Groundfish resource survey of the continental shelf off Washington, 1975: Annual report July1, 1975 to September 30, 1976.

“Commercial Fisheries Research and Development Act Project No. 1-108-R. Grant No. 04-6-208-3” Includes species list (Appendix 4). 18 p.“This report summarizes project progress in FY 1976 on the first phase of a\ud survey on the continental shelf and upper continental slope off the coast of Washington. The second and final phase is a replicate survey scheduled for FY 1977.\ud \ud Objectives of the survey were to obtain estimates of biomass of fishes occupying the continental shelf and upper slope, with particular emphasis on flatfish; to collect the necessary data for estimating age composition, growth and mortality; to determine fish distribution; and to index year class strength of flatfishes important to the commercial fishery prior to their recruitment to the fishery.” (From the Introduction