Publications Bay was rich in the inorganic nu­ trients phosphate, silicate, and ni­ trate. Spring phytoplankton blooms followed the onset of stratification New NMFS Scientific and drastically reduced the concen­ tration of all three nutrients in the Reports Published surface water. Nitrate was essen­ tially depleted and remained so throughout the summer. Low nitrate availability was undoubtedly one of The publications listed below may be sistent pattern over an 8-year period the important factors limiting pri­ obtained from either the Superintendent (1961-68). The cycles closely fol­ mary production in Auke Bay. of Documents (address given at end of lowed seasonal climatological and title paragraph on pertinent publica­ atmospheric events. Increased in­ NOAA Technical Report NMFS tions) or from D822, User Services solation in the spring caused general Circular 403. Cutler, Edward B. "Ma­ warming ofthe surface water and the Branch, Environmental Science Infor­ rine flora and fauna of the north­ air, which in turn increased the eastern United States. Sipuncula." mation Center, NOAA, Rockville, MD freshwater input into Auke Bay from 20852. Writing to the agency prior to July 1977. 7 p. For sale by the Superin­ melting snow and ice. The fresh tendent of Documents, U. S. Govern­ ordering is advisable to determine water lowered surface salinities and ment Printing Office, Washington, DC availability and price where appro­ together with warming ofthe surface priate. Prices may change and prepay­ waters caused a density stratification 20402. ment is required. of the water column, which in­ creased as the spring-summerseason ABSTRACT NOAA Technical Report NMFS progressed. Maximum stratification SSRF-711. Rice, Dale W. "A list of occurred in August, followed by a This report includes an account of the marine mammals of the world." general decay of stratification in the five species of Sipuncula living April 1977. 15 p. For sale by the September. Vertical mixing of the in shallow waters (down to 200 m) top 20 m from Maine to Virginia. Four Superintendent of Documents, U.S. of the water column by fall of storms in September and cooling of these are widespread elsewhere in Government Printing Office, Washing­ surface water resulting from de­ the world-Golfingiaeremita, G. ton, DC 20402. creased insolation set up a ther­ margaritacea, G. minuta, and ABSTRACT mohaline circulation that continued Phascolion strombi. Phascolopsis through the fall and early winter. gouldi is endemic to the east coast of Listed are the 116 species of Re­ The water column became homo­ North America. An introduction to cent marine mammals, including geneous by January and remained their biology, an annotated systema­ freshwater species of the predomin­ thoroughly mixed from January tic list, selected bibliography, and an antly marine groups. The number of through March or early April. Auke illustrated key are presented. species are: Order Carnivora, 36 (polar bear, sea otter, and 34 pin­ nipeds); Order Sirenia, 5; Order ICES Issues Statistics, Studies on Fish Stocks Mysticeti, 10; and Order Odon­ toceti, 65. The geographic distribu­ The International Council for the devoted to fish, and this section is di­ tion of each species is indicated. Exploration of the Sea (ICES) issued in vided according to the major groups of April 1977 the"Annales Biologiques­ fish species, the most important being NOAA Technical Report NMFS 1975," containing yearly records and the Gadoids (cod-like fishes) and the SSRF-712. Bruce, Herbert E., Douglas data, arranged by species and areas, of Clupeoids (herring-like fishes). Practi­ R. McLain, and Bruce L. Wing. "An­ the state of fishery and shellfish stocks cally all ofthe studies deal with the state nual physical and chemical oceano­ in the northeast Atlantic. The Council, of fishery stocks in 1974 and 1975 and graphic cycles of Auke Bay, south­ located in Charlottenlund Slot, Den­ are therefore somewhat dated. In addi­ eastern Alaska." May 1977. 11 p. For mark, has served as a scientific advi­ tion, the data tend to be most complete sale by the Superintendent of Docu­ sory body for the Northeast Atlantic in those studies which focus on the ments, U. S. Government Printing Fisheries Commission (NEAFC) spe­ North Sea, although there is a wealth of Office, Washington, DC 20402. cializing in marine biological research, information on the entire area falling especially stock assessment. under ICES jurisdiction. There is also a ABSTRACT The present volume is a 214-page preface by the Director of ICES, Hans The annual cycles of physical and collection of 113 contributions, or­ Tambs-Lyche, and a short section re­ chemical oceanographic conditions ganized in three parts, dealing with I) porting the results of joint fishery re­ in Auke Bay, a small estuary in hydrography, 2) plankton, and 3) the search projects undertaken in 1975. southeastern Alaska, showed a con- major fish species. The longest part is Those interested in obtaining a copy

February /978 37 of the"Annales Biologiques" (cost is the fishes of the Beaufort Sea and/or Johns Hopkins University Press, Bal­ about $14) should write to: Interna­ immediately adjacent regions." timore, Md. The author has aimed this tional Council for the Exploration ofthe Preparation of the bibliography was concise treatment of fisheries econo­ Sea, Charlottenlund Castle, DK-2920 supported by the Bureau of Land Man­ mics mainly at the noneconomist. Charlottenlund, Denmark. agement through interagency agree­ The first chapter introduces basic ment with the National Oceanic and economic concepts while Chapter 2 Atmospheric Administration, which is treats fundamentals of fisheries eco­ U.S.-Foreign Fisheries charged with conducting environmen­ nomics. The main economic analysis is tal assessment work on the Outer Con­ spelled out in Chapter 3, "A More Report Printed by GAO tinental Shelf in connection with Complete Analysis of Fisheries Eco­ The General Accounting Office has planned offshore petroleum develop­ nomics. " prepared a 477 page report for the Con­ ment. Inquiries concerning the publica­ Chapter 4, "Refinements of the gress entitled "The U.S. Fishing tion should be addressed to The Editor, Analysis," introduces more complex Industry-Present Conditions and Biological Papers of the University of assumptions and gets into the more in­ Future ofMarine Fisheries." In addi­ Alaska, Fairbanks, Alaska 9970 I. tricate economic models of fishery ex­ tion to analyzing Federal fishery laws, ploitation. Chapter 5 discusses fishery summarizing basic data on major U.S. regulations, focusing on their economic fisheries, detailing domestic and "Industrial Fishery aspects. Then, the U.S. northern lob­ foreign catches off the U.S. coasts, and ster fishery and British Columbia's in­ assessing the impact of the U.S. 200­ Technology" Revised stitution of a limited-entry system are mile zone on international fishery con­ A second edition of the book, In­ used in Chapter 6, "Practical Applica­ ventions and agreements, the report has dustrial Fishery Technology, edited tions, " to show how the theory of the profiles of the fishing industries of by Maurice E. Stansby, has been pub­ previous chapters can be used to pro­ Canada, Denmark, Japan, Mexico, the lished. Chapters have been updated, vide useful information. Soviet Union, the United Kingdom, and in some cases extensively rewrit­ The 214-page hardbound book in­ and the Federal Republic of Germany. ten. Two new chapters have been ad­ cludes a list of "Study Questions" for These foreign fishery reports were ded. One of these, by Maynard Stein­ chapters 2-5 and an index. It costs primarily based on material obtained berg and John Spinelli, is entitled, $14.00. from the files of the NMFS Branch of "Some Developing Trends for the Use International Fishery Analysis. of Fishery Resources." The other, by A copy of the report may be pur­ Maurice Stansby and Richard Nelson, Torry Research Unit chased for $ I.00 by requesting report is titled "Contaminants and Pollu­ CED-76-130-A, 23 December 1976, tion. " Issues Annual Report from: U.S. General Accounting Office, As with the first edition, the book The Torry Research Station, a sub­ Distribution Section, P.O. Box 1020, limits coverage to practices and appli­ division of the U.K. Ministry of Ag­ Washington, DC 20013. Payment cations in the United States. The 29 riculture, Fisheries, and Food specializ­ should be made by a check payable to chapters, written by various fisheries ing in fisheries technology research, the U.S. General Accounting Office. specialists in the different fields, are has issued its 1976 annual report. The grouped into fi ve categories: I) Fishes 36-page report consists of 26 sections, BEAUFORT SEA FISH and Fishery Methods; 2) Description of usually only a page or two long, de­ Important Fisheries and Their Products; voted to some special area of utiliza­ BIBLIOGRAPHY NOTED 3) Fishery Industrial Products; 4) Pres­ tion, processing and product research, A new bibliography on fish resources ervation Methods; and 5) Food Science and an appendix which provides a of far-northern waters has been pub­ Applications. thorough organizational breakdown of lished by the University of Alaska. The The new edition is published by the various research groups, including publication, "An Annotated Bibliog­ Robert E. Krieger Publishing Co., Inc., the names of senior scientists and the raphy of the Fishes of the Beaufort Huntington, NY 11743, and is priced at cost of the programs. Sea and Adjacent Regions," was $18.50. In the introductory remarks, the Di­ compiled by Wilma E. Pfeifer of the rector of the Torry Research Station, Institute of Arctic Biology. G.H.O. Burgess, explains some of the "This bibliography was prepared to Fishery Economics broader considerations which deter­ serve as a reference base for further mine the current focus and direction of studies in the area, particularly as re­ Volume Published U. K. efforts in fisheries technology re­ lated to the impact of petroleum ex­ Publication of Lee G. Anderson's search. With the decline of Britain's ploratory activities on the fish fauna," "The Economics of Fisheries Man­ distant-water catch, due to exclusions writes Pfeifer in the introduction. "In­ agement," for Resources for the Fu­ and reductions of fishing around Ice­ cluded are all discovered references on lure, Inc., has been announced by the land and off Norway, the U.K. fishing

38 Marine Fisheries Review industry must find substitutes for such Foreign Fisheries including research on krill in the Ant­ traditionally favored species as cod and Volumes Translated arctic, blue whiting in the northeast At­ haddock, and must depend more heav­ lantic, and several other species, will be ily on fish caught within its 200-mile Copies of the following books, re­ of considerable interest to marine zone. This explains the high priority cently translated for the National biologists and those concerned with the given to projects dealing with blue Marine Fisheries Service under the policy and commercial aspects of inter­ whiting, crab, Norway lobster (scam­ Special Foreign Currency Science In­ national fisheries. Other sections of the pi), squid, krill, and new species for formation Program, are available from report discuss the work of the Fisheries reduction to fish meal. The emphasis is the Language Services Branch, F412, Research Agency in the areas ofcoastal on finding species and processed pro­ Office of International Fisheries, Na­ fisheries, new catch techniques, and re­ ducts which will be acceptable to tional Marine Fisheries Service, cent developments in fisheries biology British consumers and to the poultry NOAA, Washington, DC 20235. and marine pollution. Those interested and livestock industry. Please request by accession (TT) in obtaining a copy of the report should Although there are several encourag­ number. write to: Professor Dietrich Sahrhage, ing prospects, it appears from Burgess' The volumes are: TT 76-500 I, Director, Bundesforschungsanstalt fur introduction and the text that the most "Selected Works on Fishing Gear" by Fischerei, Palmaille 9,2000 Hamburg promising project is the research on the F. 1. Baranov; IT 76-5002, "Hand­ 50, Federal Republic of Germany. processing of blue whiting. He is op­ book of Hydrological Studies in Oceans (Source: IFR-77/I72.) timistic enough to predict that the and Seas" by 1. M. Soskin; IT 76­ necessary technology will be developed 5005, "Camallanata of Animals and by 1978 or 1979 to utilize blue whiting Man and Diseases Caused by Them" "Practical Shellfish on a fairly wide scale as a food fish. The by V. M. Ivashkin et al.; and IT 76­ Torry Research Station, in Aberdeen, 5008, "Forecasting of Hail, Thun­ Farming" Published Scotland, had a 1976 staff complement derstorms and Showers" by G. K. Publication of "Practical Shellfish of about 90 professionals and 130 non­ Sulakvelidze et al. Farming" by Phil Schwind has been professionals, and an operating budget announced by International Marine of $2.7 million. The Station also has Publishing Company, 21 Elm Street, one research trawler and a mobile FRG Fisheries Research Camden, ME 04843. Schwind, who laboratory. Those interested in receiv­ has authored "Making a Living ing a copy of the report should write to: Agency Reports for 1976 Alongshore," "Clam Shack Cook­ Torry Research Station, P.O. Box 31, The Federal Fisheries Research ery," and "Cape Cod Fisherman," is a 135 Abbey Road, Aberdeen, Scotland, Agency (Bundesforschungsanstalt fur long-time commercial fisherman who AB9 8DG, United Kingdom. (Source: Fischerei) in Hamburg, a division ofthe teaches a course on aquaculture at a IFR-77/155.) Ministry for Food, Agriculture, and local community college. Also Shell­ Forestry in the Federal Republic of fish Constable for the Cape Cod town of Germany (FRG), has issued its 1976 Eastham, Mass., the author gives a Japan Marine Product annual report. The 76-page report, in brief history of shellfish farming in that German, provides a detailed and thor­ area, describes shellfish farming ex­ Import Groups Listed ough account of research activities, periences on Cape Cod, where, he says, A list of the members of the personnel, and cooperation with other their shellfisheries have increased ten­ Japan Marine Products Importers FRG and foreign government agencies. fold. Association has been submitted The Agency, directed by Dietrich Short chapters discuss the author's by the U.S. Regional Fisheries Sahrhage, employs 214 persons (of experiences in farming quahogs, Attache in Tokyo. The listing is which 68 are scientists) in four research Mercenaria mercenaria, clams, Mya alphabetical, followed by an ad­ institutes and an isotope laboratory. arenaria, oysters, Crassostrea vir­ denda, and includes each com­ The major efforts in 1976 were in the ginica, and blue mussels, Mytilus pany's name, address, telephone fields of stock assessment, research on edulis. and telex numbers, as well as the new and underutilized species, and sci­ Schwind discusses selecting an area commodities in which the com­ entific cooperation with several interna­ and getting the appropriate grant to panies specialize. tional organizations responsible for farm it, acquisition of seed, planting The list is available from fishery affairs, such as NEAFC, ICES, methods, shellfish growth, types of cul­ NMFS Regional Statistics and and ICNAF. The most publicized FRG ture (off-bottom, bottom culture, rope Market News Offices by request­ fishery research projects were those un­ culture, trays). One chapter is devoted ing a copy of IFR-77/154 and en­ dertaken by the group specializing in to Predators and Their Control. The closing a self-addressed mailing distant-water fisheries with the research 91-page hardbound book also includes label. vessels Walther Herwig, Anton Dohrn, a short glossary and bibliography. It and Solea. The results of their studies, costs $8.95.

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