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Fishery Bulletin 



Guidelines for authors 



Content of manuscripts 



Contributions published in Fishery Bulletin de- 

 scribe original research in marine fishery sci- 

 ence, fishery engineering and economics, as well 

 as the areas of marine environmental and ecolog- 

 ical sciences (including modeling). Although all 

 conj nbutions are subject to peer review, respon- 

 sibility for the contents of papers rests upon the 

 authors and not upon the editor or publisher. 

 Submission of an article implies that the article 

 is original and is nof being considered for publi- 

 cation elsewhere. Manuscripts should be written 

 in English. Authors whose native language is not 

 English are strongly advised to have their man- 

 uscripts checked by English-speakingcolleagues 

 prior to submission. Articles may range from 

 relatively short contributions ( 10-15 typed and 

 double-spaced pages to extensive contributions 

 (20-30 typed pages). Notes are reports of 5 to 

 10 pages without an abstract and describe meth- 

 ods or results not supported by a large body of 

 data. 



Manuscript preparation 



Title page should include authors' full names 

 and mailing addresses and the senior author's 

 telephone, fax number and e-mail address, and 

 a list of key words to describe the contents of the 

 manuscript. Abstract should be limited to 150 

 words (one-half page), state the main scope of 

 the research, and emphasize the author's con- 

 clusions and relevant findings. Because ab- 

 stracts are circulated by abstracting agencies, 

 it is important that they represent the research 

 clearly and concisely. Text must be typed in 12 

 point Times New Roman font throughout. A brief 

 introduction should convey the broad significance 

 of the paper; the remainder of the paper should 

 be divided into the following sections: Materials 

 and methods. Results, Discussion (or Con- 

 clusions), and Acknowledgments. Headings 

 within each section must be short, reflect a logi- 

 cal sequence, and follow the rules of multiple sub- 

 division I i.e., there can be no subdivision without 

 at least two items). The entire text should be 

 intelligible to interdisciplinary readers; there- 

 fore, all acronyms, abbreviations, and technical 

 terms should be written out in full the first time 

 they are used. Include FAO common names for 

 species in the list of keywords and in the open- 

 ing statements. Regional common names may be 

 used throughout the rest of the text if they are 

 different. FAO common names can be found at 

 http://www.fishbase.org/search.html. Follow the 

 U.S. Government Printing Office Style Manual 

 ( 1984 ed. ) and the CBE Style Manual ( 6th ed. ) for 

 editorial style, and the most current issue of the 

 American Fisheries Society's Common and Sci- 

 entific Names of Fishes from the United States 

 and Canada for fish nomenclature. Dates should 

 be written as follows: 11 November 2000. Mea- 

 surements should be expressed in metric units, 

 e.g., 58 metric tons (t); if other units of measure- 

 ment are used, please make this fact explicit to 

 the reader. Write out the numbers zero through 



nine unless they form part of measurement units 

 (e.g., nine fish but 9 mm). 



Text footnotes should be inserted in 9-point 

 font at the bottom of the page that displays the 

 first citation of the footnote. Footnotes should 

 be formatted in the same manner as citations. 

 Footnote all personal communications, unpub- 

 lished data, and unpublished manuscripts with 

 full address of the communicator or author, or, as 

 in the case of unpublished data, where the data 

 are on file. Authors are advised to avoid refer- 

 ences to nonstandard (gray) literature (such as 

 internal, project, processed, or administrative 

 reports, ICES Council Minutes, IWC Minutes 

 or Working Papers, any "research" or "working" 

 documents, laboratory or contract reports. Man- 

 agement Council reports, and manuscripts in 

 review) wherever possible. If these references are 

 used, present them as footnotes and list whether 

 they are available from NTIS (National Tech- 

 nical Information Service) or from some other 

 public depository. Cite all software and special 

 equipment or solutions used in the study, not in 

 a footnote but within parentheses in the text 

 (e.g., SAS, vers. 6.03, SAS Inst., Inc., Cary. NC ). 



Literature cited comprises published works 

 and those accepted for publication in peer- 

 reviewed literature (in press). Follow the name 

 and year system for citation format. If there is 

 a sequence of citations in the text, list chrono- 

 logically: (Smith, 1932; Green, 1947; Smith and 

 Jones, 1985). Abbreviations of serials should 

 conform to abbreviations given in the Serial 

 Sources for the BIOSIS Previews Database. 

 Authors are responsible for the accuracy and 

 completeness of all citations. Literature cita- 

 tion format: Author (last name, followed by 

 first-name initials). Year. Title of report or 

 manuscript. Abbreviated title of the series to 

 which it belongs. Always include number of 

 pages. If there is a sequence of citations by the 

 same first author, list the works alphabetically 

 according to the last name of following authors 

 (e.g.. Smith G. P., L. C. Brown, 1982; Smith, 

 G. P., and T. P. Stuart, 1982 ). If the authorship is 

 identical, list works chronologically. 



Tables and figures— general format 



• Zeros should precede all decimal points for 

 values less than one. 



• Sample size, n, should be italicized. 



• Capitalize the first letter of the first word in 

 all labels within figures. 



• Do not use overly large font sizes in maps 

 and for units of measurements along axes in 

 figures. 



• Do not use bold fonts or bold lines in figures. 



• Submit photographs on glossy paper. 



• Do not place outline rules around graphs. 



• Do not use horizontal lines in graphs to indi- 

 cate measurement units on axes. 



• Use a comma in numbers of five digits or more 

 (e.g. 13,000 but 3000). 



• Maps should have a North arrow and degrees 

 latitude-longitude (e.g., 170 ( E) 



Tables should not be excessive in size and must 

 be cited in numerical order in the text. Headings 

 should be short hut ample enough to allow the 

 table to be intelligible on its own. All unusual 

 symbols must be explained in the table legend. 

 Other incidental comments may be footnoted 

 with italic footnote markers. Use asterisks to 

 indicate probability in statistical data. Do not 

 type table legends on a separate page; place 

 them on the same page as the table data. 



Figures include line illustrations, photographs 

 (or slides), and computer-generated graphs and 

 must be cited in numerical order in the text. Line 

 illustrations may he submitted as high quality 

 laser prints. We require a hard copy of photo- 

 graphs in addition to an electronic copy. Figures 

 art' to be labeled with author's name and number 

 of figure. Avoid placing labels vertically (except on 

 y ax is j. Figure legends should explain all symbols 

 and abbreviations and should be double-spaced 

 on a separate page at the end of the manuscript, 

 Please note that we do not print graphs in color. 



FAILURE TO FOLLOW 

 THESE GUIDELINES WILL DELAY 

 PUBLICATION OF A MANUSCRIPT 



Copyright law does not apply to Fishery Bul- 

 letin, which falls within the public domain. 

 However, if an author reproduces any part of an 

 article from Fishery Bulletin in his or her work, 

 reference to source is considered correct form 

 (e.g.. Source: Fish. Bull 97:105). 



Reprints are available free of charge to the 

 senior author (50 copies) and to his or her labora- 

 tory (50 copies). Additional copies may be pur- 

 chased in lots of 100 when the author receives 

 page proofs. 



Submission 



The Scientific Editorial Office encourages au- 

 thors to submit their manuscripts as a single 

 PDF ( preferred J, Word ( zipped ), or WordPer- 

 fect (zipped) document by e-mail to Fishery. 

 Bulletin@noaa.gov. Please use the subject head- 

 ing "Fishery Bulletin manuscript submission." 

 Do not send encrypted files. For further details on 

 electronic submission, please contact the Scien- 

 tific Editorial Office directly (see address below). 

 Or you may send your manuscript on compact 

 disc in one of the above formats along with four 

 printed copies (one original plus three copies) — 

 clipped, not stapled — to the Scientific Editor, 

 at the address shown below. Send photocopies 

 only of figures with initial submission of manu- 

 script; do not send original figures. Original 

 figures and electronic copies of figures will be 

 requested later when the manuscript has been 

 accepted for publication. 



Until August 2005 



Dr. Norman Bartoo 



Scientific Editor. 



Fishery Bulletin 



NOAA/NMFS/SWFSC 



8604 La Jolla Shores Dr. 



La Jolla.CA 92038 



Starting August 2005 



Dr. Adam Moles 



Scientific Editor, 



Fishery Bulletin 



11305 Glacier Hwy 



Juneau, AK 



99801-8626 



Once the manuscript has been accepted for pub- 

 lication, you will be asked to submit a final soft- 

 ware copy of your manuscript. When requested, 

 the text and tables should be submitted in Word 

 or Word Rich Text Format. Figures should be 

 sent as PDF files, Windows metafiles, or as EPS 

 files. Send a copy of figures in original software 

 if conversion yields a degraded version. 



