Fishery Bulletin 



Guidelines for contributors 



Content of papers 

 Articles 



Articles are reports of 10 to 30 pages (double 

 spaced' that describe original research in one or 

 a combination of the following fields of marine 

 science: taxonomy, biology, genetics, mathematics 

 (including modeling), statistics, engineering, eco- 

 nomics, and ecology. 



Notes. 



Notes are reports of 5 to 10 pages without an 

 abstract that describe methods and results not 

 supported by a large body of data. Although all 

 contributions are subject to peer review, responsi- 

 bility for the contents of articles and notes rests 

 upon the authors and not upon the editor or the 

 publisher. It is therefore important that authors 

 consider the contents of their manuscripts care- 

 fiiUy. Submission of an article is un-derstood to 

 imply that the article is original and is not being 

 considered for publication elsewhere. Manuscripts 

 must be written in English. Authors whose native 

 language is not English are strongly advised to 

 have their manuscripts checked for fluency by 

 English-speaking colleagues prior to submission. 



Preparation of papers 

 Text 



Title page should include authors' full names and 

 mailing addresses (street address required) and 

 the senior author's telephone, fax number, e-mail 

 address, as well as a list of key words to describe the 

 contents of the manuscript. Abstract must be less 

 than one typed page (double spaced) and must not 

 contain any citations. It should state the main scope 

 of the research but emphasize the author's con- 

 clusions and relevant findings. Because abstracts 

 are circulated by abstracting agencies, it is impor- 

 tant that they represent the research clearly and 

 concisely. General text must be typed in double- 

 spaced format. A brief introduction should state the 

 broad significance of the paper; the remainder of 

 the paper should be divided into the following sec- 

 tions; Materials and methods. Results, Discussion 

 (or Conclusions), and Acknowledgments. Headings 

 within each section must be short, reflect a logical 

 sequence, and follow the rules of multiple subdi- 

 vision (i.e. there can be no subdivision without at 

 least two subheadings). The entire text should be 

 intelligible to interdisciplinarv' readers; therefore. 

 all acronyms and abbreviations should be written 

 out and all lesser-known technical terms should be 

 defined 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 Sci- 

 entific style and format: CBE manual for authors, 

 editors, and publishers (6th ed.) for editorial style 

 and the most current issue of the American Fish- 

 eries Society's common and scientific names of 

 fishes from the United States and Canada for 

 fish nomenclature. Dates should be written as fol- 

 lows: 11 November 1991. Measurements should be 

 expressed in metric units, e.g. metric tons (t). The 

 numeral one ( 1 J should be typed as a one, not as a 

 lower-case el il). 



Footnotes 



Use footnotes to add editorial comments regarding 

 claims made in the text and to document unpub- 



lished works or works with local circulation. Foot- 

 notes should be numbered with Arabic numerals 

 and inserted in 10-point font at the bottom of the 

 first page on which they are cited. Footnotes should 

 be formatted in the same manner as citations. 

 If a manuscript is unpublished, in the process 

 of review, or if tile information provided in the 

 footnote has been conveyed verbally, please state 

 this information as "unpubl. data," "manuscript 

 in review," and "personal commun.," respectively. 

 Authors are advised wherever possible to avoid ref- 

 erences to nonstandard literature (unpublished lit- 

 erature that is difficult to obtain, such as internal 

 reports, processed reports, administrative reports, 

 ICES council minutes, IWC minutes or working 

 papers, any "research" or "worlyng" documents, 

 laboratory reports, contract reports, and manu- 

 scripts in review). If these references are used, 

 please indicate whether they are available from 

 NTIS (National Technical Information Service) or 

 from some other public depository. Footnote format: 

 author (last name, followed by first-name initials); 

 year; title of report or manuscript; type of report 

 and its administrative or serial number; name and 

 address of agencv or institution where the report is 

 filed. 



Literature cited 



The literature cited section comprises works that 

 have been published and those accepted for pub- 

 lication (works in press) in peer-reviewed jour- 

 nals and books. Follow the name and year system 

 for citation format, In the text, write "Smith and 

 Jones (1977) reported" but if the citation takes 

 the form of parenthetical matter, write "(Smith 

 and Jones. 1977)." In the literature cited section, 

 list citations alphabetically by last name of senior 

 author: For example, Alston, 1952; Mannly, 1988; 

 Smith. 1932; Smith. 1947; Stalinsky and Jones, 

 1985. Abbreviations of journals should conform 

 to the abbreviations given in the Serial sources 

 for the BIOSIS previews database. Authors are 

 responsible for the accuracy and completeness of 

 all citations. Literature citation format: author 

 (last name, followed by first-name initials); year; 

 title of report or article; abbreviated title of the 

 journal in which the article was published, volume 

 number, page numbers. For books, please provide 

 publisher, city, and state. 



Tables 



Tables should not be excessive in size and must be 

 cited in numerical order in the text. Headings in 

 tables should be short but ample enough to allow 

 the table to be intelligible on its own. All unusual 

 symbols must be explained in the table legend. 

 Other incidental comments may be footnoted (use 

 italic arabic numerals for footnote markers). Use 

 asterisks only to indicate probability in statistical 

 data. Place table legends on the same page as the 

 table data. We accept tables saved in most spread- 

 sheet software programs (e.g. Microsoft Excel). 

 Please note the following: 



• Use a comma in numbers of five digits or more 

 (e.g. 13,000 but 3000). 



• Use zeros before all decimal points for values 

 less than one (e.g. 0.31). 



Rgures 



Figures include line illustrations, computer-gener- 

 ated line graphs, and photographs (or slides). They 



must be cited in numerical order in the text. Line 

 illustrations are best submitted as original draw- 

 ings. Computer-generated line graphs should be 

 printed on laser-quality paper Photographs should 

 be submitted on glossy paper with good contrast. 

 All figures are to be labeled with senior author's 

 name and the number of the figure (e.g. Smith, Fig. 

 4). Use Helvetica or Arial font to label anatomical 

 parts (line drawings) or variables (graphs) within 

 figures; use Times Roman bold font to label the dif- 

 ferent sections of a figure (e.g. A. B. C). Figure leg- 

 ends should explain all symbols and abbreviations 

 seen within the figure and should be typed in dovi- 

 ble-spaced format on a separate page at the end 

 of the manuscript. We advise authors to peruse a 

 recent issue of Fishery Bulletin ibr standard for- 

 mats. Please note the following: 



• Capitalize the first letter of the first word of 

 axis labels. 



• Do not use overly large font sizes to label axes 

 or parts within figures. 



•Do not use boldface fonts within figures. 



• Do not create outline rules around graphs. 



• Do not use horizontal lines through graphs. 



• Do not use large font sizes to label degrees of 

 longitude and latitude on maps. 



• Indicate direction of degrees longitude and 

 latitude on maps (e.g. 170°E). 



•Avoid placing labels on a vertical plane 



( except on y axis ). 

 •Avoid odd (nonstandard) patterns to mark 



sections of bar graphs and pie charts. 



Copyright law 



Fishery Bulletin, a U.S. government publication, is 

 not subject to copyright law. If an author wishes to 

 reproduce any part of Fishery Bulletin in his or her 

 work, he or she is obliged, however, to acknowledge 

 the source of the extracted literature. 



Submission of papers 



Send four printed copies (one original plus three 

 copies) — clipped, not stapled — to the Scientific Edi- 

 tor, at the address shown below. Send photocopies 

 of figures with initial submission of manuscript. 

 Original figures will be requested later when the 

 manuscript has been accepted for publication. 

 Do not send your manuscript on diskette until 

 requested to do so. 



Dr John V. Merriner 



Scientific Editor, Fishery Bulletin 



Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat 



Research, NOS 

 101 Pivers Island Road . 

 Beaufort, NC 28516 



Once the manuscript has been accepted for pub- 

 lication, you will be asked to submit a software 

 copy of your manuscript. The software copy should 

 be submitted in WordPerfect or Word format (in . 

 Word, save as Rich Text Format). Please note that 

 we do not accept ASCII text files. 



Reprints 



Copies of published articles and notes are avail- 

 able 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. 



