Guidelines for authors 
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Cite all software, special equipment, and chemical 
solutions used in the study within parentheses in the 
general text: e.g., SAS, vers. 6.03 (SAS Inst., Inc., Cary, 
NC). 
Footnotes are used for all documents that have not been 
formally peer reviewed and for observations and per- 
sonal communications. These types of references should 
be cited sparingly in manuscripts submitted to the 
journal. 
All reference documents, administrative reports, 
internal reports, progress reports, project reports, 
contract reports, personal observations, personal 
communications, unpublished data, manuscripts in re- 
view, and council meeting notes are footnoted in 9 pt 
font and placed at the bottom of the page on which they 
are first cited. Footnote format is the same as that for 
formal literature citations. A link to the online source 
(e.g., [http://www/ , accessed July 2007.]), or the 
mailing address of the agency or department holding 
the document, should be provided so that readers may 
obtain a copy of the document. 
Tables are often overused in scientific papers; it is sel- 
dom necessary to present all the data associated with a 
study. Tables should not be excessive in size and must 
be cited in numerical order in the text. Headings should 
be short but ample enough to allow the table to be in- 
telligible on its own. 
All abbreviations and unusual symbols must be ex- 
plained in the table legend. Other incidental comments 
may be footnoted with italic numeral footnote markers. 
Use asterisks only to indicate significance in statistical 
data. Do not type table legends on a separate page; 
place them above the table data. Do not submit tables 
in photo mode. 
• Notate probability with a capital, italic P. 
• Provide a zero before all decimal points for values 
less than one (e.g., 0.07). 
• Round all values to 2 decimal points. 
• Use a comma in numbers of five digits or more (e.g., 
13,000 but 3000). 
Figures must be cited in numerical order in the text. 
Graphics should aid in the comprehension of the text, 
but they should be limited to presenting patterns rather 
than raw data. Figures should not exceed one figure for 
every four pages of text and must be labeled with the 
number of the figure. Place labels A, B, C, etc. within 
the upper left area of graphs and photos. Avoid placing 
labels vertically (except for the y axis). 
Figure legends should explain all symbols and abbre- 
viations seen in the figure and should be double-spaced 
on a separate page at the end of the manuscript. 
Line art and halftone figures should be submitted as 
pdf files with >800 dpi and >300 dpi, respectively. Color 
is allowed in figures to show morphological differences 
among species (for species identification), to show stain 
reactions, and to show gradations in temperature con- 
tours within maps. Color is discouraged in graphs, and 
for the few instances where color may be allowed, the 
use of color will be determined by the Managing Editor. 
Approved color figures should be submitted as TIFF or 
JPG files in CMYK format. 
• Capitalize the first letter of the first word in all la- 
bels within figures. 
• Do not use overly large font sizes in maps and for 
units of measurements along axes in graphs. 
• Do not use bold fonts or bold lines in figures. 
• Do not place outline rules around graphs. 
• Place a North arrow and label degrees latitude and 
longitude (e.g., 170°E) in all maps. 
• Use symbols, shadings, or patterns (not clip art) in 
maps and graphs. 
Supplementary materials that are considered essential, 
but are too large or impractical for inclusion in a paper 
(e.g., metadata, figures, tables, videos, websites), may 
be provided at the end of an article. These materials 
are subject to the editorial standards of the journal. 
A URL to the supplementary material and a brief ex- 
planation for including such material should be sent 
at the time of initial submission of the paper to the 
journal. 
• Metadata, figures, tables should be submitted in stan- 
dard digital format (Word docx, pdf) and should be 
cited in the general text as (Suppl. Table, Suppl. Fig., 
etc.). 
• Websites should be cited as (Suppl. website) in the 
general text and be made available with doi code (if 
possible) at the end of the article. 
• Videos must not be larger than 30 MB to allow a 
swift technical response for viewing the video. Au- 
thors should consider whether a short video uniquely 
captures what text alone cannot capture for the un- 
derstanding of a process or behavior under exami- 
nation in the article. Supply an online link to the 
location of the video (e.g., YouTube). 
Copyright law does not apply to Fishery Bulletin, which 
falls within the public domain. However, if an author 
reproduces any part of an article from Fishery Bulle- 
tin , reference to source is considered correct form (e.g., 
Source: Fish. Bull. 97:105). 
Failure to follow these guidelines 
and failure to correspond with editors 
in a timely manner will delay 
publication of a manuscript. 
