NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 



National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars 



The major responsibilities of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are to monitor and assess the 

 abundance and geographic distribution of fishery resources, to understand and predict fluctuations in the quan- 

 tity and distribution of 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, develop- 

 ment and enforcement of domestic fisheries regulations, surveillance of foreign fishing off United States coastal 

 waters, and the development and enforcement of international fishery agreements and policies. NMFS also 

 assists the fishing industry through marketing service and economic analysis programs, and mortgage insurance 

 and vessel construction subsidies. It collects, analyses, and publishes statistics on various pha.ses of the industry. 



The NOAA Technical Report NMFS CIRC series continues a series that has been in existence since 1941. The 

 Circulars are technical publications of general interest intended to aid conservation and management. Publica- 

 tions that review in considerable detail and at a high technical level certain broad areas of research appear in 

 this series. Technical papers originating in economics studies and from management investigations appear in 

 the Circular series. 



NOAA Technical Reports NMFS CIRC 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 ma- 

 rine sciences. Individual copies may be obtained (unless otherwise noted) from NOAA Publications Section, Rock- 

 ville, Md. 20852. Recent Circulars are : 



315. SjTiopsis of biological data on the chum salmon, 

 Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum) 1792. By Rich- 

 ard G. Bakkala. March 1970, iii + 89 pp., 15 

 figs., 51 tables. 



319. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Great Lakes 

 Fishery Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan. By 

 Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. March 1970, 

 8 pp., 7 figs. 



330. EASTROPAC Atlas: Vols. 4, 2. Catalog No. 



1 49.4:330/ (vol.) 11 vols. ($4.75 each). Avail- 

 able from the Superintendent of Documents, 

 Washington, D.C. 20402. 



331. Guidelines for the processing of hot-smoked chub. 

 By H. L. Seagran, J. T. Graikoski, and J. A. 

 Emerson. January 1970, iv + 23 pp., 8 figs., 



2 tables. 



332. Pacific hake. (12 articles by 20 authors.) March 

 1970, iii 4- 152 pp., 72 figs., 47 tables. 



333. Recommended practices for vessel sanitation and 

 fish handling. By Edgar W. Bowman and Alfred 

 Larsen. March 1970, iv -|- 27 pp., 6 figs. 



335. Progress report of the Bureau of Commerpial 

 Fisheries Center for Estuarine and Menhaden 

 Research, Pesticide Field Station, Gulf Breeze, 

 Fla., fiscal year 1969. By the Laboratory staff. 

 August 1970, iii + 33 pp., 29 figs., 12 tables. 



336. The northern fur seal. By Ralph C. Baker, Ford 

 Wilke, and C. Howard Baltzo. April 1970, iii + 

 19 pp., 13 figs. 



337. Program of Division of Economic Research, 

 Bureau of Commerecial Fisheries, fiscal year 



1969. By Division of Economic Research. April 



1970, iii -I- 29 pp., 12 figs., 7 tables. 



338. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Lab- 

 oratory, Auke Bay, Alaska. By Bureau of Com- 

 mercial Fisheries. June 1970, 8 pp., 6 figs. 



339. Salmon research at Ice Harbor Dam. By Wesley 

 J. Ebel. April 1970, 6 pp., 4 figs. 



340. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Technological 

 Laboratory, Gloucester, Massachusetts. By Bu- 

 reau of Commercial Fisheries. June 1970, 8 pp., 

 8 figs. 



341. Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 Biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C., for the 

 fiscal year ending June 30, 1968. By the Lab- 

 oratory staff. August 1970, iii -f- 24 pp., 11 figs., 

 16 tables. 



342. Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 Biological Laboratory, St. Petersburg Beach, 

 Florida, fiscal year 1969. By the Laboratory staff. 

 August 1970, iii + 22 pp.," 20 figs.. 8 tables. 



343. Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries 

 Biological Laboratory, Galveston, Texas, fiscal 

 year 1969. By the Laboratory staff. August 

 1970, iii -I- 39 pp., 28 figs., 9 tables. 



344. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Tropical Atlan- 

 tic Biological Laboratory progress in research 

 1965-69, Miami, Florida." By Ann Weeks. Oc- 

 tober 1970, iv -I- 65 pp., 53 figs. 



346. Sportsman's guide to handling, smoking, and pre- 

 serving Great Lakes coho salmon. By Shearon 

 Dudley, J. T. Graikoski, H. L. Seagran, and Paul 

 M. Earl. September 1970, iii + 28 pp., 15 figs. 



347. Synopsis of biological data on Pacific ocean perch, 

 Sebnstodes alutus. By Richard L. Major and 

 Herbert H. Shippen. December 1970, iii -|- 38 

 pp., 31 figs., 11 tables. 



Continued on inside back cover. 



