Research Communications Unit 



Northeast Fisheries Science Center 



National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 



166 Water St. 



Woods Hole, MA 02543-1026 



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The mission of NOAA's National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is "stewardship of living marine resources for the 

 benefit of the nation through their science-based conservation and management and promotion of the health of their 

 environment." As the research arm of the NMFS's Northeast Region, the Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) 

 supports the NMFS mission by "planning, developing, and managing multidisciplinary programs of basic and applied 

 research to: 1) better understand the living marine resources (including marine mammals) of the Northwest Atlantic, 

 and the environmental quality essential for their existence and continued productivity; and 2) describe and provide to 

 management, industry, and the public, options for the utilization and conservation of living marine resources and 

 maintenance of environmental quality which are consistent with national and regional goals and needs, and with 

 international commitments." Results of NEFSC research are largely reported in primary scientific media (e.g., 

 anonymously-peer-reviewed scientific journals). However, to assist itself in providing data, information, and advice to 

 its constituents, the NEFSC occasionally releases its results in its own media. Those media are in three categories: 



NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NE -This series is issued irregularly. The series includes: data reports of long- 

 term or large area studies; synthesis reports for major resources or habitats; annual reports of assessment or monitoring programs; 

 documentary reports of oceanographic conditions or phenomena; manuals describing field and lab techniques; literature surveys of 

 major resource or habitat topics; findings of task forces or working groups; summary reports of scientific or technical workshops; and 

 indexed and/or annotated bibliographies. All issues receive internal scientific review and most issues receive technical and copy 

 editing. Limited free copies are available from authors or the NEFSC. Issues are also available from the National Technical 

 Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, VA 22161. 



Northeast Fisheries Science Center Reference Document - This series is issued irregularly. The series 



includes: data reports on field and lab observations or experiments; progress reports on continuing experiments, monitoring, and 

 assessments; background papers for scientific or technical workshops; and simple bibliographies. Issues receive internal scientific 

 review but no technical or copy editing. No subscriptions. Free distribution of single copies. 



Fishermen's Report and The Shark Tagger -- The F«Aerm«i\>(eport(FR) is a quick-turnaround report on the 

 distribution and relative abundance of commercial fisheries resources as derived from each of the NEFSC's periodic research vessel 

 surveys of the Northeast's continental shelf. There is no scientific review, nor any technical or copy editing, of the FR; copies are 

 available through free subscription. The Shark Tagger (TST) is an annual summary of tagging and recapture data on large pelagic 

 sharks as derived from the NMFS's Cooperative Shark Tagging Program; it also presents information on the biology (movement, 

 growth, reproduction, etc.) of these sharks as subsequently derived from the tagging and recapture data. There is internal scientific 

 review, but no technical or copy editing, of the TST; copies are available only to participants in the tagging program. 



To obtain a copy of a technical memorandum or a reference document, or to subscribe to the fishermen's report, 

 write: Research Communications Unit, Northeast Fisheries Science Center, 166 Water St., Woods Hole, MA 

 02543- 1 026. An annual list of NEFSC publications and reports is available upon request at the above address. 

 Any use of trade names in any NEFSC publication or report does not imply endorsement. 



