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, including 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 Style Manual for Biologi- 

 cal Journals. Fish names follow the style of the 

 American Fisheries Society Special Publication 

 No. 6, A List of Common and Scientific Names of 

 Fishes from the United States and Canada, Third 

 Edition, 1970. The Merriam-Webster Third New 

 International Dictionary is used as the authority 

 for correct spelling and word division. 



Text footnotes should be typed separately 

 from the text. 



Figvires and tables, with their legends and 

 headings, should be self-explanatory, not requir- 

 ing reference to the text. Their placement should 

 be indicated in the right-hand margin of the 

 manuscript. 



Preferably figures should be reduced by photo- 

 graphy to 5% inches (for single-column figures, 

 allowing for 50% reduction in printing), or to 12 

 inches (for double-column figures). The maximum 

 height, for either width, is 14 inches. Photo- 

 graphs should be printed on glossy paper. 



Do not send original drawings to the Scientific 

 Editor; if they, rather than the photographic re- 

 ductions, are needed by the printer, the Scientific 

 Publications Staff will request 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 re- 

 ferred to in the text should be listed alphabetically 

 by the senior author's surname 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 re- 

 sponsibility of the author. Abbreviations of 

 names of periodicals and serials should conform 

 to Biological Abstracts List of Serials with Title 

 Abbreviations. (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), %, % and so 

 forth, should be used. Abbreviate units of mea- 

 sure 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 car- 

 bon copies. The sequence of the material should 

 be: 



TITLE PAGE 



ABSTRACT 



TEXT 



LITERATURE CITED 



APPENDIX 



TEXT FOOTNOTES 



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 Bruce B. Collette, Scientific Editor 



Fishery Bulletin 



National Marine Fisheries Service 



Systematics Laboratory 



National Museum of Natural History 



Washington, DC 20560 



Fifty separates will be supplied to an author 

 free of charge and 100 supplied to his organiza- 

 tion. No covers will be supplied. 



