Of the 22 paired tows considered for analysis, 20pairs (40 samples) were retained from six daytime ichthyoplankton surveys conducted in 2005: 19 April 2005 (n = 3 pairs), 9 June 2005 (n = 4 pairs), 13 July 2005 (n = 4 pairs), 9 August 2005 (n=3 pairs), 16 August 2005 (n = 3 pairs) and 22 August 2005 (n = 3 pairs).