Fishery Bulletin 



Guide for Contributors 



Content 



Articles published in Fishery Bulletin de- 

 scribe original research in fishery marine 

 science, engineering and economics, and 

 the environmental and ecological sciences, 

 including modeling. Articles may range 

 from relatively short to extensive. 



Notes are reports of 5 to 10 pages without 

 an abstract and describing methods or re- 

 sults not supported by a large body of data. 



Although all contributions are subject to 

 peer review, responsibility for the contents 

 of papers rests upon the authors and not 

 upon the editor or the publisher. It is there- 

 fore important that the contents of the 

 manuscript are carefully considered by the 

 authors. 



Submission of an article is understood to 

 imply that the article is original and is not 

 being considered for publication elsewhere. 

 Manuscripts should be written in English. 

 Authors whose native language is not En- 

 glish are strongly advised to have their 

 manuscripts checked by English-speaking 

 colleagues prior to submission. 



Preparation 



Title page should include authors' full 

 names and mailing addresses, the corre- 

 sponding author's telephone, FAX number, 

 and e-mail address, and a list of key words 

 to describe the contents of the manuscript. 



Abstract should not exceed one double- 

 spaced typed page. It should state the main 

 scope of the research but emphasize its 

 conclusions and relevant findings. Because 

 abstracts are circulated by abstracting 

 agencies, it is important that they repre- 

 sent the research clearly and concisely. 



Text must be typed double-spaced through- 

 out. Abrief introduction should portray the 

 broad significance of the paper; the re- 

 mainder of the paper should be divided into 

 the following sections: Materials and 

 methods, Results, Discussion (or Con- 

 clusions), and Acknowledgments. 

 Headings within each section must be 

 short, reflect a logical sequence, and follow 

 the rules of multiple subdivision (i.e. there 

 can be no subdivision without at least two 



items). The entire text should be intelligible 

 to interdisciplinary readers; therefore, all 

 acronyms, abbreviations, and technical 

 terms should be spelled out the first time 

 they are mentioned. The scientific names of 

 species must be written out the first time 

 they are mentioned; subsequent mention of 

 scientific names may be abbreviated. Follow 

 Scientific Style and Format: the CBE 

 Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publish- 

 ers (6th ed. ), for editorial style, and the most 

 current issue of the American Fisheries 

 Society's Common and Scientific Names of 

 Fishes from the United States and Canada, 

 for fish nomenclature. Dates should be writ- 

 ten as follows: 11 November 1991. Measure- 

 ments should be expressed in metric units, 

 e.g. metric tons as t; if other units of mea- 

 surement are used, please make this fact ex- 

 plicit to the reader. The numeral one ( 1 ) 

 should be typed as a one, not as a lower-case 

 el (1). Use of appendices is discouraged. 



Text footnotes should be numbered with 

 Arabic numerals and inserted at the bot- 

 tom of text. Footnote all personal commu- 

 nications, unpublished data, and unpub- 

 lished manuscripts with full address of the 

 communicator or author, or, as in the case 

 of unpublished data, where the data are 

 on file. Authors are advised to avoid refer- 

 ences to nonstandard (gray) literature, 

 such as internal, project, processed, or ad- 

 ministrative reports. Where these refer- 

 ences are used, please include whether 

 they are available from NTIS (National 

 Technical Information Service) or from 

 some other public depository. 



Literature cited comprises published works 

 and those accepted for publication in peer 

 reviewed literature (in press). Follow the 

 name and year system for citation format. 

 In the text, cite as follows: Smith and Jones 

 (1977) or (Smith and Jones, 1977). If there 

 is a sequence of citations, list alphabeti- 

 cally by authori s ): Smith, 1987; Smith and 

 Jones, 1985; Smith and Peterson, 1986. Ab- 

 breviations of serials should conform to ab- 

 breviations given in Serial Sources for the 

 BIOSIS Previews Database. Authors are 

 responsible for the accuracy and complete- 

 ness of all citations. 



Tables should not be excessive in size and 

 must be cited in numerical order in the 



text. Headings within tables should be short 

 but ample enough to allow the table to be 

 intelligible on its own. All unusual sym- 

 bols must be explained in the table legend. 

 Other incidental comments may be foot- 

 noted with italic numerals. Use the aster- 

 isk only to indicate probability in statistical 

 data. Zeros should precede all decimal 

 points for values less than one. 



Figures must be cited in numerical order 

 in the text. The senior author's last name 

 and the figure number should be written 

 on the back of each one. Hand-drawn il- 

 lustrations should be submitted as origi- 

 nals and not as photocopies. Submit 

 photographs as glossy prints or slides with 

 good contrast, otherwise we cannot guar- 

 antee a good final printed copy. Graphs 

 should be submitted as laser-printed cop- 

 ies, not as photocopies. Label all figures 

 with Helvetica typeface and capitalize the 

 first letter of the first word in axis labels. 

 Italicize species name and variables in 

 equations. Use zeros before all decimal 

 points. Use uppercase Times Roman bold 

 typeface to label the parts of a figure, e.g. 

 A, B, C, etc. Each figure legend should ex- 

 plain all symbols and abbreviations in the 

 figure and should be double-spaced and 

 placed at the end of the manuscript. 



Copyright law Government publications 

 are not copyrighted; they fall within the 

 public domain. If an author reproduces any 

 part of a government publication in his 

 work, reference to source is appreciated. 



Submission 



Send printed copies (original and three 

 copies without staples) to the Scientific 

 Editor: 



Dr. John V. Merriner 

 Southeast Fisheries Science Center 

 National Marine Fisheries Service 

 101 Pivers Island Road 

 Beaufort, NC 28516 



Once the manuscript has been accepted for 

 publication, you will be asked to submit 

 an electronic copy of your manuscript to 

 the Managing Editor. The electronic copy 

 should be submitted in WordPerfect or 

 Microsoft Word text format and placed on 

 a 3.5-inch disk that is double-sided, double 

 or high density, and that is compatible with 

 either DOS or Macintosh systems. 



A copy of page proofs will be sent to the au- 

 thor for final approval prior to publication. 



Reprints (copies of published articles and 

 notes) are available free of charge to the 

 senior author (50 copies) and to his or her 

 laboratory (50 copies). Additional copies 

 may be purchased in lots of 100 when the 

 author receives page proofs. 



