NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report— Fisheries Series 



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

 resources to undersUnd and predict nuctualions 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 fishmg grounds, development and enforcement of domestic 

 fisheries regulations surveiUance of foreign fishing off United States coastal waters, and the development and enforcement of uiternational fishery agreemenU 

 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 reporU 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 biblioeraDhics of a specialized scientific nature. .,,„_,, j o . ^,. i ■. 1,1. ■ 



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

 exchange for other scientific and technical publications in the marine sciences. Individual copies may be obtamed (unless otherwise noudl from D83. Technical 

 Information Division. Environmental Science Information Center. NOAA. Washmgton. D.C. 2023o. Recent SSRF s are: 



619. Macrozooplankton and small nekton in the coastal waters off Vancouver 

 Island (Canada) and Washington, spring and fall of 1963. By Donald S. Day. 

 January 1971. ui + 94 p.. 19 figs.. 13 tables. 



620. The Trade Wind Zone Oceanography Pilot Study. Part IX: The sea- 

 level wind field and wind stress values, July 1963 to June 1965. By Gunter R. 

 Seckel. June 1970, iii + 66 p., 5 figs. 



621. Predation by sculpins on fall chinook salmon, Oncorhj/nchm tsKaivyt- 

 scha, fry of hatchery origin. By Benjamin G. Patten. February 1971. iii + 14 

 p., 6 figs., 9 tables. 



622. Number and lengths, by season, of fishes caught with an otter trawl 

 near Woods Hole. Massachusetts, September 1961 to December 1962. By F. E. 

 Lux and F. E. Nichy. February 1971, iii + 15 p., 3 figs., 19 ubles. 



623. Apparent abundance, distribution, and migrations of albacore. Thunnus 

 alaiunga, on the North Pacific longline grounds. By Brian J. Rothschild and 

 Marian Y. Y. Yong. September 1970, v + 37 p.. 19 figs., 5 tables. 



624. Influence of mechanical processing on the quality and yield of bay 

 scallop meats. By N. B. Webb and F. B. Thomas, April 1971, iii + 11 p.. 9 

 figs.. 3 tables. 



625. Distribution of salmon and related oceanograpic features in the North 

 Pacific Ocean, spring 1968. By Robert R. French. Richard G. Bakkala, Masanao 

 Osako. and Jun Ito. March 1971. iii + 22 p., 19 figs., 3 tables. 



626. Commercial fishery and biology of the freshwater shrimp. Macrobra- 

 ckium. in the Lower St. Paul River. Liberia. 1952 53. By George C. Miller. 

 February 1971, iii + 13 p.. 8 figs., 7 tables. 



627. Calico scallops of the Southeastern United SUtes. 1959-69. By Robert 

 Cummins. Jr. June 1971. iii + 22 p.. 23 figs.. 3 tables. 



628. Fur Seal Investigations, 1969. By NMFS, Marine Mammal Biological 

 Laboratory. August 1971. 82 p.. 20 figs.. 44 Ubles. 23 appendix A tables. 10 

 appendix B tables. 



629. Analysis of the operations of seven Hawaiian skipjack tuna fishing 

 vessels. June-August 1967. By Richard N. Uchida and Ray F. Sumida. March 

 1971, V + 25 p., 14 figs.. 21 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 20402. 



530. Blue crab meat. I. Preservation by freezing. July 1971. iii + 13 p.. 5 

 figs.. 2 tables. II. Effect of chemical treatments on acceptability. By Jurgen H. 

 Strasser. Jean S. Lennon. and Frederick J. King. July 1971, iii + 12 p.. 1 fig., 

 9 tables. 



631. Occurrence of thiaminase in some common aquatic animals of the United 

 States and Canada. By R. A. Greig and R. H. Gnaedinger. July 1971, iii + 7 

 p.. 2 tables. 



632. An annotated bibliography of attempts to rear the larvae of marine fishes 

 in the laboratory. By Robert C. May. August 1971. iii + 24 p.. 1 appendix I 

 table. 1 appendix II table. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. 

 Goverment Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 20402. 



633. Blueing of processed crab meat. II Identification of some factors involved 

 in the blue discoloration of canned crab meat CaUmectes sapidits. By Melvin E. 

 Waters. May 1971. iii + 7 p.. 1 fig.. 3 tables. 



634. Age composition, weight, length, and sex of herring, Ctupea paUasii, 

 used for reduction in Alaska. 1929-66. By Gerald M. Reid. July 1971. iii + 25 

 p., 4 figs.. 18 tables. 



635. A bibliography of the blackfin tuna. Thunnus attanticus (Lesson). By 

 Grant L. Beardsley and David C. Simmons. August 1971, 10 p. For sale by the 

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

 D.C. 20402. 



636. Oil pollution on Wake Island from the tanker R. C. Stoner. By Reginald 

 M. Gooding. May 1971. iU + 12 p.. 8 figs., 2 tables. For sale by the 

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

 D.C. 20402. 



637. Occurrence of larval, juvenile, and mature crabs in the vicinity of 

 Beaufort Inlet. North Carolina. By Donnie L. Dudley and Mayo H. Judy. 

 August 1971, iii + 10 p.. 1 fig.. 5 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 20402. 



638. Length-weight relations of haddock from commercial landings in New 

 England. 1931 55. By Bradford E. Brown and Richard C. Hennemuth. August 

 1971. v + 13 p.. 16 figs.. 6 tables, 10 appendix A tables. For sale by the 

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

 D.C. 20402. 



A hydrographic survey of the Galveston Bay system. Texas 1963-66. By 

 Pullen. W. L. Trent, and G. B. Adams. October 1971, v + 13 p., 15 



639. 



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figs.. 12 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. 



Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 20402. 



640. Annotated bibliography on the fishing industry and biology of the blue 

 crab. CaUinecles sapidus. By Marlin E. Tagatz and Ann Bowman Hall. August 

 1971. 94 p. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government 

 Printing Office, Washington. D.C. 20402. 



641. Use of threadfin shad. Dorosoma petmense, as live bait during experi- 

 mental pole-and-line fishing tor skipjack tuna. Kattuwonus petamii, in Hawaii. 

 By Robert T. B. Iversen. August 1971. iii + 10 p.. 3 figs.. 7 Ubles. For sale by 

 the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washing- 

 ton. D.C. 20402. 



642. Atlantic menhaden Brevomrtia tyrannus resource and fishery— analysis of 

 decline. By Kenneth A. Henry. August 1971. v + 32 p.. 40 figs.. 5 appendix 

 figs.. 3 tables. 2 appendix tables. For sale by the Superintendent of DocumenU, 

 U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 20402. 



643. Surface winds of the southeastern propical Atlantic Ocean. By John M. 

 Steigner and Mcrton C. Ingham. October 1971. iii + 20 p.. 17 figs. For sale by 

 the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washing- 

 ton. DC. 20402. 



644. Inhibition of Hesh browning and skin color fading in frozen fillets of 

 yelloweye snapper {Lutzanus vivanus). By Harold C. Thompson. Jr.. and Mary 

 H. Thompson. February 1972. iii + 6 p.. 3 ubles. For sale by the Superinten 

 dent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 20402. 



645. Traveling screen for removal of debris from rivers. By Daniel W. Bates, 

 Ernest W. Murphey. and Martin G. Beam. October 1971, iii + 6 p.. 6 figs.. 1 

 table. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing 

 Office. Washington D.C. 20402. 



646. Dissolved nitrogen concentrations in the Columbia and Snake Rivers in 

 1970 and their effect on Chinook salmon and steelhead trout. By Wesley J. Ebel. 

 August 1971. iii + 7 p., 2 figs.. 6 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington D.C. 20402. 



647. Revised annotated list of parasites from sea mammals caught off the 

 west coast of North America. By L. Margolis and M. D. Dailey. March 1972. iii 

 + 23 p. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 

 Printing Office. Washington. D.C. 20402. 



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