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BULLETIN OF THE BUREAU OF FISHERIES 



Forty bottles were set out on May 20, 21, and 22, and 18, or 45 per cent, were 

 returned (Table 7). The courses taken at this time differed considerably from those 

 of February. Bottles placed along the north shore of Massachusetts Bay were 

 carried either directly in by the tide or west with the set. Those from stations 17, 

 18A, and 32 moved south and grounded along the inner arm of the cape or on the 

 outer tip about Race Point, but one of the bottles placed in Cape Cod 3 beached 

 along the inner arm. Two (Nos. 114 and 117) circled westward and were picked up 

 drifting off Plymouth. Two others (Nos. 112 and 113) from station 6A passed 

 Race Point, but one grounded within a short distance on the outer side. The other 

 joined the bottles from stations 34 and 14 and circled Cape Cod. Only in the latter 

 group did the courses coincide with the movements of the bottles set out in February. 

 Apparently none of the bottles liberated in Massachusetts Bay at this time moved 

 east to Nova Scotian waters. 



Table 7.- — Record of recoveries. Bottles set adrift on May 20, 21, and 22, 1925, in Massachusetts Bay 



Bottle 

 No. 



103. 

 106. 

 108. 



109 



112 



113 



114 



115 



117 



118 



120 



126 



127 



136 



137 



139 _ 



140 



141 



Date of 

 release 



1925 

 May 20 



...do 



..do.. 



...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



May 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 

 ...do. 



May 

 ...do. 

 —do. 

 ... do.. 

 ...do. 



22 



Locality where released 



Latitude Longitude 



42 18 15 



42 16 54 



42 05 00 



42 05 00 



41 56 00 



41 56 00 



41 49 30 



41 49 30 



41 55 30 



42 05 30 

 42 09 30 



30 

 30 



42 30 15 



42 30 15 



42 28 00 



42 24 15 



42 24 



42 23 

 42 23 



15 



70 44 00 



70 30 30 



70 35 00 



70 35 00 



70 18 30 



70 18 30 

 15 



70 11 

 70 11 



70 11 15 



70 17 00 



70 19 30 



70 15 30 



70 15 30 



70 43 15 



70 43 15 



70 48 00 



70 52 15 



70 52 15 



Date of 

 recovery 



1925 

 June 0 

 May 26 

 May 30 



May 25 



June 1 



July 24 



May 29 



May 26 



May 31 



July 12 



June. 12 



May 27 

 ...do.... 



July 15 



June 1 



May 31 



May 27 



May 28 



Locality where recovered 



Dennisport, Mass. 



3 miles northwest of Race Point Light, Cape Cod.. 



\\i miles north of Pamet River. Coast Guard station, Cape 

 Cod. 



Coast Guard station, Provincetown, Mass 



Race Point Coast Guard Station, Cape Cod 



South Beach, Edgartown, Mass 



6 miles east of Garnet Light, Plymouth, Mass 



South Truro, Mass 



5 miles west of Race Point 



Nauset Beach, near Coast Guard station, Eastham, Mass 



75 miles southeast and south from Cape Cod Light 



\\i miles west of Race Point Coast Guard Station 



2 miles off Peaked Hill bar, Cape Cod- 



Marblehead Neck, Mass 



Pea Island, Nahant, Mass 



mile east of Tinkers Island, Marblehead.. 



Lynn Beach, Mass 



Long Island, Boston Harbor, Mass ... 



Interval, 



days 



17 

 6 

 10 



5 

 12 

 65 

 9 

 6 

 11 

 52 

 22 

 6 

 6 

 54 

 10 



CURRENT MOVEMENTS IN FEBRUARY 



Using the bottle drift of February, 1925, as the basis for determining the move- 

 ments of cod eggs in early spring, it is possible to divide Massachusetts Bay into two 

 general regions — southern and northern. 



1. The southern region lies in Cape Cod Bay and comprises the area east of a 

 line extending from Race Point, on the tip of Cape Cod, to the canal. From within 

 this zone no bottles are known to have escaped the bay; all those reported fetched 

 up along the inner arm or entered Provincetown Harbor. Stations 5, 6, 6A, and the 

 drift-bottle stations between these points were included in the region. 



2. The northern region consists of that part of Massachusetts Bay lying north 

 and west of the southern area. All recovered bottles placed within this area in 

 February drifted in an easterly direction out of the bay. This region may, in turn, 

 itself be divided into two parts, for after passing beyond the tip of Cape Cod, the 

 current divides into two branches, one branch turning west along the outer side of 

 the cape, the other east to continue the anticlockwise drift around the Gulf of Maine. 



3 Portion of Massachusetts Bay bounded by Cape Cod. 



