NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report— Fisheries 



The major responsibilities^ of the National Marine Fisheries Service (N'MPSi are to monitor and assess the abundance and geographic 

 distribution of fisher\' resources, to understand and predict fluctuations in I he 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 foreign fishing off I'nited States coastal waters, and the 

 development and enforcement of international fisher.- agreements and policies. NMFS also assists the fishing industry through marketmg 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 -NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circular series contmues a series that has been in existence since 1941. The Circulars are technical 

 publications of general interest intended to aid con.servat ion and management. Publications that review in considerable detail and at a high 

 technical level certain broad areas of research appear in this series. Technical papers originating in ec<momics studies and from management in- 

 vestigations appear in the Circular series. 



NOAA Technical Report NMFS Circulars 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 D822, User Ser\'ices Branch, Environmental Science Information Center. NOAA, Rockville, MD 20852. Recent Cir- 

 culars are: 



700. Expendable bathythermograph observations 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 Docu- 

 ments, 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 tables. 



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 Von- 

 druska. October 1976, 123 p. 



ments, 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 -h 11 p., 16 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 -t- 87 p., 18 figs.. 1 table. 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 -I- 23 p., 2 

 figs., 31 tables. 



I."). Migration and dispersion of tagged American lobsters, Homarus 

 cimericanus. on the southern New England continental shelf. By Joseph 

 R. Uzmann, 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 tuna' (Thunnus) and lancetfishes 

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



Knapp, and Bruce B. CoUette. January 1977, iii -^ 19 p., 4 figs., 1 table, 



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. 



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 -I- 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. Hausknecht. April 1977, iv -i- 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. 



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

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

 rett, L. Steve Sarbeck, and John !! iVordlaw. September 1977, iii -f 21 

 p., 1 fig., 1 app. table. For s.i'e I / the Superintendent of Documents, 

 U.S. Government Printing Of;' je, Washington, DC 20402; Stock No. 003- 

 02000140-8. 



716. Fishes and associated environmental data 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 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 surveys September 1971-February 1975. By John B. 

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

 tables. 



718. Surface currents as determined 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 -f 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. 



710. Midwater invertebrates from the southeastern Chukchi Sea: 

 Species and abundance in catches incidental to midwater trawling survey 

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

 April 1977, iii -t- 43 p., 1 fig., 2 tables, 2 app. tables. For sale by the 

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

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



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

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



720. Sea surface temperature distributions obtained off San Diego, 

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

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

 tendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 

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



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

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

 burn. March 197«, iii -t- .'il3 p.. rt tables, 3 app. figs., 1 app. table. 



