NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report— Fisheries 



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700. Expi ;inythermograph ob8er\'ations from the NMTS/ 



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, 

 L'.S (;ovemment Printing Omce. Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003- 

 017-0O.«2-5. 



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, 15 app. tables. 



703. Aquacultural economics bibliography. By John Vondru- 

 ska. October 1976, 123 p. 



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

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

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

 31 tables. 



705. Migration and dispersion of tagged American lobsters, Homarus 

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

 R. L'zmann, Richard A. Cooper, and Kenneth J. Pecci. January 1977, v 

 -•' 92 p . 45 figs., 2 tables. 29 app. tables. 



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

 [Atepisaurust. By Frances D. Matthews, David M. Damkaer, Leslie W. 

 Knapp, and Bruce B. Collette. January 1977, iii + 19 p.. 4 figs., 1 Ubie. 

 11 app. tables. 



707. Monthly temperature and salinity measurements of continental 

 shell 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. 



708 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 tables. 



709. Expendable bathythermograph observations from the NMFS/ 

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

 Keith A. Hau.sknecht. April 1977. iv + 45 p.. 10 figs.. 9 tables, 35 app. 

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

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



710. Midwater invertebrates from the southeastern Chukchi Sea: 

 Sp<'' - incidental to midwater trawling survey 

 of I By Bruce L. Wing and Nancy Barr. 

 April !:>' Ill ♦ 4 1 p I lit - tabien. 2 app. tables For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents. L'.S (invemment Printing Office. Wash- 

 ington. DC 20402: Stock No. 003-020-00130-1. 



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

 Rice. April 1977, iii -f 15 p. For sale by the Superintendent of Docu- 



ments, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402: Stock 

 No. 003-020-00134-3. 



712. Annual physical and chemical ' . cycles of Auke Bay. 

 southeastern Alaska. By Herbert E ulaa R. McLain, and 

 Bruce L. Wing. May 1977. iii -^ 11 p.. ib figs.. 1 table. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. 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 + 87 p.. 18 fics 1 table. 3 app. For 

 sale by the Superintendent of Documents. I - 'nt Printing Of- 

 fice. Washington. DC 20402; Stock No. 00 



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 Documents, 

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

 020-00140-8. 



716. Fishes and assiKiated environmental data collected in New York 

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

 Daniel E. Ralph, and Thumas R. Azarovitz. September 1977. iii + S3 

 p.. 3 figs.. 3 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. 

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

 0040-4. 



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

 larval herring sur\'eys September 1971-February 1975. By John B. 

 Colton, Jr. and Ruth R. Byron. November 1977. iii -t- 35 p.. 9 figs.. 14 

 tables. 



718. Surface currents as determined by drilt card releases over the con- 

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

 Jr December 1977. iii -t- 12 p.. 2 figi- 



719. Seasonal description of winds and surtace and bottom »aliniiie» 

 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 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 

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

 Stock No. 003-017-00414-7. 



720. Sea surface temperature distributions obtained off San Diego, 

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

 Jr. March 1978. iii -f 30 p.. 15 figs.. 1 table. For sale by the Superin- 

 tendent of DocumenU. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. 

 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 + 313 p., 5 tables, 3 app. figs., 1 app. table. 



