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 lor optimum use of the resources. 

 NMFS is also charged with the development and implementation of policies lor managing national fishing grounds, development and enforcement of domestic 

 fisheries regulations, surveillance of foreign fishing iyW United States coastal waters, and the development and enforcement o\ international fishery agreements 

 and policies. NMFS also assists the fishing industry through marketing service and economic anal) sis programs, and mortgage insurance and vessel construc- 

 tion subsidies. It collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on various phases oi the industry 



The Special Scientific Report — Fisheries scrics'vvas 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 from D822. User Services Branch. Environ- 

 mental Science Information Center. NOAA. Rockv die. MD 211X52. Recent SSRF's arc: 



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

 Yarmouth. Nova Scotia. June 1975-Novcmbcr 1970 By Robert .1 Pawlowski 

 December 1978. iii + 10p.. 14 figs,. I table. 



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 



727. Expendable bathythermograph observations from the NMFS MARAD Ship 

 of Opportunity Program for 1975. By Steven K Cook Barclay R Collins and 

 ChnstineS. Cany. January 1979. i\ -9i ; 



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

 Honolulu route: From expendable bathy thermograph observations, lune 

 1966-Decembcr 1974 By J. F. T. Saur. L R Eber. D K McLain 

 man. January 1979. iii +35 p.. 4 figs., liable. 



7411. Food ol fifteen northwest Atlantic gadil'orm fishes. By Richard W, Langton 

 and Ray E Bowman. February 1980. i\ -23 p . 3 figs . 1 1 tables. 



741 Distribution of gammaridean Amphipoda (Crustacea) in the Middle Atlantic 

 Bight region. By John J Dickinson. Roland L Wigley. Richard D. Brodeur. and 

 Susan Brown-Leger October 1980. u - 46 p. . 26 lies . 52 tables 



^42 Water structure at Ocean Weather Station V. northwestern Pacific Ocean. 

 1966 'I By D M Husby and G R Seckel. October 1980. 18 figs.. 4 tables. 



729. References lor the identification of marii hrales on the southern 



Atlantic coast ol the United States By Richard F Dowds \; '■" p 



743 Average density index lor w alley e pollock. Tlieragra ehalcogramma, in the 

 Sea. By Loh-Lee Low and Ikuolkeda. November 1980. iii -r- 1 I p.. 3 figs.. 9 

 tables 



730. Surface circulation in the northwestern Gull oi Mexico as deduced 1 1 

 bottles. By Robert F. Temple and John A.Martin Ma) 



tables. 



731. Annotated bibliography andsubject index on the shortm n. Acipi'ti- 

 serbrevii strum. By James G. Hot!. April 1979. in + 16 p. 



744. Tunas, oceanography and meteorology of the Pacific, an annotated bibliogra- 

 phy. 1950-78. by Paul N. Sund. March 1981. iii + 123 p. 



743 Dorsal mantle length-total weight relationships of squids Loliga pealei and 

 IllexilU'i ebrosiii from the Atlantic coast of the United Stales, by Anne M. T. Lange 

 and Karen L Johnson March 1981. iii * 17 p., 3 lies.. 6 tables. 



732. Assessment of the Northwest \llani ctwibrus. stock. 



By Emory D. Anderson Apnl 1979. i\ - 13 p.. 9 figs . 15 ta 



746. Distribution of gammaridean Amphipoda (Crustacea) on Georges Bank, by 

 John J. Dickinson and Roland L Wigley. June 1981 . iii +25 p.. 16 figs.. I table. 



733 Pi igemcnt procedures for increasing production of sockcyc 



salmon smolts in the Naknek River sy stem. Bristol B.: Robert J. Ellis 



and Will, am J McNeil April 1979. in - 9 p . 4 figs . I I tables 



"~4~ Movement, growth, and mortality of American lobsters. Homarus atneri- 

 camts. tagged along the eoasi of Maine, by Jay S. Krouse. September 1981. iii + 12 

 p.. 10 figs.. 8 tables. 



734 Escape of king crab, Paralilhodes cwntschatiai. from dereliei pots By Wil- 

 i and Donald D Worlund. May 1979. ii 



\nnolaled bibliography of the conch genus Sirombus (Gastropoda. Strombi- 

 dae) in the western Atlantic Ocean, by George H. Darcy. September 1981 . iii + 16 p. 



735. History of the fishery and summary statistics of the so. key e salmon. Onca- 

 rhynchus nerka. runs to the Chigmk Lakes. Alaska. 1888-1966. By Michael L. 

 Dahlberg. August 1979. iv + 16 p., 15 figs.. 1 I tables 



736 A historical and descriptive account ol 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 T 40p.. 15 figs.. 25 tables. 



749 Food o\ eight northwest Atlantic pleuronectiform fishes, by Richard W. 

 Langton and Ray E. Bowman. September 1981. iii + 16 p.. I fig.. 8 tables. 



750. World literature to fish hybrids with an analysis by family, species, and 

 hybrid: Supplement 1 . by Frank J. Schwartz. November 1981. iii + 507 p. 



751. The barge Ocean 250 gasoline spill, by Carolyn A. Griswold (editor). 

 November 1981. iv+30p.. 28 figs.. 17 tables 



737, Movements of pelagic dolphins {Stenella spp.) in the eastern tropical Pacific 

 as indicated by results oi tagging, w ith summary oi tagging operations. 1969-76. 

 By W. F. Perrin, W F Evans. and D. B. Holts. September 1979. iii + l4p.. 9 figs ,8 



tables. 



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

 B. Frame, and A. F. Draxler. December I9"9. iv +31 f .ables. 



752 Movements of tagged summer flounder. Paratichrhys dentatus, off southern 

 New England, by F. E. Lux and F. E. Nichy December 1981 . iii + 16 p., 13 figs., 3 



tables. 



753. Factors influencing ocean catches of salmon. Oncorhynchus spp . oil Wash- 

 ington and Vancouver Island, by R. A. Low. Jr. and S. B Mathews January 1982. 

 iv • 12 p.. 6 figs.. 7 tables. 



