NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report — Fisheries 



The major responsibilities of ihe 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 market- 

 ing 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 (unless 

 otherwise noted) from D822, User Services Branch, Environmental Science Information Center. NOAA. Rockville. MD 20852. Recent SSRF's 

 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 Documents, 

 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. 

 ska. 



Aquacultural economics 

 October 1976, 123 p. 



bibliography. By John Vondru- 



ments, L .S Ciovernment 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 + 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 -i- 87 p.. 18 figs., 1 tabll, 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 tables. 



705. Migration and dispersion of tagged American lobsters. Homarwi 

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

 R. Uzmann, Richard A. Cooper, and Kenneth J. Pecci. January 1977, v 

 -H 92 p., 45 figs., 2 tables, 29 app. tables. 



706. Food of western .North Atlantic tunas iThunnus) and lancetfishes 

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

 Knapp, and Bruce B. CoUette. January 1977, iii -i- 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 -f 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 + 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. 



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 + 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 list of the marine 

 Rice. April 1977, iii -f 15 p. 



mammals of the world. By Dale W. 

 For sale by the Superintendent of Docu- 



715. Bottom obstructions in the southwestern 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 -t- 21 

 p.. 1 fig., 1 app. table. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, 

 U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, DC 20402, Stock No. 003- 

 020-00140-8. 



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 -t- 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 + 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. in + 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- 

 ani' 1978, iv + 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. 



720. Sea surface temperature distributions obtained off San Diego. 

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

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

 tendent of Documents*. I'.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 1978. iii -t- 313 p., 5 tables, 3 app. figs., 1 app. table. 



