Table 1 Station location, depth of water, and related information concerning the photographic 



and dredge -collection stations occupied by R.V. Albatross IV, August 1965 





















Station 



General 

 locality 



Latitude 

 (North) 



Longitude 

 (West) 



Water 

 depth 



Date 

 (August) 



Time 



Sediment 1 





Type 



Color 



5 



South of 

 Martha ' s 

 Vineyard 



40°41' 



71°00' 



m. 

 59 



18 



0800 



Sandy silt 



Dark olive 

 green 



42 



Southeastern 

 Georges Bank 



o 

 41 01' 







67 31' 



66 



22 



0900 



Sand 



Gray-brown 



44 



Southeastern 

 Georges Bank 







41 14' 



o 

 67 04' 



64 



22 



1600 



Sand 



Brown 



45 



Southeastern 

 Georges Bank 







41 14' 



66 39' 



82 



22 



2000 



Sand 



Brown 



1 Based on laboratory analyses of samples collected with a Smith-Mclntyre grab sampler. 

 72°W- 70! W- 68 °W, 66°W. 



42 < 



40' 



f^ 



tF 



"V .^ 



1 w^ s 



1 



GULF OF MAINE 

 MARTHA^ \7/ * • M 



VINEYARD 



44 45/ 



X 



A-^ 





y> — 



r - 





R. V. ALBATROSS IV 

 STATION - • 



h 



± 



i 



42°N. 



--40°N, 



72° 70° 68° 66° 



Figure 1. — Photographic and dredge-collection stations occupied by R.V. Albatross IV . August 1965. 



Nikon F 3 camera (35-mm. film) equipped with 

 a Nikon Electric Motor Drive, model F 250, 

 and a timer were coupled to a 100 watt- second 



Reference to commercial products does not imply 

 endorsement by the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. 



electronic flash tube. Camera and light were 

 enclosed in separate watertight metal housings 

 and shock-mounted on the sled. The sled was 

 2.3 m. long, 1.3 m. high, and 1.5 m. wide, 

 and weighed about 500 kg. Four hollow alum- 

 inum spheres, 16-cm. diameter, were tied to 



