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Publications 

 Awards 1990-91 



National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 



The Publications Advisory Committee of the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service is pleased to announce the awards for best publications authored 

 by NMFS scientists and published in the Fishery Bulletin volume 89 and 

 Marine Fisheries Review volume 52. Eligible papers are nominated by 

 the Fisheries Science Centers and Regional Offices and are judged by 

 the NMFS Editorial Board. Only articles which significantly contribute to 

 the understanding and knowledge of NMFS-related studies are eligible. 

 We offer congratulations to the following authors for their outstanding 

 efforts. 



Fishery Bulletin 1 99 1 



Thomas A. Munroe 



Western Atlantic tonguefishes of the Symphurus plagusia complex 

 (Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes), with descriptions of two new spe- 

 cies. Fishery Bulletin 89:247-287. Dr. Munroe is with the National 

 Systematics Laboratory, Washington DC. 



Honorable Mention: 



Donald E. Pearson, Joseph E. Hightower, and 

 Jacqueline T.H. Chan 



Age, growth, and potential yield for shortbelly rockfish Sebastesjordani 

 Fishery Bulletin 89:403-409 . Dr. Pearson is with the Tiburon Laboratory 

 of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center, as were Dr. Chan and Dr. 

 Hightower. Dr. Chan has recently retired, and Dr. Hightower is now 

 with the North Carolina State University at Raleigh. 



Marine Fisheries Review 1990 



Clyde L. MacKenzie Jr. 



History of the fisheries of Rantan Bay, New York and New Jersey Ma- 

 rine Fisheries Review 52(4): 1 -45. Dr. MacKenzie is with the Sandy Hook 

 Laboratory of the Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Highlands, New 

 Jersey. Dr. MacKenzie received Honorable Mention for his 1 989 paper 

 on estuanne mollusc fisheries. 



Honorable Mention: 



Wayne N. Witzell and Edwin L. Scott 



Blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, movements in the western North Atlan- 

 tic Ocean: Results of a cooperative game fish tagging program, 1954- 

 88. Marine Fisheries Review 52(2): 12-17. Dr. Witzell is with the Miami 

 Laboratory of the Southeast Fisheries Science Center as was his co- 

 author, the late Dr. Scott. 



