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The Publications Advisory Committee of 

 tlie National Marine Fisheries sen/ice has 

 announced the best publications au- 

 thored by the NMFS scientists and pub- 

 lished in the Fishery Bulletin and the 

 Marine Fisheries Review for 1984 and 

 1985. Only effective and interpretive ar- 

 ticles which significantly contribute to 

 the understanding and l<nowledge of 

 NMFS mission-related studies are eligible, 

 and the following papers were judged as 

 the best in meeting this requirement: 



Flsherv Bulletin 1984, from the Systematics 

 Laboratory, Washington, D.C. - "Morphol- 

 ogy, systematics, and biology of the 

 Spanish mackerels (Scomberomorus, 

 Scombridae)" by Bruce B. Collette and 



Joseph L RUSSO. [FB 82(4):545-692.] 



Marine Fisheries Review 1984, from the 

 Southwest Fisheries Center Honolulu 

 Laboratory, Honolulu, Hawaii - "Ground 

 fisheries and research in the vicinity of 

 seamounts in the North Pacific Ocean," by 

 Richard N. uchida and Darryl T. Tagami. 

 [MFR 46(2):1-17.] 



For special recognition — Marine Fisheries 

 Review vol. 46, no. 4, pages 1-64: 



"The status of endangered whales: an over- 

 view," by Howard W. Braham. (Pages 2-6.) 



"The gray whale, Esctinchtlus robustus," by 

 Dale W. Rice, Allen A. wolman, and Howard W. 

 Braham. (Pages 7-14.) 



"The blue whale, Balaenoptera muscu/us," by 

 Sally A. Mizroch, Dale w. Rice, and Jeffrey M. 

 Breiwick. (Pages 15-19.) 



Fishery Bulletin 1985, from the Southwest 

 Fisheries Center Honolulu Laboratory, 

 Honolulu, Hawaii - "Using objective criteria 

 and multiple regression models for age de- 

 termination in fishes," by George W. 

 Boehlert. [FB 83(2):103-117.] 



"The fin whale, Balaenoptera ptiysalus',' by 

 Sally A Mizroch, Dale W. Rice, and Jeffrey M. 

 Breiwick. (Pages 2024.) 



"The sei whale, Balaenoptera Poreaiis',' by 

 sally A. Mizroch, Dale W. Rice, and Jeffrey M. 

 Breiwick. (Pages 25-29.) 



"The humpback whale, Megaptera 

 novaeangliae'' by James H. Johnson and Allen 

 A wolman. (Pages 50-37) 



"The right whale, Balaena glada/is," by Howard 

 W. Braham and Dale W. Rice. (Pages 58-44.) 



"THe bowhead whale, Balaena mysticetus," by 

 Howard w. Braham. (Pages 45-55.) 



"The sperm whale, pnyseter nnacrocepHalus',' 

 by Merrill E. Gosho, Dale w. Rice, and Jeffrey M. 

 Breiwick. (Pages 54-64.) 



