NOAA TECHNICAL (CMORANDUM NMFS-F/NEC 



The Northeast Fisheries Center (NEFC) conducts targeted research to 

 provide needed information for fisheries resource and habitat managers in the 

 Northwest Atlantic. The NEFC operates facilities in Gloucester and Woods 

 Hole, Massachusetts; Narragansett, Rhode Island; Milford, Connecticut; Sandy 

 Hook, New Jersey; and Oxford, Maryland. It also administers the NMFS's 

 National Systematics Laboratory in Washington, D.C., and Atlantic 

 Environmental Group in Narragansett, Rhode Island. This targeted research 

 focuses on: (1) harvesting, aquaculture, and utilization of fisheries 

 resources; and (2) the health of the marine environment as it affects the 

 production and edibility of fisheries resources. Users of this information 

 include federal and state agencies, private industry, and the general public. 



The real-time need for this information by decision makers often 

 precludes publication in formal journals. The NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS- 

 F/NEC series identifies informal documents prepared by NEFC authors or similar 

 material prepared by others for NEFC purposes, where formal review and 

 editorial processing are not appropriate or feasible. However, documents 

 within this series reflect sound professional work and can be referenced in 

 formal journals. Any use of trade names within this series does not imply 

 endorsement. 



Copies of this and other NOAA Technical Memorandums are available from 

 the National Technical Information Service, 5285 Port Royal Rd., Springfield, 

 VA 22161. Recent issues Of NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/NEC are noted 

 below: 



4. Fishery Management Techniques, A Review. By Michael P. Sissenwine and 

 James E. Kirkley. October 1980. v + 10 p. 



5. The Status of the Marine Fishery Resources of the Northeastern United 

 States. By Margaret M. McBride and Bradford E. Brown. December 1980. vii + 

 13 p., 4 figs., 3 tables. 



6. Economic and Biological Data Needs for Fisheries Management, With 

 Particular Reference to the New England and Mid-Atlantic Areas. By Guy D. 

 Marchesseault, Joseph J. Mueller, and Ivar E. Strand, Jr. December 1980. v + 

 10 p. , 1 fig. , 3 tables. 



7. Methodology for Identification and Analysis of Fishery Management 

 Options. By Brian J. Rothschild, Richard C. Hennemuth, Jacob J. Dykstra, Leo 

 C. Murphy, Jr., John C. Bryson, and James D. Ackert. December 1980. v + 10 

 p., 5 figs., 1 app. 



8. Phytoplankton Community Structure in Northeastern Coastal Waters of the 

 United States. I. October 1978. By Harold G. Marshall and Myra S. Cohn. 

 August 1981. Revised and reprinted October 1981. v + 14 p., 4 figs., 1 app. 



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