Figure 1. Delineation of the six principal offshore geographic areas, and the two inshore areas referred to as inshore north of Cape Hatteras and inshore south of Cape Hatteras, surveyed by the NEFSC during 1977-80.  (Bottom depth of the offshore areas ranges from 27 to 366 m, and of the inshore areas ranges from 8 to <27 m.  The inshore area north of Cape Hatteras extends from Cape Hatteras to the western portion of the Scotian Shelf.  The inshore area south of Cape Hatteras extends from Cape Hatteras to Cape Fear.)