NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report— Fisheries Series 



The major responsibilities of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFSt are to monitor and assess the abundance and ge<^r8phic 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 fishmg grounds, development and enforcement of domestic fisheries regulations, surveillance ol foreign 

 Hshing off United States coasul waters, and the development and enforcement of international fisher>- agreements and policies. NMFS also assists the fishing industr. through 

 marketing service and economic analysis programs, and mortgage insurance and vessel construction subsidies. It collects, analyzes, and publishes sUtistics 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 mtensive scientific reports on studies of restricted scope. The reports may deal with applied fisher>* problems. The series is also used as a medium for the publica- 

 tion 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 (unless otherwise noted) from D83. Technical Information Division. 

 Environmental Science Information Center. NOAA. Washington. D.C. 20235. Recent SSRF's are: 



619. Macrozooplankton and small nekton in the coastal waters off Vancouv-er Island 

 (Canada) and Washington, spring and fall of 1963. By Donald S. Day. Januar\- 1971. iii + 

 94 pp.. 19 figs.. 13 tables. 



635. A bibliography of the btackfin tuna, Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson). By Grant L. 

 Beardsley and David C. Simmons. August 1971, 10 pp. For sale by the Superintendent of 

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



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

 and wind stress values. July 1963 to June 1965. By Gunter R. Seckel. June 1970. iii + 66 

 pp.. 5 figs. 



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

 Gooding. May 1971. iii + 12 pp.. 8 figs.. 2 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 

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



621. Predation by sculpins on fall chinook salmon, Oncor/iynchus tshiuvytscha. fry of 

 hatchery origin. By Benjamin G. Patten. February 1971. iii + 14 pp.. 6 figs.. 9 Ubles. 



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 pp.. 3 figs.. 19 tables. 



623. Apparent abundance, distribution, and migrations of albacore. "Diunnus alaUmga, 

 on the North Pacific longline grounds. By Brian J. Rothschild and Marian Y. Y. Yong. 

 September 1970. v + 37 pp.. 19 figs.. 5 tables. 



624. Influence of mechanical processing on the qualit>- and yield of bay scallop meats. By 

 N. B. Webb and F B. Thomas. April 1971, ui + 11 pp.. 9 figs.. 3 tables. 



625. Distribution of salmon and related oceanographic features in the North Pacific 

 Ocean, spring 1968. By Robert R. French. Richard G. Bakkala. Masanao Osako. and Jun 

 Ito. March 1971, iii + 22 pp.. 19 figs., 3 tables. 



626. Commercial fishers- and biology of the freshwater shrimp. Macrobrochium, in the 

 Uwer St Paul River. Uberia. 1952-53. By George C. Miller. February 1971, iii + 13 pp.. 8 

 figs.. 7 tables. 



627. Calico scallops of the Southeastern United States. 1959-69. By Robert Cummins, Jr. 

 June 1971. iii -^ 22 pp.. 23 figs.. 3 Ubles. 



628. Fur Seal In\-estigations. 1969. By NMFS. Marine Mammal Biological Laboratory. 

 August 1971. 82 pp.. 20 figs.. 44 tables. 23 appendix A ubles, 10 appendix B tables. 



629 .\nalysis 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 pp.. 14 figs.. 

 21 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Govemmmt Printing Of- 

 fice, Washington. DC. 2(U02. 



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 pp.. 1 fig.. 

 5 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office, 

 Washington. DC. 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 pp.. 16 

 figs.. 6 tables. 10 appendix A tables. For sale by the Superintendent of IXxruments. U.S. 

 Government Printing Office. Washington. DC. 20402. 



639. A hydro^raphic sur\-ey of the Galveston Bay system. Texas 1963-66. By E. J. Putlen. 

 W. L.Trent, and G. B. Adams. October 1971. v ■*■ 13 pp.. 15 figs.. 12 ubles. For sale by the 

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

 20402. 



640. AnnoUted bibliography on the fishing indust7>- and biology of the blue crab. 

 Callinectes sapidus. By Marlin E. Tagatz and .\nn Bo*-man Hall. August 1971. 94 pp. For 

 sale bv the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, 

 DC. 2W02. 



641. Use of threadfin shad, Dorosoma petenense. as live bait during experimenul pole- 

 and-line fishing for skipjack tuna. Katsuuonus pelamis. in Hawaii. By Robert T. B. 

 Iversen. August 1971. iii + 10 pp.. 3 figs.. 7 ubles. For sale by the Superintendent of 

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



642. Atlantic menhaden Breioortia tymnnus resource and fishery — analysis of decline. 

 By Kenneth A. Henr>- August 1971. v + 32 pp., 40 figs.. 5 appendix figs.. 3 tables. 2 

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

 Office. Washington. DC. 20402. 



643. Surface winds of the southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. By John M. Steigner and 

 Merton C. Ingham. October 1971. iii -f 20 pp.. 17 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents. U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington. D.C. '20*02. 



630. Blue crab meal. I. Preservation by freezing. July 1971, iii + 13 pp., 5 figs.. 2 tables. 

 n. Effect of chemical treatments on accepubility. By Jurgen H. Strasser. Jean S. Lennon, 

 and Frederick J. King. July 1971, iii + 12 pp.. 1 fig.. 9 Ubles 



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 pp.. 2 tables. 



632. An annouted bibliography of attempts to rear the lar\-ae of marine fishes in the 

 laboratory . By Robert C May. Augxist 1971. iii + 24 pp.. 1 appendix I table. 1 appendix n 

 table. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Go^■emment Printing Office. 

 Washington, D.C. 20402. 



633 Blueing of processed crab meat. n. Identification of some factors inv-oU-ed in the 

 blue discoloration of canned crab meat Callinectes sapidus By MeKin E. Waters. May 

 1971. iii -f 7 pp.. 1 fig.. 3 Ubles. 



634. .'Vge composition. «-eight. length, and sex of herring, i'lupea pallasu, used for reduc- 

 tion in Alaska. 1929-66. By Gerald M. Reid. July 1971, in + 25 pp.. 4 figs.. 18 ubles. 



644. Inhibition of flesh browning and skin color fading in frozen fillets of yetlowev'e 

 snapper (Lutzanus vivanus). By Harold C. Thompson. Jr., and Mary H. Thompson. 

 February 1972. iii + 6 pp., 3 tables. For sate by the Superintendent 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 pp.. 6 figs.. 1 ubie. For sale by the 

 Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Go\-emment 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 

 pp.. 2 figs.. 6 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government 

 Printing Office, Washington. D.C 20402. 



647. Re\-ised annouted List of parasites ^m sea mammals caught off the west coast of 

 North America. By L. Margolis and M. D. Dailey. March 1972. iii + 23 pp. For sale by the 

 Superintendent trf Documents. U.S. Go\-emment Printing Office. Washin^cton. D.C 

 20402. 



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