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Fishery Bulletin 
Guidelines for authors 
Manuscript preparation 
Contributions published in Fishery Bulletin describe 
original research in marine fishery science, fishery 
engineering and economics, as well as the areas of 
marine environmental and ecological sciences (including 
modeling). Preference will be given to manuscripts that 
examine processes and underlying patterns. Descriptive 
reports, surveys, and observational papers may occa- 
sionally be published but should appeal to an audience 
outside the locale in which the study was conducted. 
Although all contributions are subject to peer review, 
responsibility for the contents of papers rests upon the 
authors and not on the editor or publisher. Submission 
of an article implies that the article is original and is 
not being considered for publication elsewhere. Articles 
may range from relatively short contributions (10-15 
typed, double-spaced pages, tables and figures not 
included) to extensive contributions (20-30 typed pages). 
Manuscripts must be written in English; authors whose 
native language is not English are strongly advised to 
have their manuscripts checked by English-speaking 
colleagues before submission. 
Title page should include authors’ full names and 
mailing addresses and the senior author’s telephone, 
fax number, and e-mail address. Abstract should be 
limited to 250 words (one-half typed page), state the 
main scope of the research, and emphasize the author’s 
conclusions and relevant findings. Do not review the 
methods of the study or list the contents of the paper. 
Because abstracts are circulated by abstracting agen- 
cies, it is important that they represent the research 
clearly and concisely. 
General text must be typed in 12-point Times New 
Roman font throughout. A brief introduction should 
convey the broad significance of the paper; the remain- 
der of the paper should be divided into the following 
sections: Materials and methods, Results, Discus- 
sion, Conclusions, and Acknowledgments. Headings 
within each section must be short, reflect a logical 
sequence, and follow the rules of subdivision (i.e., there 
can be no subdivision without at least two items). The 
entire text should be intelligible to interdisciplinary 
readers; therefore, all acronyms, abbreviations, and 
technical terms should be written out in full the first 
time they are mentioned. 
For general style, follow the U.S. Government Print- 
ing Office Style Manual (2008. [Available at http://www. 
gpoaccess.gov/stylemanual/index.html]) and Scientific 
Style and Format: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, 
and Publishers (2006, 7 th ed.) published by the Council of 
Science Editors. For scientific nomenclature, use the cur- 
rent edition of the American Fisheries Society’s Common 
and Scientific Name of Fishes from the United States, 
Canada, and Mexico and its companion volumes ( Deca- 
pod Crustaceans, Mollusks, Cnidaria and Ctenophora, 
and World Fishes Important to North Americans). For 
species not found in the above mentioned AFS publica- 
tions and for more recent changes in nomenclature, use 
the Integrated Taxonomic Information System (avail- 
able at http://itis.gov/), or, secondarily, the California 
Academy of Sciences’ Catalog of Fishes (available at 
http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ichthy- 
ology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp) for species names not 
included in ITIS. Citations must be given of taxonomic 
references used for the identification of specimens. For 
example, "Fishes were identified by using Collette and 
Klein-MacPhee (2002); sponges were identified by using 
Stone et al. (2011).” 
Dates should be written as follows: 11 November 2000. 
Measurements should be expressed in metric units, 
e.g., 58 metric tons (t); if other units of measurement 
are used, please make this fact explicit to the reader. 
Use numerals, not words, to express whole and decimal 
numbers in the general text, tables, and figure captions 
(except at the beginning of a sentence). For example: 
We considered 3 hypotheses. We collected 7 samples in 
this location. Refrain from using the shorthand slash 
(/), an ambiguous symbol, in the general text. 
Equations and mathematical symbols should be 
set from a standard mathematical program (MathType) 
or tool (Equation Editor in MS Word). LaTex is accept- 
able for more advanced computations. For mathematical 
symbols in the general text (a, / 2 , 7t, ±, etc.), use the 
symbols provided by the MS Word program and italicize 
all variables. Do not use the photo mode when creating 
these symbols in the general text. 
Literature cited section comprises published works 
and those accepted for publication in peer-reviewed 
journals (in press). Follow the name and year system 
for citation format in the “Literature cited” section 
(that is to say, citations should be listed alphabeti- 
cally by the authors’ last names, and then by year if 
there is more than one citation with the same author- 
ship). If there is a sequence of citations in the text, 
list chronologically: (Smith, 1932; Green, 1947; Smith 
and Jones, 1985). Abbreviations of serials should con- 
form to abbreviations given in Cambridge Scientific 
Abstracts ( http://www.csa.com/ids70/serials_source_ 
list.php?db = aquclust-set-c). Authors are responsible 
for the accuracy and completeness of all citations. Lit- 
erature citation format: Author (last name, followed by 
first-name initials). Year. Title of article. Abbreviated 
title of the journal in which it was published. Always 
include number of pages. Cite all software and special 
equipment or chemical solutions used in the study 
within parentheses in the 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 
communications. These types of references should be 
cited sparingly in manuscripts submitted to the journal. 
All reference documents, administrative reports, inter- 
nal reports, progress reports, project reports, contract 
