NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report— Fisheries Series 



The major responsibilities of the National Marine Fiahi NMFSI are to monn the abundance and geographic distribution of fishery resour 



understand and predict fluctuations in the quantity and distribution ..I these resources, and to establish levels for optimum use of the resources NMFS is also charged with 

 the development and implementation of policies for managing national fishing grounds, development and enforcement of domestic fisheries regulations, surveillance of foreign 

 fishing off United States coastal waters, and the development and enforcement of internal r.cmcnts and policies, NMFS also assists the fishing industry through 



marketing service and economic am ims, and mortgage insurance and vessel construction subsidies. It collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on various phases of 



the industry. 



The Special Scientific Report— Fisheries series was established in 1949, The series carries repori I investigations that document long-term continuing programs 



-.tensive scientific rep -tncted scope. The reports may deal with applied fishery problems. The series is also used as a medium for the publica- 



tion of bibliographies of a specialized scientific nature. , 



NOAA Technical Reports NMFS SSRF are available free in limited numbers to governmental agencies, both Federal and State. They are also available in exchange for 

 other scientific and technical publications in the marine sciences Individual copies mav be obtained lunless otherwise noted) from D83. Technical Information Division. 

 Environmental Science Information ("enter. NOAA, Washington, D.C, 20235 Recent SSRF's are: 



619. Macrozooplankton and small nekton in the coastal waters off Vancouver Island 

 (Canada) and Washington, spring and fall of 1963. By Donald S. Day. January : - 

 94 pp.. 19 figs., 13 tables. 



libliography of the hlackfin tuna, Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson). By Grant L. 

 Beardsley and David C. Simmons. August 1971. 10 pp. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents. L'.S, Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 20402. 



620. The Trade Wind Zone Oceanography Pilot Study. Part IX: The sea level wind Held 

 and wind stress values, July 196.1 to June 1965. By Gunter R. Seckel. June 197(1, iii + 66 

 pp.. 5 figs. 



621. Predation by sculpins on fall chinook salmon. Oncorhynchus tshauylscha, fry of 



Ry Benjamin G. Patten. February 1971. iii + 14 pp.. 6 figs., 9 tables, 



imber and lengths, by season, of fishes caught with an otter trawl near Woods 

 Hole Massachusetts. September 1961 to December 1962. By F. E. Lux and F F. Nichj 



February 1971. iii + 15 pp . 3 figs.. 19 tal 



623. Apparent abundance, distribution, and migrations of albacore. Thunnus alatunga. 

 on the North Pacific longline grounds By Brian J Rothschild and Marian Y. V Yong, 

 September 1970, v -I- 37 pp.. 19 figs.. 5 tables. 



624. Influence of mechanical p the quality and yield of bay scallop meats. By 



and F. B Thomas. April 1971, in + II pp , 9 figs . 3 tables. 



636 Oil pollution on Wake Island from the tanker R C. Stoner. By Reginald M 

 Gooding. May 1971. iii + 12 pp.. 8 figs.. 2 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents. U.S Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 20402. 



i urrence of larval, juvenile, and mature crabs in the vicinity of Beaufort Inlet. 

 North Carolina Bv Donnie L. Dudley and Mayo H. Judy. August 1971. iii + 10 pp.. 1 fig.. 

 5 tables. For saie bv the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office, 

 Washington. DC 20402. 



638. Length-weight relations of haddock from commercial landings in New. England. 



By Bradford E. Brown and Richard C. Hennemuth August 1971, v + 13 pp.. 16 

 figs.. 6 tables. 10 appendix A tables For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. 

 Government Printing Office, Washington. DC. 20402. 



639. Ah} tthe Galveston Hav system, Texas 1963-66. By E. J. Pullen, 

 W 1. Ircnt and G H Adams. October 1971. v + 13 pp . 15 figs 12 tables For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents, 1 .S. Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 



>a!mon and related oci features in the North Pacific 



ipring 1968 Bv Robert R French. Richard G Bakkala. Masanao Osako. and Jun 

 tables. 



mmercial fishery- and bioloc .Miter shrimp, Macrobrachtum. in the 



Lower St Paul River. Liberia. 1952-53. By George C Miller February 1971. iii + 13 pp.. 8 

 figs.. 7 tables. 



627 Calico scallops of the Southeastern United States, 1959-69. By Robert Cummins. Ir 

 June 1971. iii + 22 pp.. 23 figs., 3 tables. 



r Seal Investigations, 1969. By NMFS, Marine Mammal Biological Lai 

 August 1971, 82 pp., 20 figs.. 44 tables, 23 appendix A tables. 10 appendix B tables 



629. Analysis of the operations of seven Hawaiian skipjack tuna fishing vessels. June- 

 167. Bj Richard N. Uchida and Ray F. Sumida. March 1971. v + 25 pp.. 14 figs., 



21 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Docun. rovernment Printing 01 



frington, D.C. 20402. 



640 Annotated bibliography on the fishing industry and biology of the blue crab. 

 Calltneet?* sapidus By Marlin E. Tagatz and Ann Bowman Hall. August 1971. 94 pp. For 

 sale bv the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, * 

 1402. 



. of threadfin shad. Dorosoma petenense. as live bait during experimental pole- 

 and-line fishing for skipjack tuna. Katsuuonus pelamis. in Hawaii By Robert T. B. 

 Iversen. August 1971. in + 10 pp . 3 figs.. 7 tables For sale by the Superintendent of 

 \ernmenl Printing Office. Washington. D C 20402 



642 Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus resource and fishery— analysis of decline. 

 Bv Kenneth A Henry August 1971. v + 32 pp.. 40 figs.. 5 appendix figs.. 3 tables. 2 

 appendix table-, : le Superintendent of Documtt /eminent Printing 



Office. Washington ) 



indsol the southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. By John M. Steignerand 

 Merton C Ingham. October 1971, iii + 20 pp.. 17 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents ' ment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 



630. Blue crab meat. 1. Preservation i., 2 tables. 



■ of chemical treatments on acceptability. Bv Jurgen H Strasser. Jean S 

 King. July 1971, iii + 12 pp.. 1 



631. Occurrence of thiaminase in some common aquatic animals of the United States 

 and Canada Bv R. A Greig and R. H. Gnaedinger. July 1971. iii + 7 pp.. 2 tables. 



6.32 An annotated bibliography of attempts to rear the larvae of marine fishes in the 

 laboratory By Robert (' \ln iii + 24 pp. 1 appendix I table. 1 appendix II 



table. Foi Superintendent of Documen' mment Printm 



Washington. D.C. 2 



633 Blueing of processed crab meat II ld< ed in the 



blue discoloration of canned crab meat Calhnectes sapidus By Melvin E Water May 

 1971. iii + 7 pp.. 1 fig . 3 tables. 



634 Age composition, weight, length, and sex of herring. Clupta palUisu, used fo. reduc- 

 ly I .erald M Reid July 1971. iii -f 28 pp., 4 figs . 18 tables. 



644. Inhibition ol flesh browning and skin color fading in frozen fillets of yelloweye 

 snapper {Lutzan By Harold C, Thompson. Jr., and Mary H. Thompson. 



February 197:1, iii + 6 pp., 3 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Document- U.S. 

 niient Printing Office Washington, D.C 20402. 



raveling screen tor removal of debris from rivers By Daniel W. Bates. Ernest W. 

 Murphey, and Martin G Beam. October 1971. iii + 6 pp.. 6 figs.. 1 table F..r sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C 

 20402. 



*li, Dissolved nitrogen concentrations in the Columbia and Snake Rivers in 1970 and 

 their effect on i hinook salmon and steelhead trout. By Wesley J, Ebel August 1" 



nntendent of Documents. U.S Government 

 Printing Office. Washington, D C 20402. 



647 Revised annotated list of parasites from sea mammals caught off the west coast of 

 North America ByL MargolisandM I' Dailej March 1972, iii + 23pp. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Document i -nment Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 





