correspondence, including the mailings of chapters from various ports- 

 of-call made by research vesse.ls of the Academy of Sciences. We are 

 also pleased to acknowledge the cooperation of the Soviet Copyright 

 Agency, Moscow, for approving the translation and distribution of the 

 English edition. The assistance of Ms. Jurate Micuta and Ms. Prudence 

 Fox of the Office of International Fisheries, NMFS, Washington, for 

 expediting the volume and Albert Peabody for providing the initial 

 translation is gratefully acknowledged. Production of the volume would 

 not have been possible without the editorial assistance of Ms. Jennie 

 Dunnington who provided invaluable technical assistance in editing and 

 many long hours typing the entire manuscript. We are also grateful to 

 Ms. Elisabeth Keiffer of the University of Rhode Island for her fine 

 editorial assistance. 



K. Sherman, English Version Editor 

 National Marine Fisheries Service Laboratory 

 Northeast Fisheries Center 

 iJarragansett, Rhode Island 



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