Publication Awards, 1 993 



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 sci- 

 entists and published in the Fishery Bulletin for Volume 9 1 and in the Marine 

 Fisheries Review for Volume 54. Eligible papers are nominated by the Fisheries 

 Science Centers and Regional Offices and are judged by the NMFS Editorial 

 Board. Only articles that significantly contribute to the understanding and knowl- 

 edge of NMFS-related studies are eligible. We offer congratulations to the fol- 

 lowing authors for their outstanding efforts. 



Fishery Bulletin, Volume 91 



Outstanding Publication 



Ambrose Jearld Jr., Sherry L. Sass, 

 and Melinda F. Davis 



Early growth, behavior, and otolith development 

 of the winter flounder Pleuronectes americanus. 

 Fish. Bull. 91:65-75. 



Ambrose Jearld is with Northeast Fisheries 

 Science Center, Woods Hole, Massachusetts. 

 Sherry Sass is with the Division of Marine Fish- 

 eries, Sandwich, Massachusetts. Melinda Davis 

 is with Fort Valley State College, Fort Valley, 

 Georgia. 



Marine Fisheries Review, Volume 54 



Outstanding Publication 



Thomas K. Wilderbuer, Gary E. Walters, 

 and Richard G. Bakkala 



Yellowfin sole, Pleuronectes asper, of the east- 

 ern Bering Sea: biological characteristics, history 

 of exploitation, and management. Mar. Fish. 

 Rev. 54(4): 1-18. 



Thomas Wilderbuer and Gary Walters are with 

 the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, 

 Washington. Richard Bakkala is a retired fishery 

 biologist who was formerly with the Alaska Fish- 

 eries Science Center, Seattle, Washington. 



Honorable Mention 



Michael H. Prager and Alec D. MacCall 



Detection of contaminant and climate effects on 

 spawning success of three pelagic fish stocks 

 off southern California: Northern anchovy 

 Engraulis mordax, Pacific sardine Sardinops 

 sagax, and chub mackerel Scomber japonicus. 

 Fish. Bull. 91:310-327. 



Michael Prager is with the Southeast Fish- 

 eries Science Center, Miami, Florida. Alec 

 MacCall is with the Southwest Fisheries Sci- 

 ence Center, Tiburon, California. 



Honorable Mention 



Carl. J. Sindermann 



Disease risks associated with importation of 

 nonindigenous marine animals. Mar. Fish. 

 Rev. 54(3): 1-10. 



Carl Sindermann is with the Northeast Fish- 

 eries Science Center, Oxford, Maryland. 



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