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 t ht- abundance and geographic distribution of fisher) 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 i- also charged with 

 the development and implementation of policies for managing national fishing grounds, development and enforcement of domestic fisheries regulations, surveillance ot 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 ol 

 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 scientih. reports on studies of restricted scope The reports mav deal with applied fishery problems. The series is also used as a medium tor 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; DC. 20235. Recent SSRF's are: 



619. Macrozooptankton and small nekton in the coastal waters off Vancouver Island 

 (Canada i and Washington, spring and H\ Donald S Daw -January 1971. iii + 



94 pp.. 19 figs.. 13 tables. 



635. A bibliography of the blackfin tuna. Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson). B\ 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-level wind field 

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

 pp . 5 tigs 



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. Predatum b> sculpins on tall chinook salmon, Oncorkynchus tshawytscha, fry of 

 hatchery origin By Benjamin G Patten. February' 1971, iii + 14 pp.. 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 Ni< h. 

 Februarv 1971, iii + 15 pp.. 3 figs.. 19 tables. 



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 pp., 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 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 fishery and biology of the freshwater shrimp. Macrobrachium, in the 

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

 tigs , 7 tables. 



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

 June 1971. iii + 22 pp., 23 figs.. 3 tables. 



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

 August 1971. 82 pp., 20 figs., 44 tables, 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 + 25pp., 14 figs.. 

 21 tables For sale bv the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Of- 

 fice, Washington, D.C. 20402. 



630. Blue crab meat I Preservation by freezing July 1971. iii + 13 pp.. 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 pp.. 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 pp., 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 pp.. 1 appendix I table, 1 appendix II 

 table. For sale bv the Superintendent of Documents. U.S. Government 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 Callinectes sapidus By Melvin E. W : aters. May 

 1971. in + 7 pp., 1 fig.. 3 tables. 



634. Age composition, weight, length, and sex of herring, Clupea pallasii, used for reduc- 

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



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

 North Carolina B\ Donnie L. Dudley and Mayo H. Judy. August 1971, iii +■ 10 pp.. 1 fig . 



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

 Washington. I) C 20402. 



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

 55 B> 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 Documents. U.S. 

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



639. A hydrographic survey of the Galveston Bay system, Texas 1963-66. By E.J. Pullen, 

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

 Superintendent of Documents, US Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 

 20402 



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

 Callinectes sapidus. Bv Marlin E. Tagatz and Ann Bowman Hall. August 1971. 94 pp. For 

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

 D.I 20402 



641 Use ol threadfin shad. Dnrosoma petenense, as live bait during experimental pole- 

 and-line fishing for skipjack tuna. Katsuwonus pelamts, in Hawaii Bv Robert T B. 

 Iversen. August 1971. iii + 10 pp., 3 figs.. 7 tables. For --ale by the Superintendent of 

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



642. Atlantic menhaden Breuoortia tyrannus resource and fishery — analysis ol decline 



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

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

 Office Washington, D C 20402. 



643 Surface winds ol the southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean By John M. Steignerand 

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

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



644 Inhibition of flesh browning and skin color fading in frozen fillets of yelloweye 

 snapper [Lutzanus viuanus). Bv Harold C. Thompson. Jr., and Mary H. Thompson 

 February 1972. iii + 6 pp.. 3 tables For sale 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 \\ 

 Murphey, and Martin G Beam October 1971. iii + 6 pp., 6 figs., 1 table. For sale h\ the 

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



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646. Dissolved nitrogen concentrations in the Columbia and Snake Rivers in 1970 and 

 their effect on chinook salmon andsteelhead trout By Wesley J. Ehel August 1971, iii + 7 

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

 Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 



647 Revised annotated list of parasites from sea mammals caught off the west coasl ol 

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

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

 20402. 



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