NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 
National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report—Fisheries 
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, 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 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 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 D825, Technical Information Division, Environmental Science Information Center, NOAA, Washington, D.C. 20235. Recent SSRFs 
are: 
649. Distribution of forage of skipjack tuna (Euthynnus pelamis) in the 
eastern tropical Pacific. By Maurice Blackburn and Michael Laurs. 
January 1972, iii + 16 p., 7 figs., 3 tables. For sale by the Superintendent 
of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 
20402. 
650. Effects of some antioxidants and EDTA on the development of ran- 
cidity in Spanish mackerel (Scomberomorus maculatus) during frozen 
storage. By Robert N. Farragut. February 1972, iv + 12 p., 6 figs., 12 
tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
651. The effect of premortem stress, holding temperatures, and freezing 
on the biochemistry and quality of skipjack tuna. By Ladell Crawford. 
April 1972, iii + 23 p., 3 figs., 4 tables. For sale by the Superintendent 
of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 
20402. 
653. The use of electricity in conjunction with a 12.5-meter (Headrope) 
Gulf-of-Mexico shrimp trawl in Lake Michigan. By James E. Ellis. 
March 1972, iv + 10 p., 11 figs., 4 tables. For sale by the Superintendent 
of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 
20402. 
654. An electric detector system for recovering internally tagged 
menhaden, genus Brevoortia. By R. O. Parker, Jr. February 1972, iii + 7 
p., 3 figs., 1 app. table. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, 
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
655. Immobilization of fingerling salmon and trout by decompression. 
By Doyle F. Sutherland. March 1972, iii + 7 p., 3 figs., 2 tables. For sale 
by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, D.C. 20402. 
656. The calico scallop, Argopecten gibbus. By Donald M. Allen and T. 
J. Costello. May 1972, iii + 19 p., 9 figs., 1 table. For sale by the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, D.C. 20402. 
657. Making fish protein concentrates by enzymatic hydrolysis. A 
status report on research and some processes and products studied by 
NMFS. By Malcolm B. Hale. November 1972, v + 32 p., 15 figs., 1 
tables, 1 app. table. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 
Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
658. List of fishes of Alaska and adjacent waters with a guide to some of 
their literature. By Jay C. Quast and Elizabeth L. Hall. July 1972, iv + 
47 p. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
659. The Southeast Fisheries Center bionumeric code. Part I: Fishes. 
By Harvey R. Bullis, Jr., Richard B. Roe, and Judith C. Gatlin. July 
1972, xl + 95 p., 2 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, 
U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
660. A freshwater fish electro-motivator (FFEM)-its characteristics and 
operation. By James E. Ellis and Charles C. Hoopes. November 1972, iii 
+ 11 p., 2 figs. 
661. A review of the literature on the development of skipjack tuna 
fisheries in the central and western Pacific Ocean. By Frank J. Hester 
and Tamio Otsu. January 1973, iii + 13 p., 1 fig. For sale by the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, D.C. 20402. 
662. Seasonal distribution of tunas and billfishes in the Atlantic. By 
John P. Wise and Charles W. Davis. January 1973, iv + 24 p., 13 figs., 4 
tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
663. Fish larvae collected from the northeastern Pacific Ocean and 
Puget Sound during April and May 1967. By Kenneth D. Waldron. 
December 1972, iii + 16 p., 2 figs., 1 table, 4 app. tables. For sale by the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, D.C. 20402. 
664. Tagging and tag-recovery experiments with Atlantic menhaden, 
Brevoortia tyrannus. By Richard L. Kroger and Robert L. Dryfoos. 
December 1972, iv + 11 p., 4 figs., 12 tables. For sale by the Superinten- 
dent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 
20402. 
665. Larval fish survey of Humbolt Bay, California. By Maxwell B. 
Eldrige and Charles F. Bryan. December 1972, iii + 8 p., 8 figs., 1 table. 
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing 
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
666. Distribution and relative abundance of fishes in Newport River, 
North Carolina. By William R. Turner and George N. Johnson. 
September 1973, iv + 23 p., 1 fig., 13 tables. For sale by the Superinten- 
dent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 
20402. 
667. An analysis of the commercial lobster (Homarus americanus) 
fishery along the coast of Maine, August 1966 through December 1970. By 
James C. Thomas. June 1973, v + 57 p., 18 figs., 11 tables. For sale by the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, D.C. 20402. 
668. An annotated bibliography of the cunner, Tautogolabrus adspersus 
(Wilbaum). By Fredric M. Serchuk and David W. Frame. May 1973, ii + 
43 p. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
669. Subpoint prediction for direct readout meterological satellites. By 
L. E. Eber. August 1973, iii + 7 p., 2 figs., 1 table. For sale by the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, D.C. 20402. 
670. Unharvested fishes in the U.S. commercial fishery of western Lake 
Erie in 1969. By Harry D. Van Meter. July 1973, iii + 11 p., 6 figs., 6 
tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
671. Coastal upwelling indices, west coast of North America, 1946-71. 
By Andrew Bakun. June 1973, iv + 103 p., 6 figs., 3 tables, 45 app. figs. 
For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing 
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. f 
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