08/24/03

DIP NETS

	Date:	08/24/03
	Time:	12:10 - 1:10 am
	Latitude/Longitude:	34° 20.4 minutes N 75° 43.3 minutes W
	Ocean Depth:	2,746 - 3,274 ft
	Depth of Equipment:	At surface
	Water Temperature at Equipment Depth:	28.8° C
	Wind Speed and Direction:	7.0 knots W
	Conditions:	1-2' seas, clear skies, 25.0° C

Equipment Used: Dip nets (with lights)

Description of Catch: Several smallwing flyingfish, fourwing flyingfish, other flying fish, dolphin fish, jacks, and small fish associated with Sargassum

Other observations: Salinity 35.7

DIP NETS

	Date:	08/24/03
	Time:	1:10 - 1:40 am
	Latitude/Longitude:	34°, 22.6 minutes N 75°, 39.8 minutes W
	Ocean Depth:	4,164 ft
	Depth of Equipment:	At surface
	Water Temperature at Equipment Depth:	28.8° C
	Wind Speed and Direction:	9.1 knots, ESE
	Conditions:	1-3 ft. seas, clear skies, 26.5° C

Equipment Used: Dip nets (with lights)

Description of Catch: Several smallwing flyingfish, fourwing flyingfish, other flyingfish

Other Observations: Juvenile loggerhead turtle swimming on surface near
Sargassum. Salinity 35.67

LATE NIGHT DIP NETTING

	Date:	08/24/03
	Time:	1:40 - 2:10 am
	Latitude/Longitude:	34°, 23.4 minutes N 75°, 36.5 minutes W
	Ocean Depth:	Not available
	Depth of Equipment:	At surface
	Water Temperature at Equipment Depth:	28.8° C
	Wind Speed and Direction:	5.0 knots SSE
	Conditions:	1-2 ft. seas, clear skies, 24.9° C

Equipment Used: Dip nets (with lights)

Description of Catch: Several smallwing flyingfish, pufferfish, needlefish.

Other Observations: School of dolphin fish swam by stern too fast to catch; dolphin
(mammal) swam by stern shortly after large number of mature flyingfish swam by.

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