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 enforce- 

 ment of domestic fisheries regulations, surveillance of foreign fishing off United States coastal waters, and the development and enforcement of interna- 

 tional 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 D822, User Services Branch, Environmental Science Information Center, NOAA, Rockville, MD 20852. Recent SSRF's are: 



722. Gulf menhaden, Brevoorlia paironus, purse seine fishery: Catch, fishing 

 activity, and age and size composition, 1964-73. By William R. Nicholson. 

 March 1978, iii + 8 p., 1 fig., 12 tables. 



723. Ichthyoplankton composition and plankton volumes from inland coastal 

 waters of southeastern Alaska, April-November 1972. By Chester R. Mattson 

 and Bruce L. Wing. April 1978, iii+ 11 p., 1 fig., 4 tables. 



Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Prinung Office, Washington, 

 D.C. 20402, Stock No. 003-017-00452-0. 



732. Assessment of the Northwest Atlantic mackerel. Scomber scombrus, 

 stock. By Emory D. Anderson. April 1979, iv-t- 13 p., 9 figs., 15 tables. For sale 

 by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Wash- 

 ington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 003-017-00450-3. 



724. Estimated average daily instantaneous numbers of recreational and com- 

 mercial fishermen and boaters in the St. Andrew Bay system, Florida, and adja- 

 cent coastal waters, 1973. By Doyle F. Sutherland. May 1978, iv + 23 p., 31 figs.. 

 11 tables. 



725. Seasonal bottom-water temperature trends in the Gulf of Maine and on 

 Georges Bank, 1963-75. By Clarence W. Davis. May 1978, iv-t 17 p., 22 figs., 5 

 tables. 



733. Possible management procedures for increasing production of sockeye 

 salmon smolts in the Naknek River system, Bristol Bay, Alaska. By Robert J. 

 Ellis and William J. McNeil. April 1979, iii + 9 p., 4 figs., 1 1 tables. For sale by 

 the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washing- 

 ton, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 003-017-00451-1. 



734. Escape of king crab, Paralithodes camtschalica, from derelict pots. By 

 William L. High and Donald D. Worlund. May 1979, iii-i- 11 p., 5 figs., 6 tables. 



726. The Gulf of Maine temperature structure between Bar Harbor, Maine, 

 and Yarmouth, Nova Scotia, June 1975-November 1976. By Robert J. 

 Pawlowski. December 197S, iii + 10 p., 14 figs., 1 table. 



727. Expendable bathythermograph observations from the NMFS/MARAD 

 Ship of Opportunity Program for 1975. By Steven K. Cook, Barclay P. Collins, 

 and Christine S. Cany. January 1979, iv + 93 p., 2 figs., 13 tables, 54 

 app. figs. 



728. Vertical sections of semimonthly mean temperature on the San Francisco- 

 Honolulu route: From expendable bathythermograph observations, June 1966- 

 December 1974. By J. F. T. Saur, L. E. Eber, D. R. McLain, and C. E. Dorman. 

 January 1979, iii + 35 p., 4 figs., 1 table. For sale by the Superintendent of 

 Documents, U.S. Government Prinung Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock 

 No. 003-0 17-0O438-4. 



729. References for the identification of marine invertebrates on the southern 

 Atlantic coast of the United States. By Richard E. Dowds. April 1979, iv + 37 p. 

 For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Prinung 

 Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Slock No. 003-017-00454-6. 



730. Surface circulation in the northwestern Gulf of Mexico as deduced from 

 drift bottles. By Robert F. Temple and John A. Martin. May 1979. iii- 13 p., 8 

 figs., 4 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 

 Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 003-017-00456-2. 



731. Annotated bibliography and subject index on the shortnose sturgeon, 

 Acipenser brevirostrum. By James G. Hoff. April 1979, iii + 16 p. For sale by the 



735. History of the fishery and summary statistics of the sockeye salmon, 

 Oncorhynehus nerka, runs to the Chignik Lakes, Alaska, 1888-1966. By Michael 

 L. Dahlberg. August 1979, iv + 16 p., 15 figs., 11 tables. For sale by the 

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

 D.C. 20402, Stock No. 003-017-00459-7. 



736. A historical and descriptive account of Pacific coast anadromous 

 salmonid rearing facilities and a summary of their releases by region, 1960-76. 

 By Roy J. Whale and Robert Z. Smith. September 1979, iv + 40 p., 15 figs., 25 

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

 Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 003-017-00460-1. 



737. Movements of pelagic dolphins (Stenella spp.) in the eastern tropical 

 Pacific as indicated by results of tagging, with summary of lagging operations, 

 1969-76. By W. F. Penin, W. E. Evans, and D. B. Holts. September 1979, 

 iii + 14 p., 9 figs., 8 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 

 Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 

 003-OI7-00462-7. 



738. Environmental baselines in Long Island Sound, 1972-73. By R. N. Reid, 

 A. B. Frame, and A. F. Draxler. December 1979, iv + 31 p., 40 figs., 6 tables. For 

 sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Prinung Office, 

 Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 003-017-00466-0. 



739. Bottom-water temperature trends in the Middle Atlantic Bight during 

 spring and autumn, 1964-76. By Clarence W. Davis. December 1979, iii + 13 p., 

 10 figs., 9 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Govern- 

 ment Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402, Stock No. 003-017-00467-8. 



