AWARDS 



The Publications Advisory Committee of the National Marine 

 Fisheries Service has announced the best bublications authored 

 by the NMFS scientists and published in the Fishery Bulletin for 

 1986 and the Marine Fisheries Review for 1985. only effective 

 and interpretive articles which significantly contribute to the 

 understanding and knowledge of NMFS mission-related studies 

 are eligible, and the following papers were judged as the best 

 In meeting this requirement. 



Fishery Bulletin 1986 — Starvation-induced mortalitv of young 

 sea-caught jack mackerel, Trachurussymmetrlcus, determined 

 with histological and morphological methods, by Gail M. 

 Theilacker. Fish. Bull., U.S. 84: 1-17. Gail M. Theilacker is with the 

 Southwest Fisheries Center La Jolla Laboratory National Marine 

 Fisheries Service, NOAA, La Jolla, CA. 



Marine Fisheries Review 1985 — Biology of the red sea urchin, 

 Strongylocentrotus franclscanus, and its fishery in California, by 

 Susumu Kato and Stephen c. schroeter. Mar. Fish. Rev 47(3):i-20. 

 Susumu Kato is with the Southwest Fisheries center Tiburon 

 Laboratory National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA, Tiburon, CA, 

 and Stephen C. schroeter is with the Department of Biological 

 Sciences, university of California, university Park, CA. 



