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Fishery Bulletin 
Guidelines for authors 
Manuscript preparation 
Contributions published in Fishery Bulletin describe 
original research in marine fishery science, fishery en- 
gineering and economics, as well as the areas of ma- 
rine 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 in- 
cluded]) 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 authors 
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, 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 sub- 
division without at least two subheadings). 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. 
gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/GPO-STYLEMANUAL-2008/pdf/GPO- 
STYLEMANUAL-2008.pdf] and Scientific Style and For- 
mat: the CSE Manual for Authors, Editors, and Publish- 
ers (2014, 8 th ed.) published by the Council of Science 
Editors. For scientific nomenclature, use the current 
edition of the American Fisheries Society’s Common 
and Scientific Names 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 (ITIS) 
(available at http://itis.gov/), or, secondarily, the Cali- 
fornia Academy of Sciences Catalog of Fishes (avail- 
able at http://researcharchive.calacademy.org/research/ 
ichthyology/catalog/fishcatmain.asp) for species names 
not included in ITIS. Common (vernacular) names 
should be lowercase. Citations must be given of taxo- 
nomic references used for the identification of speci- 
mens. For example, “Fishes were identified by using 
Collette and Klein-MacPhee (2002); sponges were iden- 
tified 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 measure- 
ment 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 fig- 
ure captions (except at the beginning of a sentence). 
For example: We considered 3 hypotheses. We collected 
7 samples in this location. Use American spelling. Re- 
frain from using the shorthand slash (/), an ambiguous 
symbol, in the general text. 
Word usage and grammar that may be useful are 
the following: 
• Aging For our journal the word aging is used to 
mean both age determination and the aging process 
(senescence). The author should make clear which 
meaning is intended where ambiguity may arise. 
• Fish and fishes For papers on taxonomy and biodi- 
versity, the plural of fish is fishes, by convention. In 
all other instances, the plural is fish. 
Examples: 
The fishes of Puget Sound [biodiversity is indicated]; 
The number of fish caught that season [no emphasis 
on biodiversity]; 
The fish were caught in trawl nets [no emphasis on 
biodiversity] . 
The same logic applies to the use of the words crab 
and crabs, squid and squids, etc. 
• Sex For the meaning of male and female, use the 
word sex, not gender. 
• Participles As adjectives, participles must modify a 
specific noun or pronoun and make sense with that 
noun or pronoun. 
Incorrect: 
Using the recruitment model, estimates of age-1 re- 
cruitment were determined. [Estimates did not 
use the recruitment model.] 
Correct: 
Using the recruitment model, we determined age- 
1 estimates of recruitment. [The participle now 
