INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS 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 affiliation, and mailing address, 

 including ZIP code. 



The abstract should not exceed one double-spaced 

 page. 



In the text, Fishery Bulletin style, for the most part, 

 follows that of the U.S. Government Printing Office 

 Style Manual. Fish names follow the style of the Amer- 

 ican 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 figures should be reduced by photography 

 to 5% inches (for single-column figures, allowing for 

 50% reduction in printing), or to 12 inches (four double- 

 column figures). The maximum height, for either width, 

 is 14 inches. Photographs should be printed on high 

 quality or glossy paper. 



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. Consis- 

 tency in headings and format is desirable. Vertical 

 rules should be avoided, as they make the tables more 

 expensive to print. Footnotes in tables should be num- 

 bered sequentially in arabic numerals. To avoid confu- 

 sion 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 to 

 Serial Sources for the BIOSIS Data Base. (Chemical 

 Abstracts also uses this system, which was developed 

 by the American Standards Association.) 



Common abbreviations and symbols, such as 



mm, m, g, ml, mg, °C (for Celsius), %, "L , 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 met- 

 ric 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 dupli- 

 cated copies of manuscripts than carbon copies. The 

 sequence of the material should be: 



TITLE PAGE 



ABSTRACT 



TEXT 



LITERATURE CITED 



TEXT FOOTNOTES 



APPENDIX 



TABLES (Each table should be numbered with an 



arabic numeral and heading provided) 

 LIST OF FIGURES (Entire figure legends) 

 FIGURES (Each figure should be numbered with 



an arabic numeral; legends are desired) 



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION 



Send the ribbon copy and two duplicated or carbon 

 copies of the manuscript to: 



Dr. William J. Richards, Scientific Editor 



Fishery Bulletin 



Southeast Fisheries Center Miami Laboratory 



National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 



75 Virginia Beach Drive 



Miami, FL 33149-1099 



Fifty separates will be supplied to an author free of 

 charge and 50 supplied to his organization. No covers 

 will be supplied. 



