INFORMATION FOR CONTRIBUTORS TO THE FISHERY BULLETIN 



Manuscripts submitted to the Fishery Bulletin will reach print faster if they conform to the following instruc- 

 tions. 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 head- 

 ings, should be self-explanatory, not requiring refer- 

 ence to the text. Their placement should be indicated 

 in the right-hand margin of the manuscript. 



Preferably figures should be reduced by photog- 

 raphy 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 glossy paper. 



Do not send original drawings to the Scientific Edi- 

 tor; 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 con- 

 fusion 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 re- 

 quired 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 Associa- 

 tion.) 



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 metric 

 units; other equivalent units may be given in paren- 

 theses. 



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 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. Carl J. Sindermann, Scientific Editor 



Fishery Bulletin 



Northeast Fisheries Center 



Sandy Hook Laboratory 



National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 



Highlands, NJ 07732 



Fifty separates will be supplied to an author free 

 of charge and 100 supplied to his organization. No 

 covers will be supplied. 



