of Shoals. The inshore area is much less important than the offshore grounds 

 on Jeffreys Ledge (Boyer et al , 1973). In 1972 there were two concentrations 

 of herring eggs on Jeffreys Ledge, 20 and 22 miles from the proposed disposal 

 site (Boyar et al , 1973). It was hypothesized that these areas were a major 

 source of larvae for the western Gulf of Maine. 



