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, in- 

 cluding 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 American 

 Fisheries Society Special Publication No. 12, A List of Com- 

 mon 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 (for 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 Consistency 

 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 numbered sequentially in 

 arable numerals. Tb avoid confusion with powers, they 

 should be placed to the left of numerals. 



Acknowledgements, 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 sur- 

 name 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 respon- 



sibility 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 s3mibols, such as mm, m, 

 g, ml, mg, °C (for Celsius), %, °Iqq, 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 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 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 



arable numeral and heading provided). 

 LIST OF FIGURES (Entire figure legends) 

 FIGURES (Each figure should be numbered with an 



arable 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. 



