{"Bibliographic":{"Title":"Drift bottle experiments in the north Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea--1957-60, 1962, 1966, and 1970 / ","Authors":"","Publication date":"1971","Publisher":""},"Administrative":{"Date created":"08-20-2023","Language":"English","Rights":"CC 0","Size":"0000049493"},"Pages":["SH\n11\n.A4\nno.67\nCOM-71-01090\nDRIFT BOTTLE EXPERIMENTS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC\nOCEAN AND BERING SEA - - 1957-60, 1962, 1966 AND 1970\nFelix Favorite, et al\nNational Marine Fisheries Service\nSeattle, Washington\nAugust 1971\nLIBRARY\nNorthwest Fisheries Science Ctr,\n2725 Montlake Blvd. E\nSeattle, WA 98112\nDistributed 'to foster, serve\nand promote the nation's\neconomic development\nand technological\nadvancement.'\nNATIONAL TECHNICAL INFORMATION SERVICE\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE\nThis document has been approved for public release and sale.","COM-71-01090\nSA\n& UNITED STATES\nDEPARTMENT OF\nCOMMERCE\nPUBLICATION\n11\nUNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE\nMaurice H. Stans, Secretary\nAy\nNATIONAL OCEANIC AND ATMOSPHERIC ADMINISTRATION\nDr. Robert M. White, Administrator\n10.67\nNATIONAL MARINE FISHERIES SERVICE\nPhilip M. Roedel, Director\nNOAA CENTRAL LIBRARY\nNOV 2\nNational Oceanic &\nAtmospheric Administration\nUS Dept of Commerce\nDRIFT BOTTLE EXPERIMENTS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN AND\nBERING SEA - - 1957-60, 1962, 1966, AND 1970\nBy\nFELIX FAVORITE and DONALD M. FISK\nReproduced by\nNATIONAL TECHNICAL\nINFORMATION SERVICE\nSpringfield, Va. 22151\nData Report 67\nSeattle, Washington\nAugust 1971","1. Report No.\n2.\n3. Recipient's Accession No.\nBIBLIOGRAPHIC DATA\nOAA-71120202\nSHEET\n4. Title and Subtitle\n5. Report Date\nDrift Bottle Experiments in the North Pacific Ocean\nAug. 1971\nand Bering Sea - - -1957-60, 1962, 1966, and 1970\n6.\n8. Performing Organization Rept.\n7. Author(s)\nNo.\nFelix Favorite and Donald M. Fisk\n10. Project/Task/Work Unit No.\n9. Performing Organization Name and Address\nNOAA, National Marine Fisheries Service\n7911100\n11. Contract/Grant No.\nBiological Laboratory\n2725 Montlake Blvd., East\nSeattle, Wash. 98102\n12. Sponsoring Organization Name and Address\n13. Type of Report & Period\nCovered\nSame\n14.\n15. Supplementary Notes\nData Report 67. Aug. 1971\n16. Abstracts\nTabulation and summary of results of nine drift bottle experime nts\nconducted in central Aleutian Islard area. A total of 283 bottles was\nrecovered at various locations along the island arc and along the north\nern coasts of the Pacific Ocean (and Bering Sea) from Hokkaido east-\nward to S n Francisco.\n17. Key Words and Document Analysis. 17a. Descriptors\nOceanographic surveys\nOcean currents\nCirculation\nSalmon\nAnimal migrations\nFishing grounds\nTables (data)\nTabulation processes\nNorth Pacific Ocean\nBering Sea\n17b. Identifiers/Open-Ended Terms\nDrift bottles\n17c. COSATI Field/Group 8J :6C\n19. Security Class (This\n21. No. of Pages\n18. Availability Statement\nReleased for distribution:\n23\nReport)\nDoning\nUNCLASSIFIED\nLC\n20. Security Class (This\n22. Price\nPage\n$3.00\nUNCLASSIFIED\nUSCOMM-DC 40329-P71\nFORM N TIS-35 (10-70)","CONTENTS\nPage\nIntroduction\n1\nMethods\n3\n1957 experiment\n4\n1958 experiment\n9\n1959 experiment\n9\n1960 experiment\n9\n1962 experiment\n10\n1966 experiment\n14\n1970 experiment\n18\nLiterature cited\n20\nFigures\n3\nFigure 1. Drift bottle card used in 1958-60, 1962, and 1970\nFigure 2. Drift bottle cards used (a) in Java Mail experiment and (b) in\n4\n1966 experiment.\nFigure 3. Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1957.\n5\n6\nFigure 4. Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1958\n7\nFigure 5. Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1959\n8\nFigure 6. Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1960\nFigure 7. Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1962\n10\nFigure 8. Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1966\n13\nFigure 9. Release and recovery locations of drift bottles released in 1966\nin the vicinity of Attu Island indicating the apparent convergence of surface\n14\nflow in this area\nFigure 10. Release and recovery locations and dates from a single release\n17\nof 96 bottles (no. 60) in 1966 showing wide easterly dispersal.\n18\nFigure 11. Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1970.\nTables\nTable 1. Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea,\n5\n1957\nTable 2. Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea,\n6\n1958.\nTable 3. Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea,\n7\n1959.\nTable 4. Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea,\n8\n1960.\nTable 5. Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea,\n11\n1962.\nTable 6. Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea,\n15\n1966\nTable 7. Drift bottle releases in the Bering Sea, 1970.\n18","DRIFT BOTTLE EXPERIMENTS IN THE NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN AND\nBERING SEA--1957-60, 1962, 1966, AND 1970\nBy\nFELIX FAVORITE, Oceanographer\nand\nDONALD M. FISK, Physical Science Technician\nNational Marine Fisheries Service\nBiological Laboratory\nSeattle, Washington 98102\nABSTRACT\nTabulation and summary of results of nine drift bottle experiments\nconducted in central Aleutian Island area. A total of 283 bottles was\nrecovered at various locations along the island arc and along the north -\nern coasts of the Pacific Ocean (and Bering Sea) from Hokkaido east-\nward to San Francisco.\nFisheries Service) has been in the cen-\nINTRODUCTION\ntral part of the ocean near the Aleutian\nIslands where knowledge of circula- -\nResearch agencies associated with\ntion--and - - the relation between circula-\nthe INPFC (International North Pacific\ntion and salmon migration was frag-\n-\nFisheries Commission) have conducted\n2/ Although\nmentary (Favorite, 1969).\ninvestigations of oceanographic condi-\nmany of the islands are uninhabited or\ntions and of salmon (Oncorhynchus spp. )\nsparsely populated and all have pre -\nstocks in the northern North Pacific\nOcean (Dodimead, Favorite, and Hira-\neries Service of the National Oceanic\nno, 1963) since 1955. Most of the\nand Atmospheric Administration on\nresearch conducted by the Oceanograph-\nOctober 3. 1970.\nic Group of the Seattle Biological\n2/ Favorite, F. 1969. A summary of\nLaboratory, NMFS- 1/ (National Marine\nBCF investigations of the physical-\nchemical oceanic environment of Pacific\n1/ Research was conducted under the\nsalmon. Bur. Commer. Fish., , Biol. Lab.,\nBureau of Commercial Fisheries, U.S.\nSeattle, Wash. (INPFC Doc. 1216), 38 p.\nFish and Wildlife Service, which was\n(Processed. )\nreorganized into National Marine Fish-","All of these experiments have pro-\ndominantly rocky coastlines, drift\nvided some insight into actual and pos-\nbottle experiments were one of several\nsible surface drifts which, although\nmethods used to ascertain flow in this\nperhaps at times greatly influenced by\narea. The purpose of this report is to\nlocal winds, have assisted in the inter-\nsummarize these experiments and to\npretation of calculated geostrophic cur-\npresent a listing of serial numbers and\nrents and contributed to our general\nof dates and locations of releases and\nknowledge of surface circulation. Some\nrecoveries--not only to make data\nresults have been reported previously\naccessible to other researchers, but\nin: INPFC (1959, p. 85); Dodimead et\nto permit future identification and\nal. (1963); Favorite (1967); and in\nevaluation of any subsequent recover-\nFavorite, McAlister, Ingraham, and\nies.\nDay (1967).\nA total of 9,710 bottles with cards\nIt is tempting to relate movements\nenclosed were released during 1957 to\nof salmon stocks to these drifts-- such\n1970 from aboard research vessels\nas the fact that a chinook salmon tagged\nchartered or owned by NMFS; 284 re-\nsouth of the central Aleutian Islands\ncoveries have been reported. During\nwas found hundreds of miles up the\nthis period other drift bottle experi-\nColumbia River. Experiments show\nments were conducted off the Wash-\nthat the fish had an excellent chance of\nington coast by the Oceanographic\ndrifting with currents and being deliv-\nGroup. These are not reported here,\nered to the mouth of the river. The\nnor is the experiment conducted in\nsupposedly westward movement of\n1964 aboard the merchant ship-of-\nsockeye salmon south of the Aleutian\nopportunity, SS Java Mail, while en\nIslands and the known eastward move-\nroute from Seattle, Wash., to Yoko-\nment of mature Bristol Bay sockeye\nhama, Japan, which has been reported\nsalmon north of the islands clearly\nby Fisk (1971).\nconform to the pattern of circulation\nThe drift bottle experiments were\ndemonstrated by drift bottles. The\nonly a minor phase of vessel operations,\nnorthward and eastward drift near the\nand release locations were dependent\nwestward Aleutian Islands is also re-\nupon the fishing cruise tracks; thus no\nflected in migration routes of mature\nconsistent pattern from year to year\nBristol Bay sockeye salmon as shown\nwas possible. However, in all cases\nby Hartt (1962, 1966). It is also clear\noceanographic data were obtained at\nthat the complex dispersion of drift\nthe time of release and can be found\nbottles in the western Aleutian area is\nfor individual years in the following re-\nnot unlike the apparent dispersion of\nports: 1957--Favorite and Pedersen,\nvarious stocks and species of salmon\n1959a; 1958--Favorite and Pedersen,\ntagged in this area; the latter is inter-\n1959b; -Favorite, Callaway, and\npreted to signify intermingling of\nHebard, 1961; 1960--Morse, 1964;\nsalmon with supposedly purposeful\n1962--Favorite, Morse, Haselwood,\nmigrations. If salmon cannot identify\nand Preston, 1964; 1966--Ingraham\nor lose contact with discrete near\nand Fisk, 1970; 1970--Ingraham, Fisk,\nand Turner, 1970. 3/\nNorth Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 1970.\n3/ Ingraham, W. J., Jr., D. M. Fisk,\nBur. Commer. Fish., Biol. Lab., Seattle,\nand S. E. Turner. 1970. Physical-\nWash. (Processed.)\nchemical oceanographic data from the","drastic changes in salmon migration\nsurface or subsurface water masses\npaths and could result in the failure of\nin this area and do not have other\nsome salmon to return to natal streams.\nmechanisms for navigation, their\nultimate fate may actually depend upon\nsubsequent history of the surface cur-\nMETHODS\nrents in which they are found. A1-\nthough currents may be complex in the\nThree types of drift bottle cards have\nAleutian area, they are capable of\nbeen used. In 1957, the card was a\nbeing understood if suffucient effort\nfolded sheet of paper with typed instruc-\nis expended. In any event, there is\ntions in English, Russian, and Japanese\nsufficient continuity and order in the\nand a two- - or three-digit serial number\nSubarctic circulation in time and\nstamped at the top and bottom. Yellow\nspace to permit perpetuation of the\ncards with basically the same format\nPacific salmon. But there are suffi-\nbut having four-digit serial numbers and\ncient unexplained shifts in current\nan offer of a reward ($1. 00) for return\nsystems, such as that indicated by the\nof the card were used in 1958, 1959,\nabsence of any returns from release\n1960, 1962, and 1970 (Figure 1). A sim-\nlocations off the Washington and Ore-\nilar card was used in 1966 (no reward\ngon coasts in 1962, which might cause\nFill in all blanks\non the other half,\nthen tear it off and\nM\nmail it.\ne .\nREWARD\nBbi\nKeep this half as\n.\na receipt.\nPlease\nPRINT\nNo.\n7499\nin block letters\nTear Here\nTYT\nGPO 987-996\nit IN , 28\nPOSTAGE AND FEES PAID\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR\nNo.\n7499\n?\nWhere did you find the bottle?\n19 TA go\nKoraa ?\nDepartment of the Interior\nWhen did you find the bottle?\nU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\nBawa\n2725 Montlake Boulevard\nYour name is\n18186 M\nSeattle, Washington 98102\nBaw aapec\nYour address is\nFigure 1. Drift bottle card used in 1958-60, 1962. and 1970.","1957 EXPERIMENT\nPOSTAGE AND FEES PAID\n66\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR\nAlthough a number of drift bottle ex-\nperiments have been carried out in the\nGulf of Alaska and the western North\nDepartment of the Interior\nPacific Ocean (e.g., Dodimead and\nU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\nHollister, 1958; Taguchi, 1956, 19594/1,\n2725 Montlake Boulevard\nthis experiment is believed to be the\nSeattle, Washington 98102\nfirst carried out in the central Aleu-\ntian area. Recoveries were reported\nfrom only 5 of 15 release locations but\nthe results were interesting (Figure 3,\nTable 1). A bottle in group No. 101,\nPOSTAGE AND FEES PAID\n06\nU.S. DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR\nreleased south of the Alaska Peninsula\nat long 163° W, drifted westward to\nUmnak Island; one in group No. 103,\nDepartment of the Interior\nreleased in the Bering Sea at long 175°\nU.S. Fish and Wildlife Service\nW, drifted eastward to approximately\n2725 Montlake Boulevard\nthe same location. The southward\ndrift of the bottle released at the latter\nSeattle 2, Washington\nlocation and recovered on Atka Island,\nNo. 104, was surprising because a\nnortheastward drift was expected in\nthis area.\nFigure 2. -Drift bottle cards used\nRecoveries from group No. 10, re-\n(a) in Java Mail experiment and\nleased at lat 50° N, long 1650 W, were\n(b) in 1966 experiment.\nmade south and north of the Alaska\nPeninsula; these bottles are believed\nto have drifted around the Gulf of\nAlaska.\nThe relatively closed circulation in\noffered) with a two-digit numbering se-\nthe Subarctic Region was indicated by\nquence (41-74, Figure 2a), easily dis-\nthe recoveries from group Nos. 4 and 7\ntinguished from the cards (two-digit\nwhich were released in the Bering Sea\nnumbers, 01-40, Figure 2b) used in the\nand recovered 2 years later on the\nSS Java Mail experiment by the size of\nWashington and southeastern Alaska\nnumerals and numbering sequence.\ncoast, respectively. These data also\nBottles 22 cm long with tapered necks\nsuggest a time period of 3 to 4 years\nand sand ballast were used in 1957.\nfor surface flow around the Subartic\nSimilar bottles, some only 17 cm long,\nRegion.\nbut all without sand ballast, were used\nin subsequent years. Fish hooks were\nattached to bottles in 1959 to facilitate\n4/ Taguchi, K. 1959. On the surface\ncapture in gill nets (4,000 to 7,000 km\ncurrents in the mothership fishing\nof gill net were set each night west of\nground based on the recovery of floats.\nlong 175° W by the Japanese mother-\n(In Japanese.) Fishery Agency of Japan\nship fleet).\n(INPFC Doc. 323), 70 P. (Processed.)","Table 1.--Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 1957.\nNumber\nDate\nLocation\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nNumber\nrecovered\nrecovered\nLat N\nLong W\nVessel\nnumber\nrelease\nLat N\nLong\nreleased\n5/31/57\n51°03'\n178°54'W\n24\no\nMV Pioneer\n1\n6/10/57\n50°00'\n175°00'E\n24\nO\n2\n6/14/57\n53°00'\n175°00'E\n24\nO\n3\n9/26/59\n46°52'\n124°07'\n4\n6/14/57\n53°00'\n175°00'E\n24\n1\n6/15/57\n55°00'\n175°00'E\n24\no\n5\n6\n6/15/57\n55°00'\n175°00'E\n24\nO\n5/02/59\n57°19'\n135°50'\n6/17/57\n56°00'\n175°00'E\n24\n1\n7\n180°\n6/22/57\n8\n53°00'\n24\nO\n180°\n6/22/57\n53°00'\n24\nO\n9\n9/21/58\n56°01'\n160°34'\n7/21/57\n50°00'\n165°00'W\n24\n2\n10\nMV Attu\n161°42'\n8/21/58\n55°30'\n7/21/66\n52°50'\n169°02'\n5/18/57\n53°54'\n163°00'W\n24\n1\n101\n5/22/57\n51°02'\n175°53'W\n24\nO\n102\n9/02/57\n52°56'\n168°52'\n6/08/57\n53°00'\n175°00'W\n24\n1\n103\n6/18/57\n52°12'\n174°12'\n24\n6/08/57\n53°00'\n175°00'W\n1\n104\n6/16/57\n56°00'\n173°00'W\n24\no\n105\n6/08/57\n56°00'\n165°00'W\n17\no\n106\n7/16/57\n53°00'\n170°00'W\n24\nO\nMV Paragon\n107\n24\n7/15/57\n54°00'\n160°00'W\no\n108\nMV Attu\n24\n7/17/57\n52°00'\n160°00'W\nO\n109\n24\n7/18/57\n50°00'\n160°00'W\no\n110\n473\n7\nTotal\n140\nNORTH PACIFIC OCEAN\n1957\nRELEASE LOCATION - SERIAL NUMBERS\nRECOVERY LOCATION - SERIAL - NUMBERS\nRELEASE LOCATION - NO RECOVERIES\n103\n106\n103,104\n107\n108\n101\n109\n104\nor\n102\n110\nFigure 3. - - Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1957.","Table 2 Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 1958.\nNumber\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nNumber\nVessel\nLat N\nLong\nreleased\nrecovered\nnumber\nrecovered\nLat N\nLong\nnumber\nrelease\n2/14/60\n46°18'\n124°05'W\n5/21/58\n51°42'\n175°00'W\n0001-0047\n47\n3\n0005\nMV Attu\n47°04'\n124°11'W\n0043\n12/20/59\n46°20'\n124°04'W\n0044\n10/12/59\n180°\n48°21'\n124°35'W\n5/28/58\n51°00'\n4\n0049\n3/30/60\n0048-0100\n53\n44°55'\n124°01'W\n0083\n2/13/60\n44°52'\n124°02'W\n0085\n10/11/59\n46°59'\n124°11'W\n12/30/59\n0093\n123°56'W\n3/14/60\n45°25'\n5/01/58\n48°32'\n178°27'E\n50\n1\n0131\n0101-0150\n6/08/58\n53°37'\n175°02'E\n50\no\n0151-0200\n6/09/58\n53°50'\n177°39'E\n0201-0241\n41\nO\n167°27'W\n7/1/58\n53°19'\n5/19/58\n53°48'\n162°25'W\n50\n1\n0257\nMV Pioneer\n0251-0300\n9/13/60\n63°52'\n171°33'W\n5/21/58\n53°51'\n167°49'W\n50\n1\n0335\n0301-0350\n52°49'\n173°18'E\n10/15/60\n5/28/58\n53°03'\n179°56'E\n0378\n0351-0400\n50\n1\n55°00'\n174°00'E\n0401-0450\n5/31/58\n50\no\n52°42'\n174°09'E\n6/08/58\n51°35'\n173°00'E\n0463\n7/31/58\n0451-0500\n50\n2\n52°42'\n174°04'E\n0471\n8/17/58\nTotal\n491\n13\n140\nNORTH PACIFIC OCEAN\n1958\nRELEASE LOCATION-SERIAL - NUMBERS\nRECOVERY LOCATION-SERIAL - NUMBERS\nRELEASE LOCATION - NO RECOVERIES\n401-450\n301-350\n151-200 201-241\n251-300\n378\n257\n1351-400\n@ 463,471\nTHE\n1-47\n451-500\n48-100\n49\n101-150\n43,93\n5,44\n131\n83,85\nFigure 4. - - Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1958.","Table 3.--Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 1959.\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nNumber\nNumber\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nVessel\nnumber\nrecovered\nLat N\nLong\nLat N\nLong\nreleased\nrecovered\nnumber\nrelease\nMV Pioneer\n4/24/59\n55°00'\n153°00'W\n24\no\n0501-0525\n11/12/59\n52°55'\n168°58'W\n0542\n165°00'W\n0526-0550\n5/06/59\n53°30'\n25\n1\n7/3/62\n58°04'\n162°03'E\n0589\n5/20/59\n51°30'\n175°00'E\n50\n1\n0551-0600\n3/27/61\n44°34'\n124°09'W\n0615\n48°00'\n175°00'E\n0601-0650\n5/25/59\n50\n1\n0651-0700\n6/12/59\n56°00'\n175°00'E\n50\no\n5/27/59\n49°38'\n171°44'E\n75\no\n0701-0775\no\n0776-0825\n6/03/59\n52°00'\n171°00'E\n50\n0864\n10/13/59\n52°43'\n174°07'E\n0826-0875\n6/04/59\n52°47'\n171°00'E\n50\n1\n124°04'W\n4/24/62\n43°57'\n1\n0920\n0876-0925\n6/07/59\n55°00'\n171°00'E\n50\n1/16/62\n46°20'\n124°04'W\n0940\n0926-1000\n6/09/59\n55°00'\n171°30'E\n75\n2\n2/18/60\n52°43'\n174°07'E\n0953\n499\n7\nTotal\nNORTH PACIFIC OCEAN\n1959\nRELEASE LOCATION - SERIAL - NUMBERS\nRECOVERY LOCATION- SERIAL NUMBERS\nRELEASE LOCATION - NO RECOVERIES\n589\n0651-700\n501-625\n876-925\n926-1000\n526-550\n826-875 864,953\n776-825\n551-600\n701-775\n601-650\n940\n615\n920\nFigure 5. - - Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1959.","Table 4. -Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 1960.\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nNumber\nNumber\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nVessel\nrecovered\nnumber\nrecovered\nLat N\nLong\nnumber\nrelease\nLat N\nLong\nreleased\n6/17/62\n46°30'\n124°03'W\n5/28/60\n50°07'\n170°04'E\n72\n1\n1001\nMV Pioneer\n1001-1072\n2/11/61\n52°43'\n174°07'E\n1073-1144\n5/28/60\n51°00'\n170°00'E\n72\n1\n1110\n168°51'W\n12/28/60\n52°56'\n1145-1168\n5/29/60\n52°00'\n170°00'E\n24\n1\n1162\n8/15/60\n52°28'\n176°32'W\n24\n1169-1192\n0\n176°20'E\n58°50'\n170°00'E\n48\n5/29/60\n1193-1240\n5/29/60\n52°00'\n1\n1207\n46°20'\n124°03'W\n176°32'W\n24\n1241-1264\n5/20/60\n50°28'\n1\n1249\n2/14/65\n176°28'W\n1265-1288\n8/18/60\n50°39'\n24\no\n53°02'\n170°00'E\n24\n1289-1312\n5/30/60\no\n170°00'E\n2/15/62\n48°30'\n124°15'W\n5/30/60\n52° 30'\n48\n1313-1360\n2\n1327\n124°42'W\n6/16/62\n48°17'\n1333\n6/27/63\n63°25'\n169°46'W\n1361-1408\n5/30/60\n52°02'\n170°00'E\n48\n1\n1401\n54°11'\n169°55'E\n48\n1409-1456\n6/02/60\no\n124°06'W2\n(3/26/62\n46°50'\nNo data\n48\n1490\n1\n1457-1504\n8/12/61\n59°47'\n147°55'W\n5/28/60\n44°59'\n175°01'W\n1505-1576\n72\n1\n1541\nMV Paragon\n50°08'\n171°45'W\n5/28/60\n24\nO\n1577-1600\n5/15/61\n55°58'\n161°22'W\n1607\n1601-1624\n6/26/60\n52°01'\n170°00'W\n24\n2\n1609\n9/18/60\n56°05'\n160°30'W\n154°42'W3\n57°23'\n1625-1696\n5/28/60\n44°59'\n175°01'W\n1682\n7/2/61\n71\n1\n6/28/60\n49°37'\n171°42'W\n1697-1720\n24\no\n44°59'\n5/27/61\n57°25'\n152°20'W\n175°01'W\n24\n1721-1744\n5/28/60\n1\n1731\n50°58'\n171°45'W\n1745-1768\n6/27/60\n24\no\n50°08'\n171°45'W\n6/28/60\n24\n1769-1792\n0\n6/28/60\n49°37'\n171°42'W\n24\n1793-1816\no\n44°59'\n175°01'W\n1817-1840\n5/28/60\n24\no\n54°50'\n164°34'W\n170°00'W\n1841-1864\n6/26/60\n52°01'\n24\n1859\n6/3/61\n1\n44°59'\n175°01'W\n1865-1888\n5/28/60\n24\no\n49°37'\n171°45'W\n6/28/60\n24\no\n1889-1912\n171°45'W\n46°11'\n123°59'W\n6/28/60\n50°08'\n48\n1949\n12/31/61\n1913-1960\n1\n171°45'W\n10/12/60\n55°20'\n162°43'W\n6/27/60\n50°58'\n24\n2\n1973\n1961-1984\n8/20/61\n57°49'\n152°22'W\n1975\n5/28/60\n44°59'\n175°01'W\n16\n1985-2000\no\nTotal\n18\n999\n1 Karaginskit Island, recovery location not known.\nNo. 1490 - Release point unknown - recovery not shown in figure.\n2\nNo. 1650 - Bottle broken, card destroyed.\n3\n120\n170\n140\nNORTH PACIFIC OCEAN\n1960\nRELEASE LOCATION - SERIAL NUMBERS\n1401\nRECOVERY LOCATION - SERIAL NUMBERS\nRELEASE LOCATION - NO RECOVERIES\n1541\n1207\n1975\n16020 1731\n1607g\n1973\n11409-1456\n1289-1312\n1162\n1169-1192\n1361-1408\n\"IIIIO\n1601-1624\n1313-1360\n(1145-1168\nTHE\n1841-1864\n[1193-1240\n1265-1288\nS1745-1768\n1073-1144\n(1961-1984\n1241-1264\n1001-1072\n1577-1600\n1697-1720\n1769-1792\n1793-1816\n1913-1960\n1327\n1889-1912\n1333\n1001\n1249\n1949\n1505-1576\n1625-1696\n1721-1744\n1817-1840\n1865-1886\n1985-2000\nLongitude 170 East from Greenwich 180\n150\nLongstude\nFigure 6. - - Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1960.","p. 85-87) and Favorite (1964a; 1969, see\n1958 EXPERIMENT\nfootnote 2).\nThe westward drift of recovery No.\nThe results of the 1957 experiments\n378 in the Bering Sea north of the\nwere encouraging. To obtain more re-\nwestern Aleutian Islands was the first\ncoveries, the number of releases at\nindication of such a flow in this area\neach release point were essentially\nwhere the flow is supposedly eastward.\ndoubled, 50 vs 24. Oddly enough, even\nOf course, it is possible that the bottle\nthough approximately the same number\ndrifted southward from its release\nof bottles were released as in 1957, 491\npoint and was carried westward south\nvs 473, the number of recoveries al-\nof the island chain.\nmost doubled, 13 vs 7 (Figure 4, Table\n2).\nRecovery of No. 257 on Unalaska\n1959 EXPERIMENT\nIsland (long 167° W) indicated westward\nflow in this area; recovery of No. 335,\nResults of this experiment were not\nwhich was released north of Unalaska\nparticularly rewarding; only seven re-\nIsland on St. Lawrence Island (lat 64\ncoveries were reported (Figure 5,\nN), indicated the general northward\nTable 3). However, for the first time\ndrift in the Bering Sea from this loca-\na recovery was reported on the coast\ntion.\nof the Soviet Union, No. 589. This\nThe most interesting results from\nbottle was released southeastward of\nthe 1958 experiment were obtained from\nAttu Island (long 175° E) and indicated\nreleases south of the central Aleutian\na northward flow through Buldir Pass\nIslands (Nos. 1-47 and 48-100) and\n(long 175° E) rather than a westward\nsouth of Attu Island (Nos. 451-500).\nflow because recoveries from releases\nSeven recoveries were made from the\nwest and northwest of Attu Island,\nformer off the Washington and Oregon\nNos. 864 and 953, were made at Shem -\ncoasts-- - the earliest recovery occurred\nya Island. The complexity of flow in\nabout 17 months after release. Two\nthis area is indicated by the two re-\nrecoveries from the latter were made\ncoveries from release locations north-\nat Shemya Island (long 174 E), indi-\nwest of Attu Island which were also\ncating a northward flow at the western\nmade on the Washington and Oregon\nend of the Aleutian Island chain. This\ncoasts, Nos. 920 and 940. The only\nwas the first positive indication that\nother recovery in this area, No. 615,\nwater flowing westward along the south\nwas released about 550 km south of\nside of the central Aleutian Islands did\nAttu Island (long 48° N).\nnot continue westward to the Asian\ncoast, but it was not until the reports\nof Favorite (1967) and McAlister, Fa-\n1960 EXPERIMENT\nvorite, and Ingraham (1970) that we\nwere able to show by dynamical methods\nRecoveries can be separated into two\nthat this was true not only in summer\nrelease areas, central and western\nbut in winter also. The significance of\nAleutian Island (Figure 6, Table 4).\nthis westward termination of flow south\nThose from the nearest inshore release\nof the Aleutian Islands in relation to\nlocation south of the islands in the\nthe distribution and migration of salmon\ncentral area (lat 52 N, long 170° W)\nhas been pointed out in INPFC (1959,","were reported on the north side of the\nand a wide dispersal occurred. A sin-\nAlaska Peninsula- - - Nos. 1607, 1609,\ngle recovery from the northernmost\n1859 - - indicating a northward drift\nrelease location was reported on St.\nthrough the eastern island passes and\nLawrence Island, No. 1401. Two re-\ncoveries from the adjacent release\nthence eastward into Bristol Bay. Two\nsite, the second location, were report-\nother release locations were south of\ned on the Oregon coast, Nos. 1327 and\nthe islands in the central area and\n1333. Recoveries from the third loca-\nabout 100 km offshore: one recovery\ntion were made at Umnak Island (long\nwas also made on the north side of the\n169° W ), No. 1162, and at Karaginskiy\nAlaska Peninsula, No. 1973, one on\nIsland (long 164 E), No. 1207. A sin-\nthe Oregon coast, No. 1249, and one on\ngle recovery from the fourth location\nKodiak Island, No. 1975. A recovery\ndrifted northeastward to Shemya Island\nfrom a release location in the central\nand one from the fifth location was\narea and about 200 km south of the\nrecovered on the Oregon coast, No.\nislands was reported on the Oregon\ncoast, No. 1949, whereas three re-\n1001.\ncoveries from releases 750 km south\nof the islands (lat 45° N, long 175° W)\n1962 EXPERIMENT\nwere reported from the northern Gulf\nof Alaska- - Nos. 1541, 1682, and 1731.\nReleases were along long 175° and\nOnly one of the six release locations\no\n155 W and off the coast of Washington\nin the western Aleutian Island area on\na north/south line 332 km long at long\n(Figure 7, Table 5). The major pur-\no\n170 E failed to provide a recovery,\npose of the releases along long 175\n170\n150\n140\n130\nNORTH PACIFIC OCEAN\n1962\nRELEASE LOCATION - SERIAL NUMBERS\nRECOVERY LOCATION - SERIAL NUMBERS\nRELEASE LOCATION - NO RECOVERIES\n2835 5490\n4312\n5493\nlsd\n24230\n2505\n4351\n5497\n4393\n5503\n2537-8\n4396\n5513\n3688\n4578\n5517\n4589\n5525\n242\n3808\n4641\n5527\n3930\n2594\n4696\n5533\n6867 4071\n5387\n5539\n5389\n5541\n3561-3680\n5407\n5553\n3681-3800\n5424\n5562\n3801-3920\n5427\n2566\n5574\n5450 5590\n2683\n3921-4040\n2606\n5458 5593\nX-5486 5597\n4041-4160\n2950\n2121-2240\n2001-2120\n4161-4280\n2241-2360\n4281-4400\n2361-2480\n4401-4520\n5481-5600\n5241-5360\n2481-2600\n4521-4640\n5001-5120\n5361-5480\n00\n2601-2720\n4641-4760\n5121-5240\n4881-5000\n2721-2840\n4761-4880\n2722\n4317\n4602\n2841-2960\n4479-4853\n2758\n4330\n4608\n2961-3080\n2825\n4340\n4639\n4379\n2862\n4358\n4647\n4575\n3081-3200\n2876\n4364\n4686\n3007\n3201-3320\n2893\n4380\n4698\n4287,4782\n2904\n4382\n4726\n3321-3560\n2927\n4446\n4391\n4753\n4407\n2976\n4416\n4762\n3023\n4466\n4796\n3038\n4489\n4800\n4702\n3175\n4503\n4804\n3193\n4511\n4806\n3238\n4536\n4843\n3305\n4558\n4846\n4282\n4573\n4850\n4305 4582\n160\n140\n130\n120\nFigure 7. -Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1962.","Table 5.--Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 1962\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nLocation\nNumber\nNumber\nSerial\nDate\nVessel\nnumber\nrecovered\nLat N\nLong\nLat N Long\nreleased\nrecovered\nnumber\nrelease\n2/09/62\n51°03'\n174°56'W\n120\no\nMV Bertha Ann\n2001-2120\n175°28'W\n120\no\n2121-2240\n2/10/62\n51.30'\n175°00'W\n120\no\n2241-2360\n2/19/62\n50°00'\n9/21/63\n57°38'\n152°11'W\n2415\n2/24/62\n49°00'\n175°00'W\n2361-2480\n120\n2\n8/7/63\n59°55'\n147°29'W\n2423\n4\n144°25'W\n1/31/65\n120\n59°53'\n2481-2600\n2/22/62\n2505\n48°00'\n175°00'W\n5/8/63\n153°43'W\n59°03'\n2537\n138°08'W\n2566\n5/12/63\n53°55'\n57°06'\n153°12'W\n2594\n7/2/63\n53°24'\n130°18'W\n2606\n2/17/63\n2/26/62\n47°00'\n175°00'W\n120\n2\n2601-2720\n131°56'W\n2683\n2/17/63\n53°34'\n8/5/63\n47°05'\n124°10'W\n4\n2/28/62\n2722\n2721-2840\n46°00'\n175°00'W\n120\n2758\n11/27/63\n45°39'\n123°56'W\n124°05'W\n8/8/63\n44°28'\n2825\n49°22'\n126°28'W\n10/28/63\n2835\n8/23/63\n47°08'\n124°11'W\n6\n2862\n3/01/62\n120\n2841-2960\n45°00'\n175°00'W\n48° 04'\n124°41'W\n2876\n3/9/64\n46°21'\n124°04'W\n2893\n2/2/64\n11/27/63\n46°09'\n123°57'W\n2904\n46°04'\n123°55'W\n11/2/63\n2927\n8/27/63\n52°,31'\n128°44'W\n2950\n123°56'W\n4\n11/24/63\n46°20'\n2976\n3/02/62\n2961-3080\n44°00'\n175°00'W\n120\n43°29'\n124°18'W\n11/20/63\n3007\n45°40'\n123°55'W\n11/15/63\n3023\n3038\n10/27/63\n47°52'\n124°39'W\n123°56'W\n11/16/63\n45°16'\n3/04/62\n3175\n43°00'\n175°00'W\n120\n2\n3081-3200\n1/18/64\n46°02'\n123°55'W\n3193\n1/7/64\n47°07'\n124°07'W\n3238\n3/04/62\n42°00'\n175°00'W\n120\n2\n3201-3320\n124°05'W\n11/24/63\n44°27'\n3305\n3/05/62\no\n3321-3560\n41°00'\n175°00'W\n240\n3/18/62\no\n3561-3680\n55°30'\n155°00'W\n120\n8/18/66\n58°16'\n153°07'W\n3688\n2\n3681-3800\n3/18/62\n55°00'\n155°00'W\n120\n5/28/63\n54°52'\n162°14'W\n3755\n154°41'W\n1/20/63\n57°22'\n3808\n3801-3920\n3/19/62\n54°00'\n155°00'W\n120\n3\n154°46'W\n56°28'\n3867\n5/16/63\n134°15'W\n8/19/65\n56°19'\n3919\n10/14/63\n57°09'\n170°25'W\n3921-4040\n3/20/62\n155°00'W\n3930\n53°00'\n120\n1\n154°15'W\n1/26/63\n56°29'\n4041-4160\n4071\n3/23/62\n52°00'\n155°00'W\n120\n1\n4161-4280\n3/24/62\n51°00'\n155°00'W\n120\no\n4282\n2/10/63\n124°04'W\n46°39'\n4281-4400\n3/25/62\n50°00'\n155°00'W\n120\n16\n124°05'W\n4287\n4/15/63\n41°17'\n124°06'W\n4305\n3/20/63\n46°51'\n125°41'W\n1/6/63\n49°10'\n4312\n124°11'W\n4317\n1/12/64\n47°06'\n123°56'W\n12/8/62\n46°07'\n4330\n123°59'W\n4340\n12/3/62\n45°19'\n125°41'W\n4351\n12/2/62\n49°10'\n45°58'\n123°57'W\n4358\n12/1/62\n8/1/63\n46°47'\n124°05'W\n4364\n124°08'W\n43°52'\n4379\n3/30/63\n124°07'W\n44°21'\n4380\n4/19/63\n124°05'W\n11/28/62\n46°32'\n4382\n124°06'W\n46°50'\n12/3/62\n4391\n124°41'W\n5/1/63\n49°10'\n4393\n124°41'W\n4396\n12/1/62\n49°10'\n5/14/63\n40°17'\n124°15'W\n4401-4520 3/27/62 49°00' 155°00'W 120\n8\n4407\n124°17'W\n4/19/63\n46°48'\n4416\n124°20'W\n40°36'\n4446\n4/18/63\n123°56'W\n4466\n4/18/63\n45°52'\n124°07'W\n4479\n4/17/63\n44°04'\n4489\n3/18/63\n46°10'\n123°58'W\n4503\n3/20/63\n124°07'W\n46°58'\n124°13'W\n4511\n5/2/63\n46°44'\n131°45'W\n4531\n3/10/63\n55°08'\n124°08'W\n43°46'\n4521-4640\n3/28/62\n120\n11\n48°00'\n155°00'W\n4536\n4/29/63\n4558\n4/19/63\n46°42'\n124°00'W\nSee footnote at end of table.\n11","Table Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 1962--Continued.\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nNumber\nNumber\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nVessel\nnumber\nrelease\nLat N\nLong\nreleased\nrecovered\nnumber\nrecovered\nLat N\nLong\nMV Bertha Ann Cont.\n4573\n3/30/63\n45°48'\n123°56'W\n4575\n4/29/63\n43°45'\n124°08'W\n4578\n12/2/62\n49°04'\n125°44'W\n4582\n5/2/63\n45°09'\n123°56'W\n4589\n5/8/63\n49°30'\n126°33'W\n4602\n4/19/63\n44°21'\n124°07'W\n4608\n3/30/63\n45°09'\n123°58'W\n4639\n5/2/63\n45°34'\n123°57'W\n4641-4760\n3/29/62\n47°00'\n155°00'W\n8\n49°04'\n125°47'W\n120\n4641\n12/2/62\n4647\n2/9/65\n47°06'\n124°09'W\n4686\n3/20/63\n46°29'\n124°04'W\n4696\n2/9/63\n49°05'\n125°36'W\n4698\n4/10/63\n47°06'\n124°07'W\n4702\n4/27/63\n38°03'\n122°59'W\n4726\n4/18/63\n45°52'\n123°58'W\n4753\n5/2 /\n163\n44°21'\n124°07'W\n4761-4880\n3/31/62\n46°00'\n155°00'W\n120\n9\n4762\n5/2 /63\n47°14'\n124°14'W\n4796\n4/30/63\n44°35'\n124°05'W\n4800\n4/22/63\n46°11'\n123°59'W\n4804\n5/5/63\n47°32'\n124°22'W\n4806\n4/16/63\n45°02'\n124°00'W\n4843\n5/2/63\n45°27'\n123°58'W\n4846\n4/23/63\n44°39'\n124°04'W\n4850\n4/19/63\n44°50'\n123°58'W\n4853\n5/2/63\n44°03'\n124°08'W\n4/06/62\n4881-5000\n47°07'\n139°23'W\n120\no\n4/07/62\n5001-5120\n47°17'\n138°00'W\n120\no\n5121-5240\n4/08/62\n47°32'\n135°00'W\n120\no\n5241-5360\n4/09/62\n47°55'\n130°25'W\n120\no\n5361-5480\n4/10/62\n48° 11'\n127°35'W\n5387\n8/22/62\n50°09'\n127°32'W\n120\n7\n5389\n5/11/62\n50°46'\n128°24'W\n5407\n2/28/68\n50°55'\n127°44'W\n5424\n5/2/62\n50°29'\n128°05'W\n5427\n8/22/62\n50°09'\n127°32'W\n5450\n8/22/62\n50°09'\n127°32'W\n8/15/62\n5458\n50°08'\n127°36'W\n5481-5600\n4/10/62\n48°24'\n125°06'W\n18\n120\n5486\n6/7/62\nW.Vancouver\nIs.\n5490\n5/1/62\n50°47'\n128°25'W\n5493\n5/2/62\n50°46'\n128°25'W\n5497\n5/6/62\nW. Vancouver Is.\n5/1/62\n49°04'\n5503\n125°45'W\n7/20/62\n50°06'\n5513\n127°36'W\n5/2/62\n49°04'\n125°45'W\n5517\n6/22/62\n5525\nW. Vancouver Is.\n7/1/62\n5527\n50°29'\n128°07'W\n5/1/62\n49°04'\n125°45'W\n5533\n6/6/62\n5539\nW. Vancouver Is.\n5541\n5/4/62\n49°04'\n125°45'W\n5/6/62\n5553\nW. Vancouver Is.\n5562\n5/3/62\n49°04'\n125°45'W\n5574\n5/2/62\n50°46'\n128°24'W\n4/30/62\n49°04'\n125°45'W\n5590\n4/26/62\n49°04'\n125°48'W\n5593\n5/4/62\n49°10'\n125°56'W\n5597\nTotal\n3,600\n110\n1\nPosition correct.\nand 155 W was to ascertain how far\nton and Oregon. Results were to be\nsouthward of the Aleutian Islands drift -\nused in planning a drifting telemetry\ning objects could be released and still\nbuoy experiment, which has been dis -\nbe recovered off the coast of Washing -\ncussed in Robinson (1964), Favorite\n12","175° W except for the one at lat 41° N\n(1966), and Favorite (1967), but which\nis obvious and suggests that south of\nhas not been implemented. It was\no\nlat 42 N, which has been defined as\nanticipated that bottles released along\nthe approximate latitude of the Sub-\nlong 155 W would reach the coast the\narctic-Subtropic Boundary and the\nfollowing summer and those released\nsouthern limit of salmon distribution\nalong long 175 W would reach the\nnear the surface, flow is southeastward\ncoast a year later, thus indicating\nand drifting objects are entrained in the\nseasonal patterns of onshore drift.\nhuge North Pacific gyral which lies\nExcept for the releases off the Wash-\nsouth of this latitude.\nington coast, the 1962 experiment has\nAlso puzzling is the absence of any\nbeen summarized by Favorite (1964b).\nrecoveries from four release loca-\nRecoveries from release points along\ntions off the Washington coast. The 25\nboth longitudes were made in great\nrecoveries on the coast of Vancouver\nnumber on the Washington and Oregon\nIsland from the two inshore release\ncoasts. The absence of any returns\nlocations clearly document the north\nfrom the first three release locations\nward flow along the coast during win-\nsouth of Adak Island (long 176° W) is\nter, but no explanation is offered for\npuzzling and no explalation is offered.\nthe absence of any recoveries from the\nThe eastward drift from the remain -\nnext four seaward release locations.\nder of the release locations along long\n140\n120\nNORTH PACIFIC OCEAN\n1966\nRELEASE LOCATION - SERIAL NUMBERS\nRECOVERY LOCATION - SERIAL NUMBERS\nRELEASE LOCATION - NO RECOVERIES\n726\n64\n57\n46\n60\n45(4)\n56\n66\n47(4)\n57\n48(II)\n60(2)\n(62(14)\n67\n5250\n70\n(60\n72\n69\n63\n60\n6768\n65\n70\n73\n73(2)\n65\n661\n58\n70\n50\n63\n52(2)\n61\n601\n60\n59\n72\n41(2) 44,58\n64\n61\n63\n73\n64 (4)\n49\n44\n65\n54,746\n57\n58\n66(4)\n42,58,74\n50\n69\n51\n43\n42\n70(3)\n41\n52\n42(2), 1,55(5), 56, 57,58,74\n55\n56\n73 €\n42.53.74\n54\n53\n57\n165\n41\n56\n160\nFigure 8. - -Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1966.\n13","and Oregon coasts between lat 54° and\n1966 EXPERIMENT\n43° N, similar to the results of the\n1962 experiment.\nThis experiment was conducted dur-\nThe third was in the vicinity of west-\ning an oceanographic cruise designed\nern Aleutian Islands, where the pattern\nto ascertain the effect of the Komandor-\nof flow is complex. Recoveries were\nskie Ridge on surface and subsurface\nmade from as far north as St. Law -\ncirculation in winter (McAlister et al. ,\nrence Island (lat 63 o 30' N) to as far\n1970). Releases were made in three\nsouth as California (lat 38° o N) and\ngeneral areas, and recoveries were\nJapan (lat 43' o 30' N), although the short\nmade from all but one release location\nperiod between release and recovery\n(Figure 8, Table 6): The first was\nof the latter, No. 65, places doubt on\nnorth of the Alaska Peninsula where\nrecoveries were made just eastward of\nits validity.\nSurface drift in the vicinity of Attu\nthe release locations. Only one re-\nIsland is particularly pertinent to\ncovery was made in Bristol Bay, No.\nsalmon distribution because near this\n46, because as a general rule the ex-\nlocation there appears to be a separa-\ntensive seward river runoff force\ntion of Asian and North American\nthe bottles offshore where they drift\nstocks of sockeye salmon.\nnorthward.\nThe apparent convergence of surface\nThe second was south of Adak Island\nflow near Attu Island is shown in Fig-\nwhere inshore releases were recovered\nure 9. Releases from north, south,\nin the Gulf of Alaska on Kodiak Island\neast, and west of Attu (Nos. 60-67, 69,\nand on Unimak Island (long 164 W ).\n70, 72, and 73) and Shemya Islands\nOffshore releases were generally re-\nconverge at these two locations. The\ncovered in the Canadian, Washington,\n180°\n170°\n60°\n55°N\n70\n69\nATTU IS.\n67\nSHEMYA IS.\n65\n66\n62\nB.\n3223\n63\n61\n60\n72\n64\nAMCHITKA IS.\n50°\n73\n45°\nFigure 9. - - Release and recovery locations of drift bottles released in\n1966 in the vicinity of Attu Island indicating the apparent convergence of\nsurface flow in this area.\n14","Table 6.--Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 1966.\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nNumber\nNumber\nDate\nLocation\nVessel\nnumber\nrelease\nLat N\nLong\nreleased\nrecovered\nrecovered\nLat N\nLong\nRV George B.\n41\n3/26/66\n47°20'\n176°25'W\n96\n6\n4/26/67\n52°27'\n128°46'W\nKelez\n4/30/67\n53°51'\n133°03'W\n6/16/67\n50°41'\n128°15'W\n7/25/67\n50°40'\n128°22'W\n11/12/67\n51°14'\n128°14'W\n1/10/68\n43°20'\n124°24'W\n47°40'\n42\n3/25/66\n176°25'W\n96\n4\n5/25/67\n47°51'\n124°32'W\n44°20'\n10/17/67\n124°05'W\n10/25/67\n47°15'\n124°12'W\n45°52'\n1/11/68\n123°58'W\n3/25/661/\n43\n48°20'\n176°25'W\n96\n7/5/67\n2\n51°46'\n128°09'W\n10/25/67\n47°37'\n124°22'W\n44\n3/25/66\n48°50'\n176°25'W\n96\n8/29/67\n1\n50°46'\n128°24'W\n45\n2/9/66\n54°40'\n165°45'W\n96\n3/9/66\n7\n55°58'\n161°13'W\n3/9/66\n55°58'\n161°13'W\n5/27/66\n55°33'\n162°25'W\n7/10/66\n55°41'\n162°15'W\n9/1/66\n55°57'\n161°07'W\n7/21/67\n55°58'\n161°23'W\n8/19/68\n55°40'\n162°20'W\n46\n2/9/66\n54°53'\n166°12'W\n96\n5/8/67\n1\n58°30'\n158°43'W\n47\n2/9/66\n55°10'\n166°42'W\n96\n4\n5/8/66\n55°17'\n162°56'W\n7/11/66\n55°37'\n162°16'W\n4/30/67\n55°21'\n162°41'W\n11/24/68\n55°20'\n163°00'W\n48\n2/9/66\n55°22'\n167°10'W\n96\n11\n5/10/66\n55°25'\n162°41'W\n6/7/66\n55°22'\n162°42'W\n6/8/66\n55°21'\n162°43'W\n7/2/66\n55°20'\n162°45'W\n7/9/66\n55°19'\n162°44'W\n7/10/66\n55°14'\n163°02'W\n9/2/66\n55°15'\n163°00'W\n9/9/66\n55°15'\n163°01'W\n11/2/67\n55°21'\n162°46'W\n12/30/67\n55°10'\n162°30'W\n5/9/69\n55°18'\n162°55'W\n49\n2/14/66\n53°25'\n174°27'W\n96\n4\n7/31/66\n54°36'\n164°53'W\n9/18/66\n53°24'\n167°33'W\n4/1/68\n53°28'\n168°20'W\n10/20/68\n53°22'\n168°22'W\n2/14/66\n50\n53°05'\n174°50'W\n96\n5/10/66\n2\n52°56'\n168°56'W\n10/14/66\n55°03'\n163°22'W\n2/14/66\n51\n52°43'\n175°02'W\n96\n3/6/67\n2\n53°05'\n122°33'W\n1/18/68\n46°09'\n123°57'W\n2/14/66\n52\n52°23'\n96\n175°50'W\n4\n4/30/66\n52°56'\n168°53'W\n7/9/66\n52°54'\n168°52'W\n8/26/67\n54°55'\n162°26'W\n12/18/67\n54°38'\n164°46'W\n2/22/66\n53\n44°58'\n172°01'E\n96\n1/8/68\n1\n44°19'\n124°06'W\n54\n2/23/66\n45°00'\n169°00'E\n96\n12/25/67\n2\n48°20'\n124°28'W\n3/12/69\n55°11'\n132°11'W\n2/25/66\n55\n46°57'\n168°57'E\n96\n5\n1/9/68\n45°58'\n123°56'W\n1/9/68\n45°56'\n123°59'W\n1/14/68\n46°26'\n124°04'W\n1/18/68\n46°12'\n123°59'W\n6/23/68\n47°03'\n124°11'W\n56\n2/26/66\n46°57'\n96\n170°59'E\n2\n1/11/68\n44°43'\n124°04'W\n3/18/68\n38°00'\n123°01'W\n3/1/66\n57\n49°02'\n96\n165°38'E\n4\n11/17/67\n59°28'\n146°18'W\n6/19/68\n43°59'\n124°08'W\n8/10/68\n57°33'\n152°07'W\n3/21/70\n46°09'\n123°56'W\n58\n3/2/66\n49°00'\n169°18'E\n96\n12/3/67\n5\n46°10'\n123°57'W\n2/12/68\n52°50'\n132°15'W\n3/23/68\n47°52'\n124°23'W\n7/27/68\n50°48'\n128°14'W\n3/26/69\n58°17'\n152°10'W\nSee footnotes at end of table\n15","Table 6.--Drift bottle releases in the North Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea, 1966-Continued.\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nNumber\nNumber\nDate\nLocation\nVessel\nnumber\nrelease\nLat N\nLong\nreleased\nrecovered\nrecovered\nLat N\nLong\n3/5/66\n51°00'\nRV George B.\n166°00'E\n96\n10/23/66\n59\n1\n55°02'\n166°06'E\nKelez--Cont.\n3/8/66\n60\n51°10'\n171°05'E\n96\n7/10/66\n5\n52°43'\n174°07'E\n3/27/67\n51°21'\n179°17'E\n9/2/67\n55°02'\n162°24'W\n10/5/67\n59°25'\n146°22'W\n6/5/70\n55°19'\n162°55'W\n61\n3/8/66\n51°36'\n171°32'E\n96\n9/13/66\n52°43'\n174°07'E\n3\n4/28/68\n51°59'\n176°32'W\n8/6/68\n53°51'\n133°03'W\n3/10/66\n62\n52°29'\n172°28'E\n96\n14\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°51'\n173°23'E\n3/20/66\n52°50'\n173°24'E\n4/17/66\n52°50'\n173°24'E\n4/17/66\n52°50'\n173°24'E\n8/18/66\n52°50'\n173°24'E\n63\n3/11/66\n52°13'\n172°16'E\n96\n5/18/66\n52°43'\n174°04'E\n2\n12/10/66\n51°25'\n179°22'E\n64\n3/11/66\n96\n51°52'\n171°51'E\n7\n52°42'\n7/30/66\n174°04'E\n52°40'\n9/7/66\n174°01'E\n52°42'\n9/9/66\n174°03'E\n52°42'\n174°04'E\n9/10/66\n166°15'W\n5/21/67\n59°55'\n8/21/67\n60°20'\n172°32'W\n7/5/70\n59°51'\n147°33'W\n65\n3/13/66\n52°54'\n164°41'E\n96\n52°42'\n174°04'E\n3\n10/15/66\n7/16/66\n43°30'\n146°10'E\n6/21/68\n51°25'\n179°21'E\n66\n3/14/66\n52°55'\n170°20'E\n96\n6/20/66\n52°39'\n174°04'E\n5\n52°43'\n174°02'E\n8/1/66\n52°44'\n174°03'E\n8/21/66\n52°42'\n174°02'E\n3/30/67\n59°30'\n146°20'W\n5/10/70\n67\n3/15/66\n53°29'\n172°48'E\n54°40'\n96\n167°50'W\n6/11/66\n2\n52°49'\n173°18'E\n7/12/68\n68\n3/15/66\n53°37'\n173°31'E\n96\n0\n174°05'E\n69\n5/15/66\n53°51'\n174°25'E\n96\n9/8/66\n52°43'\n2\n63°18'\n169°03'W\n8/14/67\n5/15/66\n52°40'\n54°02'\n175°02'E\n174°05'E\n96\n70\n5/11/66\n5\n52°49'\n4/17/66\n173°17'E\n52°42'\n4/17/66\n174°03'E\n52°42'\n174°03'E\n4/19/66\n11/13/66\n51°59'\n176°34'W\n3/20/66\n96\n71\n5/3/ 68\n56°34'\n154°04'W\n51°28'\n176°25'W\n1\n3/22/66\n72\n96\n11/13/66\n52°56'\n51°00'\n176°29'W\n173°13'E\n3\n9/24/67\n61°35'\n165°58'W\n9/25/67\n54°30'\n164°05'W\n3/23/66\n96\n4\n73\n49°29'\n176°25'W\n11/19/66\n51°22'\n179°22'E\n12/9/66\n51°22'\n179°22'E\n11/29/67\n45°18'\n123°58'W\n12/20/69\n54°22'\n162°23'W\n3/24/66\n74\n96\n48°00'\n176°25'W\n4\n5/2/67\n48°16'\n124°15'W\n5/8/67\n47°05'\n124°09'W\n6/11/67\n47°58'\n124°40'W\n10/13/67\n44°20'\n124°05'W\nTotal\n3,264\n128\n1\nDate correct.\n2 Medny Island, recovery location not known.\n16","Gulf of Alaska, and on the north side\nexperiment provides no indication of\nany westward drift in this area which\nof the Alaska Peninsula over a 4-year\nhas also been verified by calculations\nperiod. Although the most recent\nof geostrophic currents, but the south -\nrecovery does not confirm the 3- - to\nward flow north of the islands is unex-\n4-year period suggested for surface\nplained and should be investigated.\ncirculation in the Subarctic Region, the\nAlso of interest is the dispersal of\ntime from release to recovery in the\nreleases southwest of Attu Island (No.\nGulf of Alaska was approximately 19\n60) (Figure 10). In order of sequence\nmonths. The distance traveled could\nby time they were recovered on Attu\nbe considered one-third to one-half of\nIsland, Amchitka Island, south of the\nthe journey around the Region.\nAlaska Peninsula, at the head of the\n160°\n150°\n140°\n180°\n170 °W\n170°E\n60°N\n10/5/67\n6/5/70\n55°\n9/2/67\n7/10/66\n60\n3/27/67\n3/8/66\n50°\n40°\nFigure 10. - - Release and recovery locations and dates from a single\nrelease of 96 bottles (No. 60) in 1966 showing wide easterly dispersal.\n17","1970 EXPERIMENT\nTable 7) to ascertain the influence of\nthe subsurface ridge upon surface cir-\nDrift bottles were released during\nculation. It is too early to report\nan oceanographic cruise in the Bering\nSea near the Rat Island (Figure 11,\nrecoveries from this experiment.\nTable 7 Drift bottle releases in the Bering Sea, 1970.\nSerial\nDate\nLocation\nNumber\nVessel\nnumber\nreleased\nLat N\nLong\nreleased\n9/8/70\n7045-7092\n54°00'\n178°00'E\n48\nRV George B.\n9/8/70\n7093-7140\n54°32'\nKelez\n178°01'E\n48\n7141-7188\n9/8/70\n48\n55°15'\n177°59'E\n7189-7236\n9/9/70\n179°00'E\n48\n55°30'\n9/9/70\n7237-7284\n48\n54°30'\n179°29'W\n9/10/70\n7285-7332\n48\n53°30'\n178°16'W\n9/10/70\n7333-7380\n48\n53°00'\n178°00'W\n7381-7428 9/11/70\n52°30'\n177°45'W\n48\nTotal\n384\n170\nNORTH PACIFIC OCEAN\n1970\nRELEASE LOCATION-SERIAL NUMBERS\nRECOVERY LOCATION - SERIAL NUMBERS\nRELEASE LOCATION - NO RECOVERIES\n7189-7236\n7141-7188\n7093-7140\n7237-7284\n7045-7092\n7285-7332\n7333-7380\n7381-7428\nFigure 11. - - Release and recovery locations of drift bottles, 1970.\n18","LITERATURE CITED\nFAVORITE, F., and G. M. PEDERSEN.\n1959a. 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