INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FISHERY BULLETIN 



Manuscripts submitted to the Fishery Bulletin will reach print faster if they conform to the following instructions. These are 

 not absolute requirements, of course, but desiderata. 



CONTENT OF MANUSCRIPT 



The title page should give only the title of the paper, the 

 author's name, his affiliation, and mailing address, includ- 

 ing ZIP code. 



The abstract should not exceed one double-spaced 

 page. 



In the text, Fishery Bulletin style, for the most part, follows 

 that of the U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual. 

 Fish names follow the style of the American Fisheries Socie- 

 ty Special Publication No. 12, A List of Common and Scien- 

 tific Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada, 

 Fourth Edition, 1980. 



Text footnotes should be typed separately from the 

 text. 



Figures and tables, with their legends and headings, 

 should be self-explanatory, not requiring reference to the 

 text. Their placement should be indicated in the right-hand 

 margin of the manuscript. 



Preferably figures should be reduced by photography to 

 5% inches (for single-column figures, allowing for 50% 

 reduction in printing), or to 12 inches (four double-column 

 figures). The maximum height, for either width, is 14 inches. 

 Photographs should be printed on high quality or glossy 

 paper. 



Do not send original drawings to the Scientific Editor; if 

 they, rather than the photographic reductions, are needed 

 by the printer, the Scientific Publications Office will re- 

 quest them. 



Each table should start on a separate page. Consistency in 

 headings and format is desirable. Vertical rules should be 

 avoided, as they make the tables more expensive to print. 

 Footnotes in tables should be numbered sequentially in 

 arabic numerals. To avoid confusion with powers, they 

 should be placed to the left of numerals. 



Acknowledgments, if included, are placed at the end of 

 the text. 



Literature is cited in the text as: Lynn and Reid (1968) or 

 (Lynn and Reid 1968). All papers referred to in the text 

 should be listed alphabetically by the senior author's sur- 

 name under the heading "Literature Cited." Only the 

 author's surname and initials are required in the literature 



cited. The accuracy of the literature cited is the respon- 

 sibility of the author. Abbreviations of names of periodicals 

 and serials should conform to Serial Sources for the BIOSIS 

 Data Base. (Chemical Abstracts also uses this system, which 

 was developed by the American Standards Association.) 



Common abbreviations and symbols, such as mm, m, g, 

 ml, mg, °C(for Celsius, %, %o, and so forth, should be used. 

 Abbreviate units of measure only when used with numerals. 

 Periods are only rarely used with abbreviations. 



We prefer that measurements be given in metric units; 

 other equivalent units may be given in parentheses. 



FORM OF THE MANUSCRIPT 



The original of the manuscript should be typed, double- 

 spaced, on white bond paper. Please triple space above 

 headings. We would rather receive good duplicated copies 

 of manuscripts than carbon copies. The sequence of the 

 material should be: 



TITLE PAGE 



ABSTRACT 



TEXT 



LITERATURE CITED 



TEXT FOOTNOTES 



APPENDIX 



TABLES (Each table should be numbered with an 



arabic numeral and heading provided) 

 LIST OF FIGURES (Entire figure legends) 

 FIGURES (Each figure should be numbered with an 



arabic numeral; legends are desired) 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 



Send the ribbon copy and two duplicated or carbon copies 

 of the manuscript to: 



Dr. Carl J. Sindermann, Scientific Editor 



Fishery Bulletin 



Northeast Fisheries Center 



Sandy Hook Laboratory 



National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 



Highlands, NJ 07732 



Fifty separates will be supplied to an author free of 

 charge and 50 supplied to his organization. No covers will be 

 supplied. 



