INFORMAnON FOR CONTRIBUTIONS TO THE FISHERY BULLETIN 



Manuscripts submitted to the Fishery Bulletin will reach print faster if they conform to the following instructions. 

 These are not absolute requirements, of course, but desiderata. 



CONTENT OF MANUSCRIPT 



The title page should give only the title of the paper, 

 the author's name, his/her affiliation, and mailing ad- 

 dress, including ZIP code. 



The abstract should not exceed one double-spaced 



In the text, Fisher^' Bulletin style, for the most part, fol- 

 lows that of the U.S. Government Printing Office Style 

 Manual. Fish names follow the style of the American 

 Fisheries Society Special Publication No. 12, A List of 

 Common and Scientific Names of Fishes from the United 

 States and Canada, Fourth Edition, 1980. 



Text footnotes should be typed separately from the 

 text. 



Figures and tables with their legends and headings 

 should be self-explanatory, not requiring reference to 

 the text. Their placement should be indicated in the 

 right-hand margin of the manuscript. 



Preferably original figxires should be reduced by pho- 

 tography to 6 inches for single-column figures or to 12 V2 

 inches for double-column figures, allowing for about 

 50% reduction. The maximum height, for either width, 

 is about 18 inches. Photographs should be printed on 

 high quality or glossy paper. Original computer print- 

 outs are acceptable provided the image is clean, sharp, 

 and black. Note in red on each sheet, at top - ORIGINAL 

 COMPUTER PRINTOUT 



Do not send original drawings to the Scientific Editor; 

 if they, rather than the photographic reductions, are 

 needed by the printer, the Scientific Publications 

 Office will request them. 



Each table should start on a separate page. Consistency 

 in headings and format is desirable. Vertical rules 

 should be avoided, as they make the tables more expen- 

 sive to print. Foomotes in tables should be numbered 

 sequentially in arable numerals. To avoid confusion 

 with powers, they should be placed to the left of 

 numerals. 



Acknowledgments, if included, are placed at the end 

 of the text. 



Literature is cited in the text as: Lynn and Reid (1968) or 

 (Lynn and Reid 1968). All papers referred to in the text 

 should be listed alphabetically by the senior author's 



surname under the heading Literature Cited. Only 

 the author's surname and initials are required in the 

 literature cited. The accuracy of the literature cited is the 

 responsibility of the author Abbreviations of names of 

 periodicals and serials should conform xo Serial Sources 

 for the BIOSIS Data Base. {Chemical Abstracts also uses 

 this system, which was developed by the American Stan- 

 dards Association.) 



Common abbreviations and symbols, such as mm, 

 m, g, L, mL, mg, °C (for Celsius), %, %o, and so forth, 

 should be used. Abbreviate units of measure only when 

 used with numerals. Periods are only rarely used with 

 abbreviations. 



We prefer that measurements be given in metric units; 

 other equivalent units may be given in parentheses. 



FORM OF THE MANUSCRIPT 



The original of the manuscript should be typed, double- 

 spaced, on white bond paper Please triple space above 

 headings. We would rather receive good duplicated 

 copies of manuscripts than carbon copies. The se- 

 quence of the material should be: 



TITLE PAGE 



ABSTRACT 



TEXT 



UTERATURE CITED 



TEXT FOOTNOTES 



APPENDIX 



TABLES (Each should be numbered with an arable 



numeral and heading provided). 

 UST OF FIGURES (Entire figure legends) 

 FIGURES (Each figure should be numbered with 



an arable numeral; legends are desired) 



ADDITONAL INFORMATION 



Send the ribbon copy and two duplicated or carbon 

 copies of the manuscript to: 



Dr Andrew E. Dizon, Scientific Editor 



Fishery Bulletin 



Southwest Fisheries Center La Jolla Laboratory 



National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 



RO. Box 271 



LaJoUa.CA 92038 



Fifty separates will be supplied to an author free of 

 charge and 50 supplied to his organization. No covers 

 will be supplied. 



GPO 791-009 



