NOTICES 



NOAA Technical Reports NMFS published during first 6 months of 1984. 



Circular 



451. Synopsis of biological data on skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pela- 

 mis. By Walter M. Matsumoto, Robert A. Skillman, and Andrew E. 

 Dizon. January 1984, iv + 92 p., 77 figs., 20 tables. 



Special Scientific Report — Fisheries 



776. Kinds and abundances of fish larvae in the Caribbean Sea and 

 adjacent areas. By William J. Richards. May 1984, vi + 54 p., 14 figs., 

 20 tables. 



778. Bowhead and white whale migration, distribution, and abundance 

 in the Bering, Chukchi, and Beaufort Seas, 1975-78. By Howard W 

 Braham, Bruce D. Krogman, and Geoffrey M. Carroll. January 1984, 

 iv + 39 p., 32 figs., 4 tables. 



779. Opportunistic feeding of the northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, 

 in the eastern North Pacific Ocean and eastern Bering Sea. By Hiroshi 

 Kajimura. February 1984, iv + 49 p., 38 figs., 12 tables, 13 append, figs., 

 1 append, table. 



780. History of scientific study and management of the Alaskan fur seal, 

 Callorhinus ursinus, 1886-1964. By Victor B. Scheffer, Clifford H. 

 Fiscus, and Ethel I. Todd. March 1984, iii + 70 p., 14 figs. 



781. An annotated checklist of the fishes of Samoa. By Richard C. 

 Wass. May 1984, v + 43 p. 



Technical Reports NMFS 



1. Synopsis of biological data on the blue crab, Callinectes sapidus 

 Rathbun. By Mark R. Millikin and Austin B. Williams. March 1984, iv 

 + 39 p., 9 figs., 11 tables. 



2. Development of hexagrammids (Pisces: Scorpaeniformes) in the north- 

 eastern Pacific Ocean. By Arthur W Kendall, Jr. and Beverly Vin- 

 ter. March 1984, iii + 44 p., 16 figs., 13 tables, 10 append, figs. 



3. Configurations and relative efficiencies of shrimp trawls employed in 

 the southeastern United States waters. By John W Watson, Jr., Ian K. 

 Workman, Charles W. Taylor, and Anthony F. Serra. March 1984, iii + 

 12 p., 12 figs., 11 tables. 



4. Management of northern fur seals on the Pribilof Islands, Alaska, 1786- 

 1981. By Alton Y. Roppel. April 1984, iii + 26 p., 3 figs., 4 tables. 



5. Net phytoplankton and zooplankton in the New York Bight, January 

 1976 to February 1978, with comments on the effects of wind, Gulf Stream 

 eddies, and slope water intrusions. By Daniel E. Smith and Jack W. 

 Jossi. May 1984, iv + 41 p., 12 figs., 22 append, tables. 



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