NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 



National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report — Fisheries 



The major responsibilities of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are to monitor and assess the abundance and geographic distribution of 

 fishery 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 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 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 publication 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 from D822, User Services Branch, Environ- 

 mental Science Information Center, NOAA, Rockville, MD 20852. Recent SSRF's are: 



722. Gulf menhaden, Brevoorlia palronus, purse seine fishery: Catch, fishing 

 activity, and age and size composition, 1964-73. By William R. Nicholson. 

 March 1978, iii -f 8 p., 1 fig., 12 tables. 



723. Ichthyoplankton composition and plankton volumes from inland coastal 

 waters of southeastern Alaska, April-November 1972. By Chester R. Mattson 

 and Bruce L. Wing. April 1978, iii -i- II p., I fig., 4 tables. 



724. Estimated average daily instantaneous numbers of recreational and com- 

 mercial fishermen and boaters in the St. Andrew Bay system, Florida, and adja- 

 cent coastal waters, 1973. By Doyle F. Sutherland. May 1978, iv 4- 23 p., 31 

 figs. 11 tables. 



725. Seasonal bottom-water temperature trends in the Gulf of Maine and on 

 Georges Bank, 1963-75. By Clarence W. Davis. May 1978, iv + 17 p., 22 figs., 

 5 tables. 



726. The Gulf of Maine temperature structure between Bar Harbor, Maine, and 

 Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, June 1975-November 1976. By Robert J. Pawlowski. 

 December 1978, iii -f 10 p., 14 figs., I table. 



727. Expendable bathythermograph observations from the NMFS/MARAD 

 Ship of Opportunity Program for 1975. By Steven K. Cook, Barclay P. Collins, 

 and Christine S. Carty. January 1979, iv ^- 93 p., 2 figs., 13 tables, 54app. figs. 



728. Vertical sections of semimonthly mean temperature on the San Francisco- 

 Honolulu route: From expendable bathythermograph observations, June 1966- 

 December 1974. By J. F. T. Saur, L. E. Eber, D. R. McLain, and C. E. Dorman. 

 January 1979, iii -)- 35 p., 4 figs., I table. 



729. References for the indentification of marine invertebrates on the southern 

 Atlantic coast of the United States. By Richard E. Dowds. April 1979, iv -^ 37 p. 



730. Surface circulation in the northwest Gulf of Mexico as deduced from 

 drift bottles. By Robert F. Temple and John A. Martin. May 1979, iii -^ 13 p.. 

 8 figs., 4 tables. 



731. Annotated bibliography and subject index on the shortnose sturgeon, Aci- 

 penser brevirostrum. By James G. Hoff. April 1979, iii -t- 16 p. 



732. Assessment of the Northwest Atlantic mackerel. Scomber scombrus, stock. 

 By Emory D. Anderson. April 1979, iv -i- 13 p., 9 figs., 15 tables. 



733. Possible management procedures for increasing production of sockeye 

 salmon smolts in the Naknek River system, Bristol Bay, Alaska. By Robert J. 

 Ellis and William J. McNeil. April 1979, iii -I- 9 p., 4 figs., II tables. 



734. Escape of king crab, Paralilhodes camlschatica, from derelict pots. By 

 William L. High and Donald D. Woriund. May 1979, iii + II p.. 5 figs., 6 

 tables. 



735. History of the fishery and summary statistics of the sockeye salmon, On- 

 corhynchus nerka, runs to the Chignik Lakes, Alaska, 1888-1956. By Michael 

 L. Dahlberg. August 1979, iv + 16 p., 15 figs., II tables. 



736. A historical and descriptive account of Pacific coast anadromous salmonid 

 rearing facilities and a summary of their releases by region, 1960-76. By Roy 

 J. Wahle and Robert Z. Smith. September 1979, iv ^- 16 p., 15 figs., 25 tables. 



737. Movements of pelagic dolphins (Slenella spp.) in the eastern tropical Pa- 

 cific as indicated by results of tagging, with summary of tagging operations, 

 1969-76. By W. F. Perrin, W. E. Evans, and D. B. Hohs. September 1979, iii 

 -I- 14 p., 9 figs., 8 tables. 



738. Environmental baselines in Long Island Sound, 1972-73. By R. N. Reid, 

 A. B. Frame, and A. F. Draxler. December 1979, iv -I- 31 p., 40 figs., 6 tables. 



739. Bottom-water temperature trends in the Middle Atlantic Bight during spring 

 and autumn, 1964-76. By Clarence W. Davis. December 1972, iii -t- 13 p., 10 

 figs., 9 tables. 



740. Food of fifteen northwest Atlantic gadiform fishes. By Richard W. 

 Langton and Ray E. Bowman. February 1980, iv + 23 p., 3 figs., II tables. 



741. Distribution of gammaridean Amphipoda (Crustacea) in the Middle At- 

 lantic Bight region. By John J. Dickinson, Roland L. Wigley, Richard D. Bro- 

 deur, and Susan Brown-Leger. October 1980, iv -f 46 p., 26 figs., 52 tables. 



742. Water structure at Ocean Weather Station V, northwestern Pacific Ocean, 

 1966-71. By D. M. Husby and G. R. Seckel. October 1980, 18 figs., 4 tables. 



743. Average density index for walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogamma, in the 

 Bering Sea. By Loh-Lee Low and Ikuo Ikeda. November 1980, iii + II p., 

 3 figs., 9 tables. 



