Fisheiy Bulletin 



Guidelines for Contributors 



Form of manuscript 



The document should be in the following 

 sequence: Title Page, Abstract (not re- 

 quired for Note), Ifext, Acknowledgments, 

 Citations, Text footnotes, Appendices, 

 Tables, Figure legends, and Figures. 



Title page should include authors' full 

 names and mailing addresses and the 

 senior author's telephone and FAX 

 numbers. 



Abstract Not to exceed one double- 

 spaced typed page. Should include a 

 sentence or two explaining to the gen- 

 eral reader why the research was under- 

 taken and why the results should be 

 viewed as important. Abstract should 

 convey the main point of the paper and 

 outline the results or conclusions. No 

 footnotes or references. 



Text A brief introduction should por- 

 tray the broad significance of the paper. 

 The entire text should be intelligible to 

 readers from different disciplines. All 

 technical terms should be defined, as 

 well as all abbreviations, acronyms, and 

 symbols in text, equations, or formulae. 

 Abbreviate units of measure only when 

 used with numerals or in tables and 

 figures to conserve space. Measure- 

 ments should be expressed in metric 

 units, with other equivalent units given 

 in parentheses. Follow the U.S. Govern- 

 ment Printing Office Style Manual, 

 1984 ed., and the CBE Style Manual, 

 5th ed. Fishery and invertebrate no- 

 menclature should follow the American 

 Fisheries Society Special Publication 12 

 (for fishes), 16 (for moUusks), and i7(for 

 decapod crustaceans). 



Text footnotes should be numbered 

 in Arabic numerals and typed on a sep- 

 arate sheet from the text. Footnotes are 

 not used for reference material or per- 

 sonal communications, but rather to 

 explain or define terms in the text and 

 for contribution numbers on the title 

 page. 



Informal sources Personal communi- 

 cations, unpublished data, and untitled 

 manuscripts in preparation are noted 

 parenthetically in the text (full name. 



affiliation, brief address including zip 

 code, and month and year when appro- 

 priate). 



Acknowledgments Gather all ac- 

 knowledgments into a brief statement 

 at the end of the text. Give credit only 

 for exceptional contributions and not to 

 those whose contributions are part of 

 their normal duties. 



Citations All titled sources should be 

 listed in the Citations section, including 

 unpublished and processed material. In 

 text, cite as Smith and Jones (1977) or 

 (Smith and Jones 1977); if more than 

 one citation, list chronologically (Smith 

 1936, Jones 1975, Doe In press). All 

 sources cited in the text should be listed 

 alphabetically by the senior authors' 

 surnames under the heading CITA- 

 TIONS. Abbreviations of periodicals 

 and serials should conform to Serial 

 Sources for the BIOSIS Data Base™. 

 Indicate whether sources are in a langu- 

 age other than English. For informal 

 literature, include address of author or 

 publisher. Authors are responsible for 

 the accuracy of all citations. 



Tables should supplement, not dupli- 

 cate, the text. Each table should be 

 numbered and cited consecutively, with 

 headings short but amply descriptive so 

 that the reader need not refer to the 

 text. For values less than one, zeros 

 should precede all decimal points. In- 

 dicate units of measure in column head- 

 ings; do not deviate from the unit of 

 measure within a column. Table foot- 

 notes should be noted consecutively in 

 Roman letters across the page from left 

 to right and then down. Since all tables 

 are typeset, they need not be submitted 

 camera-ready. 



Figures Photographs and line draw- 

 ings should be of professional quality- 

 clear and concise— and reducible to 42 

 picas for full-page width or to 20 picas 

 for a single-column width, and to a max- 

 imum 55 picas high. All graphic ele- 

 ments in illustrations must be propor- 

 tioned to insure legibility when reduced 

 to fit the page format. Line weight and 

 lettering should be sharp and even. Let- 

 tering should be upper and lower case, 



and vertical lettering should be avoided- 

 whenever possible (except for vertical, 

 y, axis). Zeros should precede all deci- 

 mal points for values less than one. Re- 

 productions of line artwork are accepted 

 in the form of high-quality photographic 

 prints from negatives or photomechan- 

 ical transfer (PMT). Halftones should be 

 sharply focused with good contrast. 

 Micron rules should be inserted on elec- 

 tron micrographs, even when magnifi- 

 cation is included in the figure legend. 

 There should be clear distinction be- 

 tween identifying letters (press-on or 

 overlay) and background of photograph. 

 Label each figure in pencil on the back. 

 Send only xerox copies of figures to the 

 Scientific Editor; originals or photo- 

 graphic prints will be requested later 

 when the manuscript is accepted for 

 publication. 



Copyright Government publications 

 are in the public domain, i.e., they are 

 not protected by copyright. 



Submission of manuscript 



Disks Authors are encouraged to re- 

 tain manuscripts on word-processing 

 storage media (diskettes, floppy disks) 

 and submit a double-spaced hardcopy 

 run from the storage media. Submit 

 disks as MS-DOS "print" or "non- 

 document" files (often called "ASCII 

 files"). If a disk cannot be converted to 

 an ASCII file, the author should indicate 

 on the disk the source computer and 

 software language along with the file 

 name. Either 5V4-inch or 3V2-inch disks 

 from IBM-compatible or Apple/Macin- 

 tosh systems (non-graphics only) can be 

 submitted, double-sided/double-density 

 or high-density, limiting each file to 300 

 kilobytes. All 8-inch word-processing 

 disks (e.g., Wang or NBI) must be con- 

 verted onto 5V4- or 3V2-inch MS-DOS 

 print disks. 



Send original hardcopy and two dupli- 

 cated copies to: 



Dr. Linda L. Jones, Scientific Editor 

 National Marine Mammal Laboratory 



F/AKC3 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, 



NOAA 

 7600 Sand Point Way NE 

 Seattle, WA 98115-0070 



Copies of published articles and notes 



The senior author and his/her organiza- 

 tion each receive 50 separates free-of- 

 charge. Additional copies may be pur- 

 chased in lots of 100. 



