



Tnr. sdr 



ll'Tnr 



Tnr. sdr 



Tnr. sdr 



Surf, tow 



Trials 



Depth. 



Bottom. 



40.2 

 40.2 



40.3 

 40.3 



11' Tnr.; m. b 



Tnr. sdr. 



Op. plank 



Tnr. sdr 



Tnr. sdr 



Surf, tow 



Sig. sdr 



11' Tnr.; m. b 



Tnr. sdr 



Op. plank ||.. . 

 Hand lead 



Surf. tow. 

 Op. plank. 

 Op. plank. 

 Surf, tow . 



Op. plank. 



49.7 



48.0 

 48.0 



Tnr. sdr 



Op. plank || 



Tnr. sdr 



ll'Tnr.; in. 1>.. 



Surf, tow 



Tnr. sdr 



Op. plank |! 



Tnr. sdr 



Sig. sdr 



11' Tnr.; in. b. 



Surf, tow 



Op. plank I 



Tnr. sdr 



Tnr. sdr 



Tnr. sdr.. 

 Op. plank. 



Surf, tow 



ll'Tnr.; m.b. 



Tnr. sdr 



Tnr. sdr 



Tnr. sdr 



8' Tnr.: in. b. 



Surf, tow 



Tnr. sdr 



Surface 

 Bottom. 



Dura- 

 tion. 



Drift." 



Direction. 



Dis- 

 tance. 



75 fms . 



Surface 

 Bottom 

 100 fms 



S 



S 



None 



N. 38° E . 

 N. 38° E. 



None 



N. 51° W 

 N. 51° W. 



None 



S. 40° W . 

 S. 40° W. 



S. 40° W . 



Surface 

 3 fms . . 

 3 fms . . 

 Surface 



3-8 fms . 



None . 



None . . 



None 



S. 50° W.. 



S. 50° W.. 



None 



S. 50° \V.. 



None 



None. 



Tide -cur- 

 rent. 



Tide - cur- 

 rent. 



Tide -cur- 

 rent. 



Tide -cur- 

 rent. 



Tide-cur 

 rent. 



100 fins 



Bottom 

 Surface 



50 fms . 



None. 



Bottom. 

 Surface . 



50 fms . . 



(?) 



Surface . 

 Bottom 



Bottom 

 Surface 



None 



None 



S. 73° W . 

 S. 73° W . 

 S. 73° W . 



None 



None. . . . 



None 



S. 88° W . 

 S. 88° W . 

 S. 88° W . 



None 



None 



None 



S. 76° W 



None. . . 



mi. 



1.0 



.9 



S. 76° W. 

 S. 76° W . 



1.1 

 .9 



1.3 

 .9 



1.7 



l.(i 



None 



None 



X.7«i° \Y.. 

 N. 76° W . . 

 N.76°W.. 

 None 



Remarks. 



(Mud bag, fast to tail of 



\ trawl net came up afoul 



| of mouth of net. 



Hauled obliquely on a scope 



of 100 fms. cable from a 



depth estimated at 75 fins. 



1.8 

 1.0 



Seining party ashore. 



Towed in usual manner as 

 current swept past. 

 .2 I Hauled through water from 



I depth of about 3 fms. to 

 . 1 If surface; tide too strong 



) to get net to bottom. 

 .6 



hauls of open plankton 

 nets, made at intervals of 

 about 5 minutes at depths 

 between 3 and 8 fms. and 

 surface in average time of 

 1 minute. Tide slacking. 

 From 9 to 10 a. m. ebb tide 

 running about 3 miles per 

 hour, slacking after 10 to 

 about 1 mile at 11 a. m. 

 Work interfered with by 

 eel grass and kelp carried 

 down by tide. 



1.0 

 .8 

 .6 



No record of depth of haul; 

 believed to be from 50 Cms. 



Trawl frame and net 

 wrecked; mud bag lost. 



Mud bag wrecked. 



a the entire time occupied in all the operations of any given station and 

 the general direction and lot al distance of drift are shown in the respective columns opposite the 

 initial operation at that station, which was usually a sounding. 



