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 Style Manual (5th ed.) for 

 editorial style, 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 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 and typed on a 

 separate sheet of paper. 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 lished data, and unpublished manu- 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 of unpublished data, where the data 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, 

 wherever possible. Where these refer- 

 ences are used, please include whether 

 they are available from NTIS (Nation- 

 al 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 chronologically: 

 Smith, 1932; Green, 1947; Smith and 

 Jones, 1985. Abbreviations of serials 

 should conform to abbreviations given 

 in Serial Sources for the BIOSIS 

 Previews Database. Authors are 

 responsible for the accuracy and com- 

 pleteness 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 

 may 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, 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 (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 as com- 

 puter software files (along with laser- 

 printed copies), as photomechanical 

 transfers (PMT's), or as high quality 

 photographic prints. Send only xerox 

 copies of figures to the Scientific Edi- 

 tor; original figures will be requested 

 later when the manuscript has been 

 accepted for publication. Figure leg- 

 ends 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. 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 Managing 

 Editor. The software copy should be 

 submitted in WordPerfect text format 

 (or in standard ASCII text format if 

 WordPerfect 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). Addition- 

 al copies may be purchased in lots of 

 100 when the author receives page 

 proofs. 



tr U.S. Gov. Printing Office 1996 

 79(M)16/20006 



