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 

 Biological Journals. Fish names follow the style 

 of the American Fisheries Society Special Pub- 

 lication 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 Dictionai^ is 

 used as the authority for correct spelling and 

 word division. 



Text footnotes should be typed separately 

 from the text. 



Figures 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 pho- 

 tography to 5% inches (for single-column fig- 

 ures, allowing for 50% reduction in printing), 

 or to 12 inches (for double-column figures). The 

 maximum height, for either width, is 14 inches. 

 Photographs should be printed on glossy paper. 



Do not send original drawings to the Scien- 

 tific Editor; if they, rather than the photo- 

 graphic reductions, 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 referred 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 lit- 

 erature cited is the responsibility of the author. 

 Abbreviations of names of periodicals and serials 

 should conform to Biological Abstracts List of 

 Se7-ials with Title Abbreviations. (Chemical Ab- 

 stracts also uses this system, which was devel- 

 oped by the American Standards Association.) 



Common abbreviations and symbols, such 

 as mm, m, g, ml, mg, °C (for Celsius), %, "/oo 

 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 



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. 



