Ocean Variability in 

 the U.S. Fishery Conservation Zone, 1976 



INTRODUCT ION 

 JuLien R. Goulet^ Jr 



1. to provide resource mansgers with en overvie^j and 

 assessment of the status of the environment in terms of 

 larye area and Long time scale natural processes and their 

 possible effects on marine fishery resources/^ and 



2. to provide researchers with an infer nidt ion source on the 

 ocean properties and processes influencing fishery 



r esou rces . 



These three volumes have been prepared by the program management 

 office of the Marine Resources Monitoring/' Assessment/ and 

 Prediction (MARMAP)' program of the National Marine Fisheries 

 Service (NMFS). 



The MARMAP program is a national program of NMFS providing 

 information needed for management and allocation of the nation's 

 marine fishery resources. The program encompasses the collection 

 and analysis of data to provide information on the abundance/ 

 composition/ location/ and condition of the commercial and 

 recreational marine fishery resources of the United States. 

 MARMAP also considers the physical and chemical processes 

 influencing fishery resources. 



'Resource Assessment Division^ National Marine Fisheries 

 Service/ NOAA* Washington/ DC 20?33. 



'J. R. Goulet/ Jr. (compiler)/ The environment of the United 

 States living marine resources - 1974. U.S. Dep. Commer./ NOAA/ 

 NMFS/ MARMAP Contrib. 104; J. R. Goulet/ Jr. and E. D. riaynes 

 (editors)/ Ocean variability: Effects on U.S. marine fishery 

 resources - 1975/ U.S. Oeo. Commer./ NOAA Tech Rep. NMFS Circ. 

 416. 



'For information/ contact Chief/ Resource Assessment Division/ 

 NMFS/ NCAA/ Washington/ DC 2n?35. 



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