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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. Lia's Pay. 
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 dea! 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 (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 p., 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 p., 5 figs. 
621. Predation by sculpins on fall chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawyt- 
scha, fry of hatchery origin. By Benjamin G. Patten. February 1971, iii + 14 
p., 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 p., 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 p., 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 p., 9 
figs., 3 tables. 
625. Distributionof salmon and related oceanograpic features in the North 
Pacific Ocean, spring 1968. By Robert R. French, Richard G. Bakkala, Masanao 
Osako, and Jun Ito. March 1971, iii + 22 p., 19 figs., 3 tables. 
626. Commercial fishery and biology of the freshwater shrimp, Macrobra- 
chium, in the Lower St. Paul River, Liberia, 1952-53. By George C. Miller. 
February 1971, iii + 13 p., 8 figs., 7 tables. 
627. Calico scallops of the Southeastern United States, 1959-69. By Robert 
Cummins, Jr. June 1971, iii + 22 p., 23 figs., 3 tables. 
628. Fur Seal Investigations, 1969. By NMFS, Marine Mammal Biological 
Laboratory. August 1971, 82 p., 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 p., 14 figs., 21 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of 
Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
630. Blue crab meat. I. Preservation by freezing. July 1971, iii + 13 p., 5 
figs., 2 tables. II. Effect of chemical treatments on acceptability. By Jurgen H. 
Strasser, Jean S. Lennon, and Frederick J. King. July 1971, iii + 12 p., 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 
p.. 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 p., 1 appendix I 
table, 1 appendix II table. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 
Goverment 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 p., 1 fig., 3 tables. 
634. Age composition, weight, length, and sex of herring, Clupea pallasii, 
used for reduction in Alaska, 1929-66. By Gerald M. Reid. July 1971, iii + 25 
p.. 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 p. 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 Be 8 figs., 2 tables. For sale by the 
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Superintendent of Documents, U.S. 
ernment 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 p., 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 p., 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. B 
E. J. Pullen, W. L. Trent, and G. B. Adams. October 1971, v + 13 p., 1 
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 p. 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 experi- 
mental pole-and-line fishing for skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis, in Hawaii. 
By Robert T. B. Iversen. August 1971, iii + 10 p., 3 figs., 7 tables. For sale by 
the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washing- 
ton, D.C. 20402. 
642. Atlantic menhaden Brevoortia tyrannus resource and fishery—analysis of 
decline. By Kenneth A. Henry. August 1971, v + 32 p., 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 propical Atlantic Ocean. By John M. 
Steigner and Merton C. Ingham. October 1971, iii + 20 p., 17 figs. For sale by 
the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washing- 
ton, 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 p., 3 tables. For sale by the Superinten- 
dent 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 p., 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 p., 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 p. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government 
Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402. 
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