problems, D 81 

 Batrachoididae 

 seasonal occurrence of young, northwestern Florida es- 

 tuary, S 672 

 Batrachoididae — see also Toadfishes 

 Bay Islands, Honduras 

 shrimp industry, 1968, FFL 172 

 spiny lobster industry, 1968, FFL 172 



Bay of Biscay 



albacore fishery in Atlantic, 1963, SEP 762 

 Beach seine — see Seine, beach 



Beaufort, North Carolina, C 204, 215, 217, 240, 244, 264, 

 270, 287, 298, 341:1, 350, 375; FB 71:289; S 539, 654, 

 664 

 Belgium 



fishing industry: 1964, MNL 90; 1965, FFL 90 

 Belone sp. — see Needlefish 

 Belonidae 

 seasonal occurrence of young, northwestern Florida es- 

 tuary, S 672 

 Belonidae — see also Needlefish 

 Belonion sp. — see Needlefish 

 Benthic fauna (inshore) 

 abundance and distribution off Long Island 

 biota, S 673 

 hydrography, S 673 

 sediments, S 673 

 Bergen, Norway 

 fish behavior as related to fishing techniques and tac- 

 tics, SEP 805 

 Bering Sea 

 drift bottle experiments, D 67 

 groundfish survey, 1972 



trawl catches and oceanographic data, D 79 

 king crab, FB 70:225 

 oceanographic data, 1970, D 65 

 physical-chemical oceanographic data, 1971 

 anomaly of specific volume, D 75 

 density, D 75 

 dynamic height, D 75 

 salinity, D 75 

 sound velocity, D 75 

 temperature, D 75 

 riddle of soundings resolved, SEP 1101 

 Bering Sea, southeastern 

 growth of king crab from tag-recovery study, 1955-65, 



D 86 

 pelagic amphipod crustaceans, 1971, S 680 

 Bibliography 

 annotated, zooplankton sampling devices, S 609 

 attempts to rear larvae of marine fishes, S 632 

 blackfin tuna, S 635 

 blue crab, S 640 

 Big Garlic River, Michigan 



water quality investigations, S 559 

 Bigeye 



feeding relationships on coral reefs, Kona, Hawaii, FB 



72:948 

 Hawaiian reefs, FB 70:724 



Bigeye, short 

 caught by otter trawl off Woods Hole, S 622 



Billfish 

 albacore in stomachs 



Hawaiian waters, FB 67:205 



South Pacific, FB 69:821 

 analysis of length and weight data on three species, 



western Atlantic Ocean, S 675:121 

 analysis of sport fishery, northeastern Gulf of Mexico, 



S 675:269 

 angler catch rates in the Pacific Ocean, S 675:290 

 aspects of systematics and distribution, S 675:45 

 Atlantic seasonal distribution 



black marlin, S 662 



sailfish, S 662 



spearfish, S 662 



swordfish, S 662 



white marlin, S 662 

 biological observations, eastern Pacific Ocean, S 



675:89 

 Cape of Good Hope as a hidden barrier 



billfishes from Cape of Good Hope, S 675:177 



billfishes not recorded from the area, S 675:178 



hydrography of the area, S 675:181 



ocean conditions during survey period, S 675:182 



records of, based on Japanese catches, S 675:178 



summary of potential movement, S 675:186 

 central Pacific Ocean 



diet, C 311 



early life history and growth, C 311 



estimating weight, C 311 



migrations, C 311 



seasonal occurrence, C 311 



sex ratio and sexual dimorphism, C 311 



spawning, C 311 



weight, C 311 

 diagnostic characters for identification of larvae 



description of pterotic and preopercular spines by 

 species, S 675:74 



larvae of Atlantic billfishes, S 675:76 



pigmentation variations of lower jaw of sailfish. S 

 675:76 



use of spines as diagnostic characters, S 675:75 

 evaluation of identification methods for young, S 



675:62 

 Hawaiian International Billfish Tournament, 

 biological investigations, SEP 997 



landings in Hawaiian longline fishery 



blue marlin, S 675:298 



catch per unit of effort, S 675:299 



size offish, S 675:299 



striped marlin, S 675:298 

 length-weight relationships, central Pacific Ocean 



analysis, S 675:127 



coefficients of allometry, S 675:134 



collection of data, S 675:126 



growth stanzas, S 675:129 



log-linear model, S 675:131 



nonlinear model, S 675:133 



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