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Fishery Bulletin 
Guidelines for authors 
Contributions published in Fishery Bulletin describe 
original research in marine fishery science, fishery en¬ 
gineering and economics, and 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 occasionally 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. 
All submissions are subject to a double-blind review 
to remove the identity of author and reviewer during 
the review process. 
Plagiarism and double publication are considered 
serious breaches of publication ethics. To verify the 
originality of the research in papers and to identify 
possible previous publication, manuscripts may be 
screened with plagiarism-detection software. 
Manuscripts must be written in English; authors 
whose native language is not English are strongly 
advised to have their manuscripts checked by Eng¬ 
lish-speaking colleagues before submission. 
Once a paper has been accepted for publication, on¬ 
line publication takes approximately 2 weeks. 
There is no cost for publication in Fishery Bulletin. 
Types of manuscripts accepted by the journal 
Articles generally range from 20 to 30 double-spaced 
typed pages (12-point font) and describe an original 
contribution to fisheries science, engineering, or eco¬ 
nomics. Tables and figures are not included in this 
page count, but the number of figures should not ex¬ 
ceed 1 figure for every 4 pages of text. Articles contain 
the following divisions: abstract, introduction, meth¬ 
ods, results, and discussion. 
Short contributions are generally less than 15 double¬ 
spaced typed pages (12-point font) and, like articles, 
describe an original contribution to fisheries science. 
They follow the same format as that for articles: ab¬ 
stract, introduction, methods, results, and discussion, 
but the results and discussion sections may be com¬ 
bined. They are distinguished from full articles in that 
they report a noteworthy new observation or discov¬ 
ery—such as the first report of a new species, a unique 
finding, condition, or event that expands our knowledge 
of fisheries science, engineering, or economics—and do 
not require a lengthy discussion. 
Companion articles should be submitted together and 
are published together as a scientific contribution. Both 
articles should address a closely related topic and may 
be articles that result from a workshop or conference. 
Preparation of manuscript 
Title page should include authors’ full names, mailing 
addresses, and the senior author’s email address. 
Abstract should be limited to 200 words (one-half typed 
page), state the main scope of the research, and empha¬ 
size 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 ab¬ 
stracting agencies, it is important that they represent 
the research clearly and concisely. 
General text must be typed in 12-point Times New Ro¬ 
man font throughout. A brief introduction should con¬ 
vey the broad significance of the paper; the remainder 
of the paper should be divided into the following sec¬ 
tions: Materials and methods, Results, Discussion, 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 with¬ 
out at least 2 subheadings). The entire text should be 
intelligible to interdisciplinary readers; therefore, all 
acronyms, abbreviations, and technical terms should be 
written out in full and defined the first time they are 
mentioned. Abbreviations should be used sparingly be¬ 
cause they are not carried over to indexing databases 
and slow readability for those readers outside a disci¬ 
pline. They should never be used for the main subject 
(species, method) of a paper. 
For general style, follow the U.S. Government Pub¬ 
lishing Office Style Manual (2016, available at website) 
and Scientific Style and Format: the CSE Manual for 
Authors, Editors, and Publishers (2014, 8 th ed.) pub¬ 
lished by the Council of Science Editors. For scientific 
nomenclature, use the current edition of the Ameri¬ 
can Fisheries Society’s Common and Scientific Names 
of Fishes from the United States, Canada, and Mexico 
and its companion volumes ( Crustaceans, Mollusks, 
Cnidaria and Ctenophora, and World Fishes Impor¬ 
tant to North Americans). For species not found in the 
above mentioned AFS publications and for more recent 
changes in nomenclature, use the Integrated Taxonomic 
Information System (ITIS, available at website), or, sec¬ 
ondarily, the California Academy of Sciences Catalog of 
Fishes (available at website) for species names not in¬ 
cluded in ITIS. Common (vernacular) names of species 
should be lowercase. Citations must be given for the 
identification of specimens. For example, “Fish species 
were identified according to Collette and Klein-MacPhee 
