U.S. Department 

 of Commerce 



Donald L Evans 



Secretary 



National Oceanic 

 and Atmospheric 

 Administration 



Vice Admiral 



Conrad C. Lautenbacher Jr., 



USN (ret.) 



Under Secretary for 

 Oceans and Atmosphere 



National Marine 

 Fisheries Service 



William T. Hogarth 



Assistant Administrator for Fistieries 



Scientific Editor 



Dr. John V. Merriner 



Editorial Assistant 

 Sarah Shoffler 



Center for Coastal Fisheries and Habitat Research, 

 101 Pivers Island Road 

 Beaufort, NC 28516 



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Dr. Andrew E. Dizon 

 Dr Harlyn O. Halvorson 

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The Fishery Bulletin carries original research reports and technical notes on investigations in 

 fishery science, engineering, and economics. It began as the Bulletin of the United States Fish 

 Commission in 1881; it became the Bulletin of the Bureau of Fisheries in 1904 and the Fishery 

 Bulletin of the Fish and Wildlife Service in 1941. Separates were issued as documents through 

 volume 46; the last document was No. 1103. Beginning with volume 47 in 1931 and continuing 

 through volume 62 in 1963, each separate appeared as a numbered bulletin. A new system 

 began in 1963 with volume 63 in which papers are bound together in a single issue of the 

 bulletin. Beginning with volume 70, number 1, January 1972, the Fishery Bulletin became a 

 periodical, issued quarterly. In this form, it is available by subscription fVom the Superintendent 

 of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402. It is also available free in 

 limited numbers to hbraries, research institutions, State and Federal agencies, and in exchange 

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