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DECEMBER AT-SEA SURVEY: GRID STUDY 
-his report is concerned only with the information obtained within 
1 
the £0,000 square mile grid area for December, 19oU# Data from investigations 
outside this area during the earns month will be presented in a subsequent 
report* A total of six days, 11-16 December, 196!*, were spent within the- 
grid* During this period a total of 6l? linear miles and 136®2 man hours 
of diurnal observation were concluded* 
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Data 
Table I 
22 OF DIURNAL OBSERVATIONS WITHIN THE GRID 
No* Miles No, Mgn Hours 
* 5 * * . 
n 
108 
23*0 
12 
101 
22*6 
13 
11? 
23*2 
lli 
98 
22*U 
15 
io5 
22*6 
16 
88 
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otal 
61? 
13*. . 
of the 
Pacific Ocean Biological 
Survey -rcg. 
institution conducted the survey works Patrick Gould, Biologist in Charge, , ^ 
Alan Anderson, Robert Standen, ^ax Thompson and Douglas "'Jilt nan* Dwo 
studentss Robert Banner and Alan icung, representing Dr, Maxwell Doty of 
the University of Hawaii, conducted oceanographic studies* 
No problems were encountered and excellent cooperation was-'provided by 
the officers and crew of the U*S # N # S* SHEAEIilTER* The shorter period of 
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time required to make the full grid pattern this month was the result of 
exceptionally favorable seas and the relatively smaller numbers of birds 
encountered* 
