NOAA TECHNICAL MEMORANDUM NMFS-F/NEC 



Under the National Marine Fisheries Service's mission to "Achieve a 

 continued optimum utilization of living resources for the benefit of the 

 Nation," the Northeast Fisheries Center (NEFC) is responsible for planning, 

 developing, and managing multidisci pi inary programs of basic and applied 

 research to: (1) better understand the living marine resources (including 

 marine mammals) of the Northwest Atlantic, and the environmental quality 

 essential for their existence and continued productivity; and (2) describe and 

 provide to management, industry, and the public, options for the utilization and 

 conservation of living marine resources and maintenance of environmental quality 

 which are consistent with national and regional goals and needs, and with 

 international commitments. 



The timely need for such information by decision makers often precludes 

 publication in formal journals. The NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/NEC series 

 provides a relatively quick and highly visible outlet for 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: 



34. Oceanology: Biology of the Ocean. Volume 2. Biological Productivity of 

 the Ocean. By M.E. Vinogradov, editor in chief. First printed by Nauka Press, 

 Moscow, 1977. Translated from the Russian by Albert L. Peabody. January 

 1985. X + 518 p., 81 figs., 59 tables. NTIS Access. No. PB85-204683/AS. 



35. Annual EEMP Report on the Health of the Northeast Coastal Waters, 1982. By 



John B. Pearce, Carl R. Berman, and Marlene R. Rosen, eds., and Robert N. Reid 

 (benthos), Catherine E. Warsh (water quality), and Edith Gould (biological 

 effects), topic coords. January 1985. xi + 68 p., 29 figs., 5 tables. NTIS 

 Access. No. PB85-219129/AS. 



36. Growth and Sunfival of Larval Fishes in Relation to the Trophodynamics of 

 Georges Bank Cod and Haddock. By Geoffrey C. Laurence and R. Gregory Lough. 

 January 1985. xvi + 150 p., 67 figs., 15 tables, 1 app. NTIS Access. No. PB85- 

 220093/AS. 



37. Regional Action Plan: Northeast Regional Office and Northeast Fisheries 

 Center. By Bruce E. Higgins, Ruth Rehfus, John B. Pearce, Robert J. Pawlowski, 

 Robert L. Lippson, Timothy Goodger, Susan Mello Roe, and Douglas W. Beach. 

 April 1985. ix + 84 p., 4 figs., 6 tables, 9 app. NTIS Access. No. PB85- 

 219962/AS. 



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