NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report— Fisheries 



The nujor r«(pon«ibiliti« of the Nitional Mahne Fuhehe* Service (NMFS) are to monitor and auea* the abundance and |«o(raphic 

 diathbution of fiahery rvaource*. to undentand and predict fluctuationa in the quantity and diatribution of theae reaourcea. and to eatabLiah 

 level* for optimum uae of the reaourcea. NMFS it alao charged vith the development and implementation of poUciea for mana^uif oatiooal 

 fiahing grounda, development and enforcement of domestic fiahenea regulations, 8ur%'eillance of foreign fiahing off United States coaatal watara, 

 and the development and enforcement of international fishery agreements and policies. NMFS alao aasista the fishing industry through markst- 

 ing service and economic analysis programs, and mortgage insurance and vessel construction subaidiea. It collects, analyua, and publiahaa 

 statistics on various phases of the industry. 



The Special Scientific Report— Fisheries series waa esublished in 1949. The series carries reporta on scientific investigatiooa that document 

 long-term continuing programs of NMFS, or intensive scientific reports on studies of restricted scope. The reports msy deal with applied fishery 

 problems The senes is slso used as a medium for the publicationof bibliographies of a specialized scientific nature 



NOAA Technical Reports NMFS SSRF are available free m limited numbers to governmental agencies, both Federal and State They ara 

 also available in exchange for other scientific and technical pubhcations in the marine sciences. Individual copiea may be obtained (unlaaa 

 otherwiae noted) from D622. User Servicea Branch, EnvironmenUl Science Information Center, NOAA. Hockville, MD 20662. Recent SSRF'a 



700. Expendable bathythermograph obaervations from the NMFS/ 

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

 1976, iii -•■ 13 p., 10 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documenta, 

 US Government Printing Office, Waahington. DC 20402; Stock No. 003- 

 017-00382-5. 



701. Seaaonal abundance and diatribution of zooplankton, fiah eggs, 

 aixtfiah larvae in the easUm Gulf of Mexico, 1972-74. By Edward D. 

 Houde and Nicholas Chitty. August 1976, iii -t- 18 p., 14 figs., 5 Ubiea. 



702. Length compoaition 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 -t- 

 22 p., 7 figa., 7 tablea, 15 app. table*. 



703. Aquacultural economics 

 aka. October 1976, 123 p. 



bibliography. By John Vondru- 



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

 No. 003-020-00134-3. 



712. Annual physical and chemical oceanographic cyclea of Auka Bay, 

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

 Bruce L. Wing. May 1977. iii -t- 11 p., 16 figs., 1 Ubie. For sale by tha 

 Superintendent of Documents. US. Government Printing Office. Waah- 

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



713. Current patterns and distribution of river wat«t« in inner Briatol 

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

 table. 



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

 Craig S. Nelson. August 1977. iii + 87 p., 18 figs.. 1 Uble, 3 app. For 

 sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing 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 Uble*. 



706. Migration and dispersion of tagged American lobsters. Homarut 

 amencanut, 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 UbIea. 29 app. tablea. 



706. Food of western North Atlantic tunas (Thunnia) and lancetfiahea 

 (Atepisourus). By Frances D. Matthews. David M. Damkaer. Lealie W. 

 Knapp. and Bruce B. CoUetU. January 1977. in + 19 p.. 4 fip., 1 uble, 

 11 app. UbIea. 



707. Monthly Umperature and salinity meaauremenU of continental 

 shelf waters of the northwestern Gulf of Mexico, 1963-66. By Robert F. 

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

 26 p.. 5 fip., 10 Ubies. 



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

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

 Sutherland. March 1977. iii -f 9 p.. 2 fip.. 9 UbIea. 



709. Elxpendable bathythermograph observation* from the NMFS/ 

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

 Keith A. Hauaknecht. April 1977. iv -»- 45 p.. 10 fip.. 9 Uble*. 35 app. 

 fip. 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 southwesUm 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 -K 21 

 p., 1 fig.. 1 app. Uble. 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, WalUce W. Moraa, 

 Daniel E. Ralph, and Thomas R. Azarovitz. SepUmber 1977, iii -»- 63 

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

 Government Printing Office. Washington. DC 20402; Stock No. 0O3-O17- 

 0040-4. 



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

 larval herring surveys SepUmber 1971 -February 1975. By John B. 

 Colton. Jr and Ruth R. Byron. November 1977. iii -f 36 p.. 9 figa.. 14 

 UbIes. 



718. Surface currenU a* deUrmined by drift card releaaea over the coo- 

 tlnenul thelf off central and southern California. By James L. Squire, 

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



719. Seasonal description of winds and surface and bottom salinitiaa 

 and temperature* 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 -t- 44 p.. 43 fip. 2 UbIes. For sale by the SuperinUndent of 

 DocumenU. U.S. Government Printing OfHce. Waahington. DC 20402; 

 Stock No. 003-017-00414-7. 



710. MidwaUr inverubrates from the eoutheasum Chukchi Sea: 

 Species and abundance m catches incidenul to midwsUr trawling survey 

 of fuhe*. SepUmber-October 1970. By Bruce L. Wing and Nancy Barr. 

 April 1977. iii -t- 43 p.. 1 fig.. 2 Uble*. 2 app. UbIes. For sale by the 

 SuperinUndent of DocumenU. U.S. Government Printing Office. Wash- 

 ington, ex: 20402; Stock No. 003-020-00130-1 



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

 Rice. April 1977, iii -t- 16 p. For sale by the SuperinUndent of Docu- 



720. Sea surface temperature distributions obtained off San Diego, 

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

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

 tendent of DocumenU. U.S. Government Printing Office. 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 UbIea. 3 app. ftp.. 1 app. Uble. 



