periods of restricted visibility experienced in 

 May. The current meters were reco\ered by a 

 Newfoundland fishing vessel in late January 

 1973; the acoustic release was not reco\ered. 

 Only the two northern current meters apparently 

 functioned properly. Data from the two good 

 magnetic tapes are presently being analyzed and 

 will be the subject of a separate report. 



USCGC ROCKAWAY (WAGO 377) occu- 

 pied standard section A3 on three occasions, 

 along with single occupations of special sections 

 A2B, A2C, ASA, and A3B. The three occupa- 

 tions of standard section A3 occurred almost 

 simultaneously with EVERGREEN'S occupa- 

 tions of standard section A2. The sections were 

 surveyed concurrently to provide data on short 



term changes in the volume transport of the 

 Labrador Current. 



July-August Post-Season Cruise 



During the first half of the EVERGREEN 

 post-season cruise, dragging operations were 

 conducted without success in an attempt to re- 

 cover the current meter array lost during the 

 May cruise. Details of these dragging operations 

 are presented in Vais et al. (1972). EVER- 

 GREEN conducted direct current measurements 

 at two locations with parachute drogues before 

 heav\' weather forced a premature termination 

 of operations. EVERGREEN successfully re- 

 covered the WHOI current meter array set in 

 May. 



