DELAWARE II CRUISE DE 77-01 

 JANUARY 4-10, 1977 



The NCAA R/V Delaware II sailed from Woods Hole, Massachusetts, on 

 January 4, 1977, and returned to Woods Hole on January 10, 1977. The area of 

 investigation was bounded on the north and west by latitude 41°30'N and long- 

 itude 70°00'W, and extended to the 150-fathom depth contour on the south and 

 east. This area was chosen to include clean zones for control stations on 

 all sides of the estimated oil slicks 's route. The oil slick was determined 

 by extending the boundary route of the available sightings as of January 3. 

 Additional stations were made east of Cape Cod and south of Nantucket Shoals 

 for the release of seabed drifters and additional control stations. 



Scientific Personnel 



Northeast Fisheries Center, NMFS, Woods Hole, Massachusetts 



Henry Jensen, Chief Scientist 

 John Nicolas 

 Linda Despres 

 Eva Montiero 



Northeast Fisheries Center, NMFS, Sandy Hook, New Jersey 



John Ziskowski 



Northeast Fisheries Center, NMFS, Milford, Connecticut 



Randy Goodlet 



Northeast Fisheries Center, NMFS, Narragansett, Rhode Island 



Joseph Kane 

 Loretta Sullivan 



Manomet Bird Observatory, Manomet, Massachusetts 



Graig Scharf 



Objectives 



The purpose of the cruise was to assess the condition of the fish stocks 

 and associated populations of invertebrates and plankton on the portions of 

 Nantucket Shoals and Georges Bank through which the oil from the tanker 

 Argo Merchant had drifted. An additional objective was to obtain oil, water, 

 and sediment samples, and to observe the oil's effect on birds and mammals 

 of the area. 



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