NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report — Fisheries 



The major mporuibilitm of the National Marine Fisheriea Service (NMFSl are to monitor and aaaeaa the abundance and geographic 

 diitnbution of Tuhiery' reaources, 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 poUcies for managing national 

 Gahing grounds, development and enforcement of domestic rishehes 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 market- 

 ing service and economic analysis programs, and mortgage insurance and vesaal construction subsidies. It collects, analyzes, and publishes 

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1 ra series was established in 1949. The aeries carries reports on scientific investigations that document 



long-t* ' ^ ur intensive scientific reports on studies of restricted scope. The reports may deal with applied fishery 



problems. The serieB u> also used as a medium for the publication of bibliographies of a specialized scientific nature. 



NOAA Technical Reports NMFS SSRF are available free in limited numbers to govemmenul agencies, both Federal and State. They arc 

 also available in exchange for other scientific and technical publications in the marine sciences. Individual copies may be obtained (unleaa 

 otherwise noted! from D822, User Services Branch, Environmental Science Information Center, NOAA, Rockville. MD 20852. Recent SSRF's 



700. Expendable bath>thermograph obaervations from the NMFS/ 

 MARAD Ship of Opportunity Program for 1973. By Steven K. Cook. June 

 1976, iii * 13 p., 10 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, 

 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003- 

 017-00382-5. 



701. Seasonal abundance and distribution of zooplankton, fish eggs, 

 and fish larvae in the eastern Gulf of Mexico, 1972-74. By Edward D. 

 Houde and Nicholas Chitty. August 1976. iii + 18 p., 14 figs., 5 Ubles. 



702. Length composition of yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye tunas caught 

 in the eastern tropical Atlantic by American purse seiners. By Gary T. 

 Sakagawa, Atilio L. Coan, and Eugene P. Holzapfel. August 1976, iv + 

 22 p.. 7 figs., 7 tables, 13 app. tables. 



703. Aquacultural economics bibliography. By John Vondru- 

 ska. October 1976, 123 p. 



menu. U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; Stock 

 No. 003-020-00134-3. 



712. Annual physical and chemical oceanographic cycles of Auke Bay, 

 southeastern Alaska. By Herbert E. Bruce, Douglas R. McLain, and 

 Bruce L. Wing. May 1977, iii + 11 p.. 16 figs.. 1 Uble. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Ofiice, Wash- 

 ington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00134-3. 



713. Current patterns and distribution of river waters in inner Bristol 

 Bay. Alaska. By Richard R. Straty. June 1977. iii + 13 p.. 16 figs.. 1 

 table. 



714. Wind stress and wind stress curl over the California Current . By 

 Craig S. Nelson. August 1977, iii -i- 87 p., 18 figs., 1 table, 3 app. For 

 sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government F*rinting Of- 

 fice, Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00139-4. 



704. The macrofauna of the surf zone off Folly Beach, South Carolina. 

 By William D. Anderson. Jr., James K. Dias, Robert K. Dias, David M. 

 Cupka, and Norman A. Chamberlain. January 1977, iv + 23 p., 2 figs.. 

 31 Ubles. 



706. Migration and dispersion of tagged American lobsters. Homana 

 americanuM, on the southern New England continental shelf. By Joseph 

 R. Uzmann, Richard A. Cooper, and Kenneth J. Pecci. January 1977, v 

 ■f 92 p., 45 figs., 2 tables, 29 app. tables. 



706. Food of western North Atlantic tunas {Thunnus) and lancetfishes 

 iAlepUaurus). By Frances D. Matthews. David M. Damkaer, Leslie W. 

 Knapp. and Bruce B. CoUette. January 1977, iii + 19 p., 4 figs., 1 ubie. 

 11 app. tables. 



707. Monthly temperature and salinity measurements of continental 

 shelf waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 1963-65. By Robert F. 

 Temple, David L. Harrington, and John A. Martin. February 1977, iii + 

 26 p.. 5 figs.. 10 tables. 



706. Catch and catch rates of fishes caught by anglers in the St. Andrew 

 Bay system. Florida, and adjacent coastal waters, 1973. By Doyle F. 

 Sutherland. March 1977, iii + 9 p., 2 figs., 9 Ubles. 



709. Expendable bathythermograph observations from the NMFS/ 

 MARAD Ship of Opportunity Program for 1974. By Steven K. Cook and 

 Keith A. Hausknecht. April 1977. iv -f 45 p.. 10 figs., 9 ubles, 35 app. 

 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of DocumenU, U.S. Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003-017-00397-3. 



715. Bottom obstructions in the southwestern North Atlantic, Gulf of 

 Mexico, and Caribbean Sea. By G. Michael Russell, Abraham J. Bar- 

 rett, L. Steve Sarbeck. and John H. Wordlaw. September 1977. iii + 21 

 p., 1 fig.. 1 app. table. For sale by the Superintendent of DocumenU. 

 U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. DC 20402; Stock No. 003- 

 020-00140-8. 



716. Fishes and associated environmenul dau collected in New York 

 Bight. June 1974-June 1975. By Stuart J. Wilk, Wallace W. Morse, 

 Daniel E. Ralph, and Thomas R. Azarovitz. September 1977. iii + 53 

 p., 3 figs.. 3 ubles. For sale by the Superintendent of DocumenU. U.S. 

 Government Printing Office. Washington. DC '20402; Stock No. 003-017- 

 0040-4. 



717. Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank ichthyoplankton collected on ICNAF 

 lar\al herring surveys September 1971-February 1975. By John B. 

 Colton, Jr. and Ruth R. Byron. November 1977. iii ■*• 35 p.. 9 figs.. 14 

 tables. 



718. Surface currenU as deurmined by drift card releases over the con- 

 tinental shelf off central and southern California. By James L. Squire. 

 Jr. December 1977, iii + 12 p.. 2 figs. 



719. Seasonal description of winds and surface and bottom salinities 

 and temperatures in the northern Gulf of Mexico, October 1972 to Janu- 

 ary 1976. By Perry A. Thompson, Jr. and Thomas D. Leming. Febru- 

 ary 1978. iv + 44 p., 43 figs.. 2 ubles. For sale by the Superintendent of 

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

 Stock No. 003-017-00414-7. 



710. Midwater inverubrates from the southeastern Chukchi Sea: 

 Species and abundance in catches incidenul to midwater trawling survey 

 of fishes, September-October 1970. By Bruce L. Wing and Nancy Barr. 

 April 1977, iii -f 43 p . 1 fig., 2 Ubles. 2 app. ubles. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of DocumenU, U.S. Government Pnnting Office. Wash- 

 ington. DC 20402; Stock No. 003020-00130-1. 



711. A list of the marine mammals of the world By Dale W. 

 Rice. April 1977. iii -f IS p. For sale by the SuperinUndent of Docu- 



720. Sea surface temperature distributions obuined off San Diego. 

 California, using an airborne infrared radiomeur. By James L. Squire, 

 Jr. March 1978, iii + 30 p., 15 figs., 1 UbIe. For sale by the Superin- 

 tendent of DocumenU, U.S. Government Printing Ofiice, Waahington. 

 DC 20402; Stock No. 003-017-00415-5. 



721. National Marine Fisheries Service survey of trace elemenU in the 

 fishery resource. By R. A. Hall. E. G. Zook. and G. M. Mea- 

 bum. March 1978. iii -f 313 p.. 5 Ubles. 3 app figs.. 1 app. table. 



