TABLE OF CONTENTS 



Page 

 INTRODUCTION 1 



METHODS 1 



RESULTS 3 



A, Gulf of Mexico 3 



B. Area Bravo 13 



C. Other Western Atlantic Stations 17 



DISCUSSION 25 



CONCLUSIONS 31 



REFERENCES 33 



APPENDIX A - LIST OF STATIONS WITH STATION DATA AT WHICH 

 BIOLOGICAL COLLECTIONS WERE MADE A-1 



APPENDIX B - CHECK LIST OF THE SPECIES OF FISHES COLLECTED . . . B-1 



FIGURES 



1 . Locations of Bioacoustic Stations, November 1964 to May 1967 2 



2. Schematic Towpath of Tow 7-Tl , 6 ft. Isaacs-Kidd Midwater Trawl 



with Discrete Depth Plankton Sampler, Gulf of Mexico, 28 March 1967 . 4 



3. Total Numbers and Concentration of Fish in Comparable Night 

 Collections, 6 ft. IKMT, Gulf of Mexico, March 1967 6 



4. Schematic Towpaths of Collections in Figure 3 with Same Collections 

 Shaded 7 



5. Numbers and Standard Lengths of Fish Caught During Tow 7-Tl , 



28 March 1967, Gulf of Mexico 9 



