NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report — Fisheries Series 



The major responsibiliries of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are to monitor and assess the abundance and geographic distribution of fisher*' resources, to 

 understand and predict fluctuations in the quantity 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, development and enforcement of domestic fisheries regulations, surveillance of toreign 

 fishing ofl United Stales 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, analyzes, and publishes statistics on various phases of 

 the industry. 



The Special Scientific Report— Fisheries series was established in 1949. The series carries reports on scientific investigations that document long-term continuing programs 

 of NMFS. or intensive scientific reports on studies of restricted 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 may be obtained (unless otherwise noted) from D83. Technical Information Division, 

 Environmental Science Information Center. 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 1971, iii + 

 94 pp.. 19 figs.. 13 tables. 



635. A bibliography of the blackfin tuna. Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson* By Grant L. 

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

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



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

 and wind stress values, July 1963 to June 1965. By Gunter R. Seckel, June 1970. iii + 66 

 pp.. 5 figs. 



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 ol 

 Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington. DC 20402. 



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

 hatchery origin. By Benjamin G. Patten. February 1971, iii -^ 14 pp., 6 figs,. 9 tables. 



622. Number 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. E. Nichy. 

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



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

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

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



624. Influence of mechanical processing on the quality and yield of bay scallop meats. Bv 

 N. B. Webb and F, B, Thomas, April 1971. iii + II pp.. 9 figs.. 3 tables, 



625. Distribution of salmon and related oceanographic features in the North Pacific 

 Ocean, spring 1968. By Robert R. French, Richard G. Bakkala, Masanao Osako. and Jun 

 Ito. March 1971. iii + 22 pp.. 19 figs.. 3 tables. 



626. Commercial fishery and biology of the freshwater shrimp. M aero bra chium, in the 

 Lower Si. Paul River. Liberia. 1952-53, By George C. Miller. February 1971, iii -I- 13 pp.. 8 

 figs., 7 tables. 



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

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



628. Fur Seal Investigations. 1969. By NMFS. Marine Mammal Biological Laboratory. 

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



629. Analysis of the op»^rations of seven Hawaiian skipjack tuna fishing vessels, June- 

 August 1967, By Richard N, Uchida and Ray F. Sumida. March 1971, v + 25 pp.. 14 figs.. 

 21 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Of- 

 fice. Washington. D.C. 20402. 



637, Occurrence of larval, juvenile, and mature crabs in the vicinity of Beaufort Inlei, 

 North Carolina, By Donnie L. Dudle\ and Mayo H. Judy. August 1971, iii + 10 pp.. 1 fig., 

 5 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printmg Oflice. 

 Washington. DC. 20402. 



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

 1931-55. 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, A hydrographic survey of the Galveston Bay system. Texas 1963-66, By E. J. Pullen. 

 W. L, Trent, and G, B. Adams. October 1971. v+ 13 pp.. 15 figs.. 12 tables For sale by the 

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

 20402, 



640, Annotated bibliography on the fishing industry and biology ot the blue crab, 

 Caltmectes 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, 

 DC, 20402. 



641, Use of ihreadfin 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. iii + 10 pp., 3 figs., 7 tables. For sale by the Superintendent ot 

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



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

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

 appendix tables. For sale bv the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printmg 

 Office. Washington. DC 20402, 



643 Surface winds of the southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean, By John M. Steigner and 

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

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



630, Blue crab meat, I, Preservation by freezmg. July 1971, in + 13 pp.. 5 figs.. 2 tables. 

 II, Effect of chemical treatments on acceptability. By Jurgen H, Strasser. Jean S. Lennon, 

 and Frederick J. King, Julv 1971. iii + 12 pp., 1 fig., 9 tables. 



631, Occurrence of thiammase in some common aquatic animals of the United States 

 and Canada. By R. A. Greip and R, H. Gnaedinger. July 1971. iii + 7 pp., 2 tables, 



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

 laboratory. By Robert C. May. August 1971. iii + 24 pp.. 1 appendix I table. 1 appendix II 

 table. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. 

 Washington. D.C. 20402. 



633, Blueing of processed crab meat, II. Identification of some factors mvolved in the 

 blue discoloration of canned crab meat Callinectes sapidus. By Melvin E. Waters. May 

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



634. Age composition, weight, length, and sex of herring. Clupea pallasu, used for reduc- 

 tion in Alaska. 1929-66. By Gerald M, Reid. July 1971, iii + 25 pp., 4 figs.. 18 tables. 



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

 snapper (Lutzanus vivanus). By Harold C. Thompson, Jr.. and Mary H. Thompson 

 February 1972. iii ■•■ 6 pp., 3 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S 

 Government Printing Office. Washmgton. D.C, 20402. 



645. Traveling screen for removal of debris from rivers. By Daniel W. Bates, Ernest W. 

 Murphey. and Martin G. Beam. October 1971. iii -t- 6 pp., 6 figs.. 1 table. For sale by the 

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

 20402 



646. Dissolved nitrogen concentrations in the Columbia and Snake Rivers in 1970 and 

 their effect on chinook salmon andsteelhead trout. By Wesley J. Ebel. August 1971, iii + 7 

 pp.. 2 figs , 6 tables. For sale by the Supermtendent of Documents, U.S. Government 

 Printing Office. Washmgton. D.C, 20402 



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

 North America. By L Margolisand M. D. Dailey. March 1972, iii -t- 23 pp, For sale by the 

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

 20402. 



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