EASTERN AREA CRUISE NO. 5 
I. 
CRUISE PERIOD: 
II. 
CRUISE VESSEL: 
III. 
ITINERARY: 
1 April 
2-9 " 
10 " 
April 1-10,1967 (Cruise 0050025) 
U.S.N.S. SHEARWATER (T-AG 177) 
Depart Long Beach, California. 
Conduct survey of eastern Pacific Grid following 
specified cruise track. 
Return to Long Beach, California. 
The biologist-in-charge has full authority, in consultation with the ship's 
master, to determine the use of available time in and out of the eastern grid, 
in accordance with bird populations encountered, so as to achieve cruise objec 
most effectively. 
IV. PERSONNEL: 
Brian Harrington (biologist-in-charge), Richard Heiden, and James Lewis. 
V. OBJECTIVES: 
The objectives for this survey are the same as for former EAC cruise plans. 
VI. PROCEDURES: 
Follow procedures established on previous EAC trips. 
