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Fishery Bulletin 105(4) 



Fishery Bulletin 



Guidelines for authors 



Content of manuscripts 



Contributions published in Fishery Bulletin describe 

 original research in marine fishery science, fishery 

 engineering and economics, as well as the areas of 

 marine environmental and ecological sciences (including 

 modeling). Preference will be given to manuscripts that 

 examine processes and underlying patterns. Descriptive 

 reports, surveys, and observational papers may occa- 

 sionally be published but should appeal to an audience 

 outside the locale in which the study was conducted. 

 Although all contributions are subject to peer review, 

 responsibility for the contents of papers rests upon the 

 authors and not on the editor or publisher. Submission 

 of an article implies that the article is original and is not 

 being considered for publication elsewhere. Articles may 

 range from relatively short contributions ( 10-15 typed, 

 double-spaced pages, tables and figures not included) to 

 extensive contributions (20-30 typed pages). Notes are 

 reports of 5 to 10 pages without an abstract and describe 

 methods or results not supported by a large body of data. 

 Manuscripts must be written in English; authors whose 

 native language is not English are strongly advised to 

 have their manuscripts checked by English-speaking 

 colleagues before submission. 



Manuscript Preparation 



Title page should include authors' full names and mail- 

 ing addresses and the senior author's telephone, fax 

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

 to describe the contents of the manuscript. Abstract 

 should be limited to 200 words (one-half typed page), 

 state the main scope of the research, and emphasize 

 the author's conclusions and relevant findings. Do not 

 review the methods of the study or list the contents of 

 the paper. Because abstracts are circulated by abstract- 

 ing agencies, it is important that they represent the 

 research clearly and concisely. Text must be typed in 

 12 point Times New Roman font throughout. A brief 

 introduction should convey the broad significance of 

 the paper; the remainder of the paper should be divided 

 into the following sections: Materials and methods, 

 Results, Discussion (or Conclusions), and Acknowl- 

 edgments. 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 written 

 out in full the first time they are mentioned. Include 



FAO common names for species in the list of keywords 

 and in the introduction. Regional common names may 

 be used throughout the rest of the text if they are dif- 

 ferent from FAO common names which can be found at 

 http://www.fishbase.org/search.html. Follow the U.S. 

 Government Printing Office Style Manual (1984 ed.) 

 and the CBE Style Manual (6th ed.) for editorial style; 

 for fish nomenclature follow the most current issue of 

 the American Fisheries Society's Common and Scientific 

 Names of Fishes from the United States and Canada. 

 Dates should be written as follows: 11 November 2000. 

 Measurements should be expressed in metric units, e.g., 

 58 metric tons (t); if other units of measurement are 

 used, please make this fact explicit to the reader. Write 

 out the numbers zero through nine unless they form 

 part of measurement units (e.g., nine fish but 9 mm). 

 Refrain from using the shorthand slash (/), an ambigu- 

 ous symbol, in the general text 



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 "Literature cited" section (that is say, 

 citations should be listed alphabetically by the authors' 

 last names, and then by year if there is more than one 

 citation with the same authorship). If there is a sequence 

 of citations in the text, list chronologically: (Smith, 

 1932; Green, 1947; Smith and Jones, 1985). Abbrevia- 

 tions of serials should conform to abbreviations given in 

 the Serial Sources for the BIOSIS Previews Database. 

 Authors are responsible for the accuracy and complete- 

 ness of all citations. Literature citation format: Author 

 (last name, followed by first-name initials). Year. Title 

 of report or manuscript. Abbreviated title of the series 

 to which it belongs. Always include number of pages. 

 Cite all software and special equipment or chemical 

 solutions used in the study, not in a footnote but within 

 parentheses in the text (e.g., SAS, vers. 6.03, SAS Inst., 

 Inc., Gary, NO. 



Tables and figures — general format 



• Zeros should precede all decimal points for values 

 less than one. 



• Sample size, n, should be italicized. 



• Capitalize the first letter of the first word in all labels 



within figures. 



• Do not use overly large font sizes in maps and for units 

 of measurements along axes in figures. 



• Do not use bold fonts or bold lines in figures. 



• Do not place outline rules around graphs. 



• Do not use horizontal lines through graphs to indicate 

 measurement units. 



• Use a comma in numbers of five digits or more (e.g. 

 13,000 but 3000). 



• Maps require a North arrow and degrees latitude- 

 longitude (e.g., 170°E). 



