08/17/03

NEUSTON NET

	Date:	08/17/03
	Time:	5:34 am - 5:50 am
	Latitude/Longitude:	32°, 2.2 minutes N 77°, 35.9 minutes W
	Ocean Depth:	2,150 ft
	Depth of Equipment:	5 ft
	Water Temperature at Equipment Depth:	29° C
	Wind Speed and Direction:	17.5 knots SE
	Conditions:	5 ft seas, partly cloudy sky

Equipment Used: Neuston net

Description of Catch: 1 jack (a fish), 1 crab and some sargassum – s. fluitans

MORNING SUB DIVE

	Date:	08/17/03
	Time:	8:05 - 11:26 am
	Latitude/Longitude:	32°, 01.2 minutes N 77°, 41.3 minutes W
	Ocean Depth:	2039 ft, visibility 50 ft
	Depth of Equipment:	2039 ft
	Water Temperature at Equipment Depth:	11° C
	Wind Speed and Direction:	16-18 knots, SE
	Conditions:	2-3 ft seas, mostly cloudy sky

Equipment Used: Submarine Johnson Sea-Link

Description of Catch: 1 galatheid crab – also called squat lobster, about 6 inches from tip of rostrum to back of tail with long claws; saw rattail fish, glass sponges, urchins and different types of corals were seen and photographed.

AFTERNOON SUB DIVE

	Date:	08/17/03
	Time:	3:43 pm until 6:59 pm
	Latitude/Longitude:	32°, 01.6 minutes N 77°, 41.6 minutes W
	Ocean Depth:	2054 ft, visibility 50 ft
	Depth of Equipment:	2054 ft
	Water Temperature at Equipment Depth:	Not available
	Wind Speed and Direction:	20 knots, N
	Conditions:	3-4 ft seas, cloudy sky

Equipment Used: Submarine Johnson Sea-Link

Description of Catch: Collected many samples including lophelia, a tiny orange crab with black tipped pinchers, a big sea urchin, 2 spherical sponges the size of basketballs, several starfish, a green eye fish and several samples of soft coral.

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