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 following 

 sections: Materials and methods, 

 Results, Discussion (or Conclusions), 

 and Acknowledgments. Headings 

 within each section must be short, re- 

 flect a logical sequence, and follow the 

 rules of multiple subdivision (i.e. there 

 can be no subdivision without at least 

 two items). The entire text should be 

 intelligible to interdisciplinary readers; 

 therefore, all acronyms, abbreviations, 

 and technical 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.) and the 

 CBE Scientific Style and Format (6th 

 ed.) for editorial style, and the most 

 current issue of the American Fish- 

 eries Society's Common and Scientific 

 Names of Fishes from the United 

 States and Canada for fish nomencla- 

 ture. Dates should be written as fol- 

 lows: 11 November 1991. Measure- 

 ments 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. Footnote all 

 personal communications, unpub- 

 lished data, and unpublished manu- 

 scripts with full address of the com- 

 municator 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 of unpublished data, where the data 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. 

 Where these references are used, 

 please include whether they are avail- 

 able 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 as follows: Smith and Jones (1977) 

 or (Smith and Jones, 1977). If there is 

 a sequence of citations, list chronologi- 

 cally: Smith, 1932; Smith and Jones, 

 1985; Smith and Allen, 1986. Ab- 

 breviations of serials should conform 

 to abbreviations given in Serial Sour- 

 ces 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 

 legend. Other incidental comments 

 may be footnoted with italic numerals. 

 Use the asterisk only to indicate prob- 

 ability in statistical data. Because 

 tables are typeset, they need only be 

 submitted typed and formatted, with 

 double-spaced legends. 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 (boldface) to 

 label divisions within figures. Zeros 

 should precede all decimal points for 

 values less than one. Figures may be 

 submitted as computer software files, 

 as photomechanical transfers (PMT's), 

 or as high quality photographic prints. 

 Figures submitted as software files 

 must be saved in the software pro- 

 gram with which they were created. 

 Do not submit them as EPS files. Send 

 only xerox copies of figures to the 

 Scientific Editor; original figures will 

 be requested later when the manu- 

 script has been accepted for publica- 

 tion. Figure legends should explain all 

 symbols and abbreviations and should 

 be double-spaced on a separate page at 

 the end of the manuscript. 



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. John B. Pearce, Scientific Editor 

 Northeast Fisheries Science Center 

 National Marine Fisheries Service 

 166 Water Street 

 Woods Hole, MA 02543-1097 



Once the manuscript has been ac- 

 cepted for publication, you will be 

 asked to submit a software copy of your 

 manuscript to the Managing Editor. 

 The software copy should be submitted 

 in WordPerfect 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 sys- 

 tems. 



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). Addition- 

 al copies may be purchased in lots of 

 100 when the senior author receives 

 page proofs. 



<r US. Gov. Printing Office 1996 

 790O 16/20006 



