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 for managing national fishing grounds, development and enforcement of domestic 

 fisheries regulations, surveillance ol foreign fishing off United States coastal waters, and the development and enforcement of international fisher) agreements 

 and policies. NMFS also assists the fishing industry through marketing service and economic analvsis 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 scries was established in 1949 The scries 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 o\ bibliographies of a specialized scientific nature. 



NOAA Technical Reports NMFS SSRF arc 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. Rockvillc. MD 20852. Recent SSRF s .ire 



726. The Gulf of Maine temperature structure between liar Harbor. Maine, and 

 Yarmouth. Nova Scotia. June 1475- November 1076 Hv 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. Hi + 13 p.. 10 lies , 

 9 tables 



(pendable bathythermograph observations from the NMFS MARAD Ship 

 of Opportunitv Program lor 1975 Bv Steven k Cool P Collins, and 



Cart) January 1979. iv-r93 p 2 figs.. 13 tables. 54 app figs 



72X Vertical sections ol semimonthlv mean temperature 



Honolulu route: From expendable bathylhcrmog -. June 



1966-December 1974 Bv J 1 I Saui I I 1 ici D K Mi-Lain.; 



man. January 19^9. in * 35 p.. 4 figs . I table 



"40 Food ol fifteen northwest Atlantic gadiform fishes Bv Richard W. Langton 

 and Kav I-. Bowman Febru.irv 1981). iv -23 p.. 3 figs . I 1 tables 



"41 Distribution ol gammaridean Amphipoda (Crustacea) in the Middle Atlantic 

 Bight legion Bv John J Dickinson. Roland I Wiglev. Richard D. Brodeur. and 

 Brov.n-L.eger I It tot* r lost). vi+46p.,26 figs.. 52 tables. 



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

 . Bv I) M Husbv and G. R. Seckel. October 1980. 18 lies.. 4 tables. 



729. References lor the identifies n the southern 



Atlantic coast of the 1 



7 : - Y.cragc density index lor walleye pollock. Therugra chalcogramma, in the 



Loh-Lce Low and Ikuo Ikeda November 1980. iii + I 1 p.. 3 figs. . 9 



730. Surface circulation in the northwestern G. \ as deduced ft 



bottles. Bv Robert F Temple and John A 



tables. 



731 Annotated bibliography and: Inose sturgeon. 



ser brevirosirum. By James G. Hoff. Apri I6p 



744 Tunas, oceanography and mcieorolog) of the Pacific, an annotated bibliogra- 

 phy 1950-78 bv Paul N. Sund. March 1981. iii t 123 p. 



745 Dorsal mantle length-total weight relationships of squids Loligo pallet and 



i«.i from the Atlantic coast of the United States, by Anne M. T Lange 

 and Karen L Johnson Match 1981. iii + 17 p.. 5 figs.. 6 tables. 



"32 Assessment ■ : the Northwest Atlantic mackerel 



ior) D. Anderson Apt 13 p.. 9 figs 15 la 



iistribution ol gammaridean Amphipoda (Crustacea) on Georges Bank, by 

 JohnJ. Dickinson and Roland L Wiglev June 1981. in-25p.. 16 figs.. I table. 



733. Possible management sockeye 



salmon smolts in the N :m. Bristol Bay. Alaska. Bv Robert J. Ellis 



and William J. McNeil April I' 



747. Movement, growth, and mortality of American lobsters. Homarus ameri- 

 canus. tagged along the coast of Maine, by Jav S Krouse. September 1981. iii + 12 



:es . 8 tables 



734. Fscape of king crab. Paralithodes Bv Wil 



ham L. High and Donald D Worlund May 1979. iii + 1 1 p.. 5 figs.. 6 tat 



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

 the western Atlantic Ocean, bv George H. Darcy. September 1981, iii + 16 p. 



735 History of the fisher) and summary statistics of the sockeye salmon. Onvo- 

 rhynchus nerka, runs to the Chignik Lakes. Alaska. 1888-1966 Bv Michael L. 

 Dahlberg. August 1479. iv +16 p., 15 ligs.. II tables 



736. A historical and descriptive account o\ Pacific coast anadromous salmonid 

 rearing facilities and a summary ot their releases by region. 1960-76. By Roy J 

 Whale and Robert Z. Smith. September 1979. iv t-40p.. 15 figs .25 tables. 



"49 Fo.sJ ,>i eight northwest Atlantic pleuronectiform fishes, bv Richard W. 

 Langton and Rav E. Bowman. September 198 1 . iii + 16 p.. I fig . 8 tables 



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

 hybrid: Supplement I. bv Frank J Schwartz. November 1981. iii +507 p. 



751. The barge Ocean 250 gasoline spill, bv Carolvn A Griswold tcditor). 

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



737 Movements of pelagic dolphins [Sie nella spp. ) in the eastern tropical Pacific 

 as indicated b\ results ol lagging, with summary of tagging operations. 1 

 Bv W R Perrin. W F. Evans, and D. B. Holts. September 1979. iii + 14 p.. 9 



tables. 



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

 B. Frame, and A. F. Draxler December 1979. !v -31 p.. 40 figs.. 6 tables. 



"52 Movements of tagged summer flounder. Paralicluhys denlatus. off southern 

 New England, b) F. E. Lux and F. E. Nichy. December 1981. iii- 16 p.. 13 figs.. 3 



tables. 



753. Factors influencing ocean catches ^\~ salmon, Oncorhynchus spp . oft Wash- 

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

 iv - 12 p. 6 figs.. 7 tables. 



