Fishery Bulletin 



Guide for Contributors 



Preparation 



Title page should include authors' full 

 names and mailing addresses and the 

 senior author's telephone and FAX 

 number. 



Abstract should not exceed one 

 double-spaced typed page. It should 

 state the main scope of the research 

 but emphasize its conclusions and 

 relevant findings. Because abstracts 

 are circulated by abstracting agencies, 

 it is important that they represent the 

 research clearly and concisely. 



Text must be typed double-spaced 

 throughout. A brief introduction 

 should portray the broad significance 

 of the paper; the remainder of the 

 paper should be divided into the fol- 

 lowing sections: Materials and 

 methods, Results, Discussion (or 

 Conclusions), and Acknowledgments. 

 Headings within each section must be 

 short, reflect a logical sequence, and 

 follow the rules of multiple subdivision 

 (i.e., there can be no subdivision 

 without at least two items). The en- 

 tire text should be intelligible to inter- 

 disciplinary readers; therefore, all 

 acronyms, abbreviations, and techni- 

 cal terms should be spelled out the 

 first time they are mentioned. The 

 scientific names of species must be 

 written out the first time they are 

 mentioned; subsequent mention of 

 scientific names may be abbreviated. 

 Follow the U.S. Government Printing 

 Office Style Manual, 1984 ed., the 

 CBE Style Manual, 5th ed., and the 

 most current issue of the American 

 Fisheries Society's Common and 

 Scientific Names of Fishes from the 

 United States and Canada for fish 

 nomenclature. Dates should be writ- 

 ten as follows: 11 November 1991. 

 Measurements should be expressed in 

 metric units, e.g., metric tons as (t); if 

 other units of measurement are used, 

 please make this fact explicit to the 

 reader. The numeral one (1) should be 

 typed as a one, not as a lower-case el (1). 



Text footnotes should be numbered 

 with Arabic numerals and typed on a 

 separate sheet of paper. Footnote all 

 personal communications, un- 

 published data, and unpublished 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 case of unpublished data, where the 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 references to nonstandard 

 (gray) literature, such as internal, 

 project, processed, or administrative 

 reports, wherever possible. Where 

 these references are used, please in- 

 clude whether they are available from 

 NTIS (National Technical Information 

 Service) or from some other public 

 depository. 



Literature cited comprises published 

 works and those accepted for publica- 

 tion in peer-reviewed literature (in 

 press). Follow the name and year sys- 

 tem for citation format. In the text, 

 cite Smith and Jones (1977) or (Smith 

 and Jones, 1977). If there is a se- 

 quence of citations, list chronological- 

 ly: Smith, 1932; Green, 1947; Smith 

 and Jones, 1985. Abbreviations of 

 serials should conform to abbrevia- 

 tions given in Serial Sources for the 

 Biosis Previews Database. AUTHORS 

 ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE AC- 

 CURACY AND COMPLETENESS OF ALL 

 CITATIONS. 



Tables should not be excessive in size 

 and must be cited in numerical order 

 in the text. Headings should be short 

 but ample enough to allow the table to 

 be intelligible on its own. All unusual 

 symbols must be explained in the table 

 heading. Other incidental comments 

 can be footnoted with italic numerals. 

 Use asterisks for probability in statis- 

 tical data. Because tables are typeset, 

 they need only be submitted typed and 

 formatted. Zeros should precede all 

 decimal points for values less than 

 one. 



Figures include line illustrations and 

 photographs (or slides) and must be 

 cited in numerical order in the text. 



Unless photographs are submitted on 

 glossy paper with good contrast, we 

 cannot guarantee a good final printed 

 copy. Figures are to be labeled with 

 author's name and number of figure. 

 Use Times Roman font (upper and 

 lowercase letters) to label within 

 figures. Avoid vertical lettering except 

 for y-axis labels. Zeros should precede 

 all decimal points for values less than 

 one. Figures may be submitted in 

 computer software form along with a 

 laser-printed copy, as photomechanical 

 tranfers (PMT), or as high quality 

 photographic prints. Send only xerox 

 copies of figures to the Scientific 

 Editor; original figures will be re- 

 quested later when the manuscript 

 has been accepted for publication. 



Copyright law does not cover govern- 

 ment publications; they fall within the 

 public domain. If an author repro- 

 duces any part of a government publi- 

 cation in his work, reference to source 

 is considered correct form. 



Submission 



Send printed copies (original and two 

 copies) to the Scientific Editor: 



Dr. Ronald Hardy, Scientific Editor 

 Northwest Fisheries Science Center, 



F/NWC3 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA 

 2725 Montlake Boulevard East 

 Seattle, WA 98112-2097 



Once the manuscript has been ac- 

 cepted for publication, you will be 

 asked to submit a software copy of 

 your manuscript to the Scientific 

 Editor. The software copy should be 

 submitted in Word Perfect text format 

 (or in standard ASCII text format if 

 Word Perfect is unavailable) and 

 should be placed on a 5.25-inch or 3.5- 

 inch disk that is double-sided, double 

 or high density, and that is compatible 

 with either DOS or Apple Macintosh 

 systems. 



Copies of published articles and 

 notes are available free of charge to 

 the senior author (50 copies) and to his 

 or her laboratory (50 copies). Addi- 

 tional copies may be purchased in lots 

 of 100 when the author receives page 

 proofs. 



