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, 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 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, D.C. 20235. Recent SSRF’s are: 
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. 
621. Predation by sculpins on fall chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus 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. Nichy. 
February 1971, iii + 15 pp., 3 figs., 19 tables. 
623. Apparent abundance, distribution, and migrations of albacore, Thunnus alalunga, 
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 
figs., 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 + 25 pp., 14 figs., 
21 tables. For sale by 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. 
Il. 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 I 
table. For sale by 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. Waters. May 
1971, iii + 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. 
635. A bibliography of the blackfin tuna, Thunnus atlanticus (Lesson). By 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. 
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. 
637. Occurrence of larval, juvenile, and mature crabs in the vicinity of Beaufort Inlet, 
North Carolina. By Donnie L. Dudley and Mayo H. Judy. August 1971, iii + 10 pp., 1 fig., 
5 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, 
Washington, D.C. 20402. 
638. Length-weight relations of haddock from commercial landings in New England, 
1931-55. By 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., 15 figs., 12 tables. For sale by the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 
20402. 
640. Annotated bibliography on the fishing industry and biology of the blue crab, 
Callinectes sapidus. By Marlin E. Tagatz and Ann Bowman Hall. August 1971, 94 pp. For 
sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, 
D.C. 20402. 
641. Use of threadfin shad, Dorosoma petenense, as live bait during experimental pole- 
and-line fishing for skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, in Hawaii. By Robert T. B. 
Iversen. August 1971, iii + 10 pp., 3 figs., 7 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
642. Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus resource and fishery—analysis of decline. 
By Kenneth A. Henry. August 1971, v + 32 pp., 40 figs., 5 appendix figs., 3 tables, 2 
appendix tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing 
Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
643. Surface winds of the southeastern tropical Atlantic Ocean. By John M. Steigner and 
Merton C. Ingham. October 1971, iii + 20 pp., 17 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
644. Inhibition of flesh browning and skin color fading in frozen fillets of yelloweye 
snapper (Lutzanus vivanus). By 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 W. 
Murphey, and Martin G. Beam. October 1971, iii + 6 pp., 6 figs., 1 table. For sale by the 
Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 
20402. 
646. Dissolved nitrogen concentrations in the Columbia and Snake Rivers in 1970 and 
their effect on chinook salmon and steelhead trout. By Wesley J. Ebel. August 1971, iii + 7 
pp., 2 figs., 6 tables: For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
647. Revised annotated list of parasites from sea mammals caught off the west coast of 
North America. By L. Margolis and 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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