08/22/03

NEUSTON NET

	Date:	08/22/03
	Time:	5:54 - 6:12 am
	Latitude/Longitude:	Starting lat/long: 33° 34.3 minutes N 76° 27.6 minutes W
	Ocean Depth:	1,312 - 1,466 ft
	Depth of Equipment:	At surface
	Water Temperature at Equipment Depth:	29.9° C
	Wind Speed and Direction:	10.4 knots W
	Conditions:	calm seas, clear skies, 27.2° C

Equipment Used: Neuston net

Description of Catch: Sargassum

Other observations: Salinity 36.07

MORNING SUB DIVE

	Date:	08/22/03
	Time:	8:08 - 11:11 am
	Latitude/Longitude:	33°, 33.5 minutes N 76°, 27.9 minutes W
	Ocean Depth:	1460 ft
	Depth of Equipment:	1460 ft
	Water Temperature at Equipment Depth:	9.2° C
	Wind Speed and Direction:	4 knots, SE
	Conditions:	calm seas, partly cloudy skies- distant rain on horizon

Equipment Used: Submarine Johnson Sea-Link

Description of Catch: Four galatheid crabs, a white sea urchin, several brittle stars, a sponge, several fish.

Other Observations: Although we had distant thunder and lightning the sky was blue when Doni and Ken came back up to the surface.

TUCKER TRAWL

	Date:	08/22/03
	Time:	10:25 - 11:25 pm
	Latitude/Longitude:	33°, 33.9 minutes N 76°, 27.8 minutes W
	Ocean Depth:	1435 - 1457 ft
	Depth of Equipment:	738 - 755 ft
	Water Temperature at Equipment Depth:	28.9° C
	Wind Speed and Direction:	17.6 knots W
	Conditions:	1-2 ft. seas, clear skies, 27.5° C

Equipment Used: Tucker trawl

Description of Catch: assortment of jellies, terapods, and fish, including a Gonostomatidae.

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