NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS 



National Marine Fisheries Service, Special Scientific Report — Fisheries 



The major responsibilities of ihe 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 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. Rockville, MD 20852. Recent SSRF's are: 



722. Gulf menhaden, Brevoortia paironus, purse try: Catch, fishing 



activity, and age and size composition, 1964- 7 3 By. William K Nicholson. 

 March 197S. in + 8 p., 1 fig.. 12 tables. 



733. Possible management procedures for increasing production of sockeve 

 'Its in the Naknek River system, Bristol Bay. Alaska. By Robert J. 

 Ellis and William J. McNeil. April 1979, iii + 9 p., 4 figs., 11 tables. 



723. Ichthyoplanklon composition and plankton volumes from inland c 

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

 and Bruce L. Wing. Apt 11 p., I fig.. 4 tab 



; 4 Escape of king crab. Paraliihodes camtschatica. from derelict pots. By 

 William 1 . High and Donald D. Worlund. May 19"9. iii + 11 p.. 5 figs., 6 

 tables. 



724. Estimated average daily instantaneous nun eational and 

 mercial fishermen and boaters in the St. Andrew I 



cent coastal waters, 1973. Bv Doyle F. Sutherland. Mas |0 I p.. 31 



figs. 1 1 tables. 



725. Seasonal bottom-water temperature trends m th, viaine and on 

 Georges Bank, 1965-75. By Clarence W. Davis. May 1978, i\ • 17 



5 tables. 



726. The Gulf of Maine lempe ctvveen Bar Harbor. Maine, and 

 Yarmouth, ' November 1976. Bv Robert .1. Pawlowski. 

 December 1978, iii ■) 10 p., 14 figs., 1 table. 



History of the fishery and summary statistics of the sockeve salmon, On- 

 corhynchus nerka, runs to the Chignik Lakes, Alaska, 1888-1956. By Michael 

 L. Dahlberg. August 1979, iv - 16 p., 15 figs., 11 tables. 



736. \ historical and descriptive account of Pacific coast anadromous salmomid 



•ilities and a summary of their releases by region, 1960-76. By Roy 

 .1. Wahle and Robert Z. Smith. September 1979. iv + 40 p.. 15 figs.. 25 tables. 



737. Movements of pelagic dolphins (Sienella spp.) in the eastern tropical Pa- 

 cific as indicated by results of lagging, with summary of tagging operai 

 1969-"6. By W. F. Perrin, W. E. Evans, and D. B. Holts. September 1979. iii 

 + 14 p. ables. 



endable bathythermograph the NMFS MARAD 



Ship of Opportunity Program for 1975. 1! Barclay P.Collins, 



and Christine S. Cany. January 1979. iv » 93 p.. 2 figs.. 1? :. 



728. Vertical sections ot semimonthly mean temperature on the San Fran. 

 Honolulu route: Fron June 1966- 

 December 1974. By J. F. T. Scur. L. E. Eber. D. R. McLain. and C. E. Don 

 Januat 35 p.. 4 figs 



729. Refercnci t indentification of marine invertebrate ahem 

 Atlantic coast of the United state-. Bj 



Surface circulation in the nortliwe- Juced from 



drift bottles. By Robert F. femple and John A. Martin Up.. 



.4 table"-. 



731. Annotated bibliography and sul in the shorlnose sturgeon. Aci- 



penser brevirosinim. By James ii - 16 p. 



Assessment of the v.lantic mackerel. Scomber scombrus. 51 



By Emory D. Anderson 



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 fig-.. 6 tables. 



Bottom-water temperature trends in the Middle Atlantic Bight during spring 

 and autumn. 1964-76. By Clarence W. Davis. December 1972. in + 13 p.. 10 



able-. 



Food of fifteen northwest Atlantic gadiform fishes. By Richard W. 

 Langton and Ray E. Bowman. February 19S0, iv +■ 23 p., 3 figs., II tables. 



"41. Distribution of gammaridean Amphipoda (Crustacea) in the Middle 



ntic Bight region. By John J. Dickinson, Roland L. Wigley, Richard D. 



Brodeur, and Susan Brown-Leger. October 1980, iv + 46 p., 26 fig- 52 



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

 1966-71. By D. M. Husby and G. R. Seckel. October 1980, 18 figs.. 4 tables. 



Average density index for walleye pollock. Theragra chalcogamma, in the 

 Bering Sea. By Loh-Lee Low and Ikuo Ikeda. November 1980, iii + II p.. 

 , 9 tables. 



