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National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report — Fisheries 



The major responsibilities of the National Marine Fisheries Serviee(NMFS)arcto 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.ol'1 United Suites coastal waters, and the development and enforcement of international fishery agreements 

 and policies NMFS also assists the fishing industry through marketing scr\ ice and economic analysis programs, and mortgage insurance and vessel construc- 

 tion 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 ma) deal with applied fishery problems. The series is 

 also used as a medium for the publication o! bibliographies ol a specialized scientific nature. 



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 exchange tor other scientific and technical publications in the marine sciences lndi\ idual copies may be obtained from Publications Services Branch (E AI 13). 

 National Environmental Satellite. Data, and Information Service. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. U.S. Department of Commerce. I 1400 

 Rockvillc Pike. Rockville. MD 20852. Recent SSRF - aie 



72b The Gull VI temperature structure 



Yarmouth. Nova Scotia. June 1975-Novcmhct 1976 H\ Robert I Pawl 



December 1978, in • lo p 14 lies , I table 



739 Bottom-water temperature uvnds in the Middle Atlantic Bight during spring 

 and autumn. l l )h4-76. By Clarence W Davis December 1979. iii + 13 p.. 10 figs.. 



"2" Expendable bathvthei NMFS MARAD Ship 



of Oppol 



Christine s Cam January 



7 2 8 . Vc r 



Honolulu route I rom cxpenda 



1966 D 



man January , 



741) food ol fifteen northwest Atlantis gadiform fishes. By Richard W. Langton 

 and Ra\ I- Bowman. February 1980. iv r23 p . 3 figs.. 1 I tables 



~4 1 Distribution ol gaimnaridean Amphipoda iCnaslucea) in the Middle Atlantic 

 By John J Dickinson. Roland L. Wigley. Richard D Brodcur. and 

 ■ Ictobcr 1980 ri 46 p 2o hgs.. 52 tables. 



"42 Water structure ai Ocean Weather Station V. northwestern Pacific Ocean. 

 Bv D M HusbvandG R Seckel October 1980. 18 figs.. 4 tables. 



729, k i the identification ol man 



Atlantic eoasi ol the I nited Slates By R 



4 ; Vvcrjge v lor walleye pollock. Theragra chalcogratmna. in the 



Loh-L.cc Low and Ikuo Iked., November 1980. iii + 1 1 p., 3 figs " 



surface circulation in [lie northwest .in dull 



B) Robert F Temple and John \ 

 tables 



73 1 . Annotated bib 



James G. Ho 



graphx and meteorology of the Pacific, an annotated bibliogra- 

 phy. 1' PaulN Sund. March 1981. iii + 123 p 



■ eighi relationships ol squids Loligo pealei and 



i ii I lined States. b\ Anne M T Lange 



5 lies . 6 tables 



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listribution of gammaridean Amphipoda (Crustacea) on Georges Bank, by 

 John J, Dickins iVigley. June 1981. iii+25 p.. Ihligs., liable 



salmon smolis in the Naknek Rivei Alaska Bv Robei 



andWillian 



4 Movement, growth, and mortality of American lobsters. H 



along the coast ol Maine, by Jav S, K rouse. September 1981. in - 12 

 p . 1 fig 



: pots. By Wil- 

 iblcs 



Annotated bibliography ol the conch genus Slrombus (Gastropoda. Strombi- 

 daci in the western Atlantic Ocean, by George H. Darcv September I9KI 



735 History of the fishery and summary statisi 

 rlmuhm nerka. runs to the Chignik Lai 

 Dahlberg. August 19 15 figs .lit; 



almonid 

 rearing facilities and a summary ofihcii 



northwest Atlantic plcuroncctiform fishes, by Richard W 

 and Ray E, Bowman. September 1981. iii-16p.. 1 fig.. 8 tables 



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



lenient I. by Frank J tvember 1981. ui +507 p 



751. Th [nil. bv Carolyn A. Griswold (editor) 



vv iih bummai 

 B) w I- Perrin. W. I 



tables 



ndcr. Paralichihys denlatus, ■ ti southern 

 ind F F. Nichy. December 1981; m-l6p.. I ; 



;,p on Wash- 

 er Island, by R H Mathews. Januar 



