NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 

 National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report-Fisheries Series 



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, develop- 

 ment 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 as- 

 sists 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 scien- 

 tific 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 NOAA Publications Section, 

 Rockville, Md. 20852. Recent SSRF's are: 



604. The flora and fauna of a basin in central Florida 

 Bay. By J. Harold Hudson, Donald M. Allen, 

 and T. J. Costello. May 1970, iii + 14 pp., 2 figs., 

 1 table. 



605. Contributions to the life histories of several 

 penaeid shrimps (Penaeidae) along the south 

 Atlantic Coast of the United States. By William 

 W. Anderson. May 1970, iii + 24 pp., 15 figs., 12 

 tables. 



606. Annotated references on the Pacific saury, Colol- 

 abis saira. By Steven E. Hughes. June 1970, 

 iii + 12 pp. 



607. Studies on continuous transmission frequency 

 modulated sonar. Edited by Frank J. Hester. 

 June 1970, iii -f 26 pp. 1st paper. Sonar target 

 classification experiments with a continuous- 

 transmission Doppler sonar, by Frank J. Hester, 

 pp. 1-20, 14 figs., 4 tables; 2d paper, Acoustic 

 target strength of several species of fish, by H. W. 

 Volberg, pp. 21-26, 10 figs. 



608. Preliminary designs of traveling screens to col- 

 lect juvenile fish. July 1970, v + 15 pp. 1st 

 paper. Traveling screens for collection of juvenile 

 salmon (models I and II), by Daniel W. Bates 

 and John G. Vanderwalker, pp. 1-5, 6 figs., 1 

 table; 2d paper. Design and operation of a canti- 

 levei'ed traveling fish screen (model V), by Dan- 

 iel W. Bates, Ernest W. Murphey, and Earl F. 

 Prentice, 10 figs., 1 table. 



609. Annotated bibliography of zooplankton sampling 

 devices. By Jack W. Jossi. July 1970, iii 4- 

 90 pp. 



610. Limnological study of lower Columbia River, 

 1967-68. By Shirley M. Clark and George R. 

 Snyder. July 1970, iii + 14 pp., 15 figs., 11 tables. 



611. Laboratory tests of an electrical barrier for con- 

 trolling predation by northern squawfish. By 

 Galen H. Maxfield, Robert H. Lander, and 

 Charles D. Volz. July 1970, iii + 8 pp., 4 figs., 

 5 tables. 



612. The Trade Wind Zone Oceanography Pilot Study. 

 Part VIII: Sea-level meteorological properties 

 and heat exchange processes, July 1963 to June 

 1965. By Gunter R. Seckel. June 1970, iv + 

 129 pp., 6 figs., 8 tables. 



613. Sea-bottom photographs and macrobenthos col- 

 lections from the Continental Shelf off Massa- 

 chusetts. By Roland L. Wiglev and Roger B. 

 Theroux. August 1970, iii + 12 pp., 8 figs., 2 

 tables. 



614. A sled-mounted suction sampler for benthic or- 

 ganisms. By Donald M. Allen and J. Harold 

 Hudson. August 1970, iii + 5 pp., 5 figs., 1 table. 



615. Distribution of fishing effort and catches of skip- 

 jack tuna, Katsiiwonus pelamis, in Hawaiian 

 waters by quarters of the year, 1948-65. By 

 Richard N. Uchida. June 1970, iv + 37 pp., 

 6 figs., 22 tables. 



616. Effect of quality of the spawning bed on growth 

 and development of pink salmon embryos and 

 alevins. By Ralph A. Wells and William J. Mc- 

 Neil. August 1970, iii + 6 pp., 4 tables. 



617. Fur seal investigations, 1968. By NMFS, Ma- 

 rine Mammal Biological Laboratory. December 

 1970, iii + 69 pp., 68 tables. 



618. Spawning areas and abundance of steelhead 

 trout and coho, sockeye, and chum salmon in 

 the Columbia River Basin - past and present. By 

 Leonard A. Fulton. December 1970, iii + 37 pp., 

 6 figs., 11 maps, 9 tables. 



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, iii + 94 pp., 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 pp., 5 figs. 



Continued on inside back cover. 



