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Distributional and environmentalsummaries are given in an annotatedchecklist, supplemented by charts,graphs, and tables, for 13 I speciesof marine decapod Crustacea foundbetween the Gulf of Maine and nearthe mouth of Chesapeake Bay. Thegeographical area lies mainly on thecontinental shelf with some exten­sion beyond this to submarine can­yons and the upper continentalslope. The area lies within two cli­mate zones which influence the dis­tribution of decapods, cold temper­ate in the north and mild temperate inthe south. The list is thought to bereasonably complete for benthic butnot for pelagic species. Benthicsamples collected with several typesof gear by vessels of the NationalMarine Fisheries Service (NMFS)during the past 25 years provided therecords that are charted. Data fromsamples on which this report is basedare stored in computer files, andselected specimens are preserved incollections at the NMFS NortheastFisheries Center, Woods Hole,Mass.

Monterey Bay during May throughJuly, and of the large gyre and as­sociated southern California coun­tercurrent south of Point Conceptionduring April through August and to alesser extent in October and De­cember.

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An invitational workshop on tunabait fish problems, cosponsored bythe National Marine Fisheries Ser­vice and the University of HawaiiSea Grant College, was held at theHonolulu Laboratory, Southwest

NOAA Technical Report NMFSCircular 408. Shomura, Richard S.(editor). "Collection of tuna baitfishpapers." December 1977. 167 p.

NOAA Technical Report NMFSCircular407. Williams, Austin B., andRoland L. Wigley. "Distribution ofdecapod Crustacea off northeasternUnited States based on specimens atthe Northeast Fisheries Center,Woods Hole, Massachusetts." De­cember 1977. 44 p.

During March 1964 through Feb­ruary 1966,8,320 plastic drift cardswere released at selected points froman aircraft to measure surface cur­rent drift over two areas: From thecoast to about 48 n.mi. off centralCalifornia between Point Arena andPoint Sur; and from the coast toabout 90 n. mi. off southern Cal ifor­nia between Point Arguello andPunta Salsipuedes, Baja California,Mexico. The recovery rate was 3.5percent in the central area and 5.7percent in the southern area. An av­erage 79.4 percent of the recoverieswere found within 2 weeks follow­ing the date of release. Results lendsupport to studies concluded by ear-Jier investigators. The distribution ofthe direction from which drift cardswere returned increased the evi­dence for the presence of an eddy offthe coast between San Francisco and

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This manual incl udes an introduc­tion to the general biology, a glos­sary, an illustrated key, an annotatedsystematic list, a selected bibliog­raphy, and an index to the 16 speciesof lernaeopodoid Copepoda parasi­tic on marine fishes of the northeast­ern United States.

NOAA Technical Report NMFSSSRF-718. Squire, James L., Jr. "Sur­face currents as determined by driftcard releases over the continentalshelf off central and southernCalifornia." December 1977. 12 p.

Circular 406. Ho, Ju-Shey. "Marineflora and fauna of the northeasternUnited States. Copepoda: Lernae­opodidae and Sphyriidae." De­cember 1977. 14 p.

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The families, genera, and speciesof all larval fishes are tabulated andthe abundance, length frequencies,and distribution of 12 species and 2families are summarized utilizingdata collected on 8 ichthyoplanklOnsurveys of the Gulf of Maine­Georges Bank area. The segregationof coastal and oceanic species northand south of the coastal/slope waterboundary during December is evi­denced in a comparison of the dis­tribution of upper 100-m integratedtemperature and Atlantic herring,Myctophidae, and Paralepididaelarvae. All larval barracudinas andlanternfishes occurred in areaswhere the integrated temperaturewas above I I ° and 13°C, respec­tively. Ninety-one percent of posi­tive larval herring tows were in areaswhere the integrated temperaturewas below 13 °C.

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NOAA Technical Report NMFS

The publications listed below may beobtained from either the Superintendentof Documents (address given at end oftitle paragraph on affected publica­tions) or from 0822, Us~r ServicesBranch, Environmental Science [nfor­mation Center, NOAA, Rockville, MD20852. Writing to the agency prior toordering is advisable to determineavailability and price, where appro­priate (prices may change and prepay­ment is required).

NOAA Technical Report NMFSSSRF-717. Colton, John B., Jr., andRuth R. Byron. "Gulf of Maine­Georges Bank ichthyoplankton col­lected on ICNAF larval herring sur­veys Septem ber 1971-February1975." November 1977. 35 p.

Fisheries Center. NMFS. 4-6 June1974. Issues addressed dealt withthe problem of securing ade4uatesupplies of bait to support the de­velopment or expansion of skipjacktuna, Katsuwonus pelamis. fishingin the central and western tropicalPadfic Ocean. Three workshop ses­sions focused attention on: I)Natural stocks of baitfish. 2) cultureof suitable baitfish species. and 3)transportation and holding bait andsubstitute baits. Sessions were pre­ceded by a general review of baitfishproblems and a discussion on thecriteria for a good baitfish specics.Twenty papers from this workshopare presented in this volume.

NOAA Technical Report NMFSSSRF-7 19. Thompson. Perry A .• Jr.,and Thomas D. Leming. "Seasonaldescription of winds and surface andbottom salinities and temperatures inthe northern Gulf of Mexico, Oc­tober 1972 to January 1976." Feb­ruary 1978. 44 p.

ABSTRACT

Seasonal surface and bottomsalinitics and temperatures in thenorthern Gulf of Mexcio are de­scribed. The area surveyed was be­tween Mobile Bay. Ala. (long.88 °00' W). and Atchafalaya Bay.La. (long. 91 °30'W). from 5 to 50fathoms (9 to 91 m).

NOAA Technical Report NMFSCircular 409. Ho. Ju-Shey. "Marineflora and fauna of the northeasternUnited States. Copepoda: Cyclo­poids parasitic on fishes." February1978. 12 p.

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This manual includes an introduc­tion on the general biology. an illus­trated key. an annotated systematiclist. a selected bibliography. and anindex to the 19 species of cyclopoidcopepods parasitic on marine fishesof the northeastern United States.

NOAA Technical Report NMFSSSRF-723. Mattson. Chester R .. andBruce L. Wing. "Ichthyoplankton

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composition and plankton volumesfrom inland coastal waters of south­eastern Alaska, April-November1972." April 1978. II p.

ABSTRACT

Eighteen fam iIies of fish were rep­resented in I 19 plankton samplestaken on monthly cruises from Aprilto November 1972 in southeasternAlaska. Fifteen kinds of larval fishwere identified to species. Abun­dance of larval fish. fish eggs, andtotal plankton biomass peaked inMay and dec Iined through the sum­mer. Walleye pollock (family Gadi­dae) were the most abundant larvaein \1ay and June and were more con­centrated in large channels than insmall bays. Osmeridae andBathylagidae were the second andthird most abundantly representedfamilies; peak abundance for bothwas in June and July. Other familieswith distinct peaks in abundancewere Agonidae and Ammodytidae inMay; Cottidae, Cyclopteridae.Stichaeidae, and Pleuronectidae inJune; and Scorpaenidae in July.Small numbers of Bathymasteridaewere present from May throughJuly. Myctophidac, Loarcidae, andHcxagrammidae did not show dis­tinct changes in seasonal abundance.Clupcidae. Gasterosteidae, Pholi­dae. and Ptilichthyidae were too rarein the catches to exhibit seasonalabundance. Calanoid copepods andphytoplankton made up most of theplankton retained by 0.333-mmmesh nets.

NOAA Technical Report NMFSSSRF-722. :'-licholson. William R."Gulf menhaden, B revoo rtia pa­t ro Il U 5, purse seine fishery: Catch,fishing activity, and age and sizecomposition, 1964-73." March 1978.8 p.

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The menhaden purse seine fisheryin the Gulf of Mexico. primarily forGulf menhaden. Brc\'()urria pa­Ironus, extends from about earlyApril to early October. From 1964 to1973 the catch fluctuated between317.000 and 728.000 t and thenumber of vessels ranged from 65 to

82. Larger and faster refrigeratedvessels replaced most of the smallernonrefrigerated vessels and modernmethods of fishing were adopted.Population levels were high andthere were no large fluctuations inyear class abundance. Age-I and -2fish supplied from 95 to 99 percentof the catch by weight. Over 97 per­cent of the fish were between 120and 225 mm fork length. The meanage and size generally were slightlygreater in the center of the fishery(central and eastern Louisiana) thanin the eastern (Mississippi) andwestern areas (western Louisianaand Texas). Mean age decreased asthe season progressed.

Atlas ExaminesHeat Budgets ofTropical Atlanticand Pacific

Publication of "The heat budget ofthe tropical Atlantic and eastern PacificOceans" has been announced by TheUniversity of Wisconsin Press. AuthorsStefan Hastenrath. Professor ofMeteorology, and Peter Lamb, ProjectAssociate. are both with the Depart­ment of Meteorology. Lniversity ofWisconsin-Madison.

A sequel to the "Climatic atlas of thetropical Atlantic and eastern PacificOceans". published in January 1977.the latest volume is also based on a60-year (191 1-70) record of 7.000.000sets of ship observations processed byone degree square areas. Monthly andannual maps are presented of net sur­face shortwave. net surface longwave.and net surface all-wave radiation; sen­sible and latent heat flux; evaporation;and net oceanic gain. The atlas alsodiscusses the large- and small-scaleheat budget features associated withatmospheric-ocean conditions. such asthe near-equatorial convergence andcloudiness bands. cold and warm oceancurrents. and coastal upwelling.

Spiral bound. this 9- X 18-inch.104-page volume is available from TheUniversity of Wisconsin Press. Box1379, Madison. WI 5370 I for $35.00.

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