Appendix D

RECORDING AND REPORTING DATA ON STRANDED CETACEANS

So that measurements of cetaceans taken at different times and at widely divergent locations can be compared, the measurements and the methods of taking them have been standardized, although there is still some disagreement about which of the measurements are most important. The data form located at the end of this guide, usable on both baleen and toothed whales, includes all the measurements routinely taken by cetologists plus a few new ones the authors consider important. The form and the directions for taking measurements are synthesized from those currently in use by the Naval Undersea Center, San Diego; the Fisheries Research Board of Canada; the University of Rhode Island; the University of Florida; the U.S. National Museum, Washington, D.C.; and the National Marine Fisheries Service, La Jolla, Calif.

Data on stranded cetaceans should be collected by someone experienced in handling and measuring cetaceans. The legal problems associated with collection of a specimen are discussed in Appendix C. In addition to having a permit or knowing how to obtain permission to collect the specimen, persons active in cetacean research will usually have access to laboratory facilities where in-depth studies, including postmortem examinations and collection of tissues for specialized laboratory examinations, can be conducted. Furthermore, specialized equipment, and the number of steps required to do a complete job with the specimen, make the procedure prohibitive for most noncetologists. Diligent attempts should be made to contact one of the institutions listed in Appendix E. If no one is available and no permit or approval is obtainable, you are limited to photographing, sketching, and measuring the specimen without removing the carcass or any part of the carcass from the beach.

Any person taking data on stranded cetaceans should follow the instructions itemized below, being careful to take measurements in the manner prescribed and to record data in as much detail as possible.

1. Specimens should be preserved in 10% neutral Formalin, except for the stomach contents, which should be kept in 70% ethyl or 40% isopropyl alcohol, or be frozen. Commercial rubbing alcohol will suffice. As a minimum, the head, flippers, and reproductive tract should be preserved. If no other method of handling the specimen is available, and only as a last resort, it may be buried in the sand well above the high tide line and carefully marked so it can later be recovered. Burying usually results in the loss of some vital parts.

2. The carcass should be examined for external parasites particularly in such areas as the blowhole(s), the eyes, any wounds on the trailing edges of the dorsal fin, flippers, and flukes. Occasionally barnacles will be found on teeth or baleen plates. Like the stomach contents, parasites should be preserved in alcohol.

3. Photographs and sketches are a valuable part of data collection--views of the animal(s) from as many angles as possible, and detailed shots of such features as baleen plates, mouth and teeth, ventral grooves, flippers, flukes, and unusual scars or coloration should be included. Including a ruler for size reference may be helpful.

4. Although scientific data are usually expressed in metric units, measurements should be taken in whatever units are readily available. All measurements should be taken in a straight line, as shown in the diagram, unless otherwise noted. Measurements which refer to the rostrum are taken from the tip of the upper jaw. The external auditory meatus (ear) is a small inconspicuous opening located just below and behind the eye. To locate the ear the observer must sometimes scrape away some of the skin to expose the unpigmented ear canal beneath it.

5. Throat grooves are short grooves found on the throat of beaked whales, sperm whales, and dwarf sperm whales. Ventral grooves are long grooves found only on balaenopterine whales. Ventral grooves should be counted between the flippers.

It is difficult to overstress the importance of data from stranded cetaceans. For some species, the only data available have come from stranded individuals. By carefully gleaning from each specimen all the data that can be collected, you will make a valuable addition to the body of knowledge on these elusive animals.

APPENDIX E

LIST OF INSTITUTIONS TO CONTACT REGARDING STRANDED CETACEANS

The following list includes many of the institutions in the area covered by this guide, which are likely to respond to calls about stranded cetaceans. The institutions on the mainland are listed roughly in order from north to south, following the contour of the coast. Several island institutions and organizations are also listed.

These institutions are the ones that come to mind as having taken an active interest in cetacean strandings in the recent past. In addition to these, almost any university biology or zoology department, State or Federal conservation agency or marine laboratory, or local natural history museum or society can recommend an interested biologist if no staff member is interested. Such organizations are widely distributed on or near the coasts and are usually adequately listed in local telephone directories.

It should be obvious that organizations such as oceanaria are the most likely ones to be interested in live animals on an emergency basis. Even so, these organizations often cooperate with biologists with whom they are familiar and so will pick up dead animals for them as well. Conversely, museums and the like are most interested in the dead animals as they have no facilities for handling live ones. Nevertheless, they often cooperate with institutions equipped to handle live animals and will usually help in making arrangements for picking up the live ones. Therefore, rather than the finder's making a decision as to whether or not an institution should be called because the animal is alive or dead, we would urge that the nearest organization in the following list be contacted under any circumstances.

Space is provided at the end of the list for additions of contacts inadvertently overlooked in compiling this list, or of institutions which come into being after its publication.

CANADA

Newfoundland

Department of Biology, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's.

Nova Scotia

Bedford Institute, Dartmouth.

Departments of Biology, Psychology and/or Physiology, Dalhousie University, Halifax.

Nova Scotia Museum, Halifax.

Quebec

Arctic Unit, Fisheries Research Board of Canada, Ste. Anne de Bellevue.

Ontario

Department of Zoology, University of Guelph, Guelph.

UNITED STATES

Maine

see Massachusetts.

New Hampshire

see Massachusetts.

Massachusetts

Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, Woods Hole.

New England Aquarium, Central Wharf, Boston.

Museum of Comparative Zoology, Harvard University, Cambridge.

Rhode Island

Narragansett Marine Laboratory, University of Rhode Island, Kingston.

Connecticut

Mystic Marine Life Aquarium, Mystic.

New York

New York Aquarium, Coney Island, Brooklyn.

American Museum of Natural History, Department of Mammals, New York City.

New Jersey

Department of Biochemistry, Rutgers University, New Brunswick,

also see New York.

Delaware

see New York,

see New Jersey.

Maryland

Department of Pathobiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore.

also see District of Columbia.

District of Columbia

Division of Mammals, United States National Museum.

Virginia

Virginia Institute of Marine Science, Gloucester Point.

also see District of Columbia.

North Carolina

Duke Marine Laboratory, Beaufort.

Institute of Fisheries Research, University of North Carolina, Morehead City.

South Carolina

Charleston Museum, Charleston.

Grice Marine Biological Laboratory, College of Charleston, Charleston.

Georgia

The Georgia Conservancy, The Clusky Building, 127 Abercorn Street, Savannah.

University of Georgia Marine Institute, Sapelo Island (Darien).

Florida

Marineland of Florida, St. Augustine

University of Florida Biocommunication and Marine Mammal Research Facility, St. Augustine.

Ocean World, Ft. Lauderdale.

Wometco Miami Seaquarium, Miami.

University of Miami School of Marine and Atmospheric Sciences, Miami.

Sea World, Orlando.

Mote Marine Laboratory, Placida.

Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota.

Aquatarium, St. Petersburg Beach.

Florida's Gulfarium, Ft. Walton Beach.

Alabama

see Florida (Florida's Gulfarium).

see Mississippi.

Mississippi

Gulf Coast Research Laboratory, Ocean Springs.

Louisiana

Museum of Natural Science, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge.

Marine Life Park, Gulfport.

Texas

Sea-Arama Marineworld, Galveston.

Department of Wildlife and Fisheries Sciences, Texas A&M University, College Station.

Department of Zoology, University of Corpus Christi, Corpus Christi.

University of Texas, Marine Science Institute, Port Aransas.

Puerto Rico

Commercial Fisheries Laboratory, Department of Agriculture, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Mayaguez.

Department of Agriculture, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Santurce (San Juan).

Virgin Islands

Caribbean Research Institute, Red Hook, St. Thomas.

OTHERS

Mexico

Instituto Nacionale de Investigaciones Biologia Pesquera, Division de Vertebrados Marinos, Mexico 7, D.F.

also see Texas.

Venezuela

Universidad de Oriente, Nucleo de Nueva Esparta, Isla Margarita.

Jamaica

Department of Zoology, University of the West Indies, Mona (Kingston).

Science Museum, Institute of Jamaica, Kingston.

Bahamas

Lerner Marine Laboratory, Bimini.

Nassau Aquarium, Nassau, New Providence.

Bermuda

Bermuda Biological Station, St. George's.

Government Aquarium and Museum, Flatts.

Cuba

Laboratorio de Vertebrados, Instituto de Biologia, Academie de Ciencias de Cuba, Havana.

SIGHTING INFORMATION

DATE AND LOCAL TIME_________________________LOCATION________________

WEATHER CONDITIONS____________________________________________________

OCEANOGRAPHIC CONDITIONS______________________________________________

SPECIES______________________________________NUMBER OF ANIMAL(S)____

HEADING OF ANIMAL(S)_________________________SPEED OF ANIMAL(S)_____ (MAGNETIC) (KNOTS)

ASSOCIATED ORGANISMS__________________________________________________

TAGS OR UNUSUAL MARKINGS______________________________________________

CHARACTERISTICS OBSERVED WHICH RESULTED IN SPECIES IDENTIFICATION____ _____________________________________________________________________

BEHAVIOR OF ANIMAL(S)_________________________________________________

SKETCHES

PHOTOS AVAILABLE YES__NO___

ADDITIONAL REMARKS____________________________________________________

NAME AND ADDRESS OF OBSERVER (SHIP OR A/C)____________________________

CETACEAN DATA RECORD

SPECIES__________________________________SEX_LENGTH___WEIGHT____

DATE/TIME STRANDED_________________DATE/TIME DATA COLLECTED_________

LOCATION OF COLLECTION________________________________________________

OBSERVER NAME/ADDRESS_________________________________________________

SPECIMEN SENT TO______________________________________________________

Straight line parallel to the body axis Point to point

MEASUREMENTS:

1. Tip of upper jaw to deepest part of fluke notch _____________________ _____________

2. Tip of upper jaw to center of anus _____________________ _____________

3. Tip of upper jaw to center of genital slit _____________________ _____________

4. Tip of lower jaw to end of ventral grooves _____________________ _____________

5. Tip of upper jaw to center of umbilicus _____________________ _____________

6. Tip of upper jaw to top of dorsal fin _____________________ _____________

7. Tip of upper jaw to leading edge of dorsal fin _____________________ _____________

8a. Tip of upper jaw to anterior insertion of flipper (right)_____________________ _____________

b. Tip of upper jaw to anterior insertion of flipper (left) _____________________ _____________

9. Tip of upper jaw to center of blowhole(s) _____________________ _____________

10. Tip of upper jaw to anterior edge of blowhole(s) _____________________ _____________

11a. Tip of upper jaw to auditory meatus (right) _____________________ ____________

b. Tip of upper jaw to auditory meatus (left) _____________________ ____________

12a. Tip of upper jaw to center of eye (right) _____________________ ____________

b. Tip of upper jaw to center of eye (left) _____________________ ____________

13. Tip of upper jaw to angle of gape _____________________ ____________

14. Tip of upper jaw to apex of melon _____________________ ____________

15. Rostrum--maximum width _____________________ ____________

16. Throat grooves--length _____________________ ____________

Straight line parallel to the body axis Point to point

17. Projection of lower jaw beyond upper (if reverse, so state) _____________________

18. Center of eye to center of eye ______________

19a. Height of eye (right) ______________________

b. Height of eye (left) ______________________

20a. Length of eye (right) ______________________

b. Length of eye (left) ______________________

21a. Center of eye to angle of gape (right) _____________________ _____________

b. Center of eye to angle of gape (left) _____________________ _____________

22a. Center of eye to external auditory meatus (right) _____________________ _____________

b. Center of eye to external auditory meatus (left) _____________________ _____________

23a. Center of eye to center of blowhole (right) _____________________ _____________

b. Center of eye to center of blowhole (left) _____________________ _____________

24. Blowhole length ______________________

25. Blowhole width ______________________

26. Flipper width (right) ______________

27. Flipper width (left) ______________

28a. Flipper length--tip to anterior insertion (right)______________________

b. Flipper length--tip to anterior insertion (left)_______________________

29a. Flipper length--tip to axilla (right) _______________________

b. Flipper length--tip to axilla (left) _______________________

30. Dorsal fin height _______________________

31. Dorsal fin base _______________________

32. Fluke span _______________________

33. Fluke width _______________________

34. Fluke depth of notch _______________________

Straight line parallel to the body axis Point to point

35. Notch of flukes to center of anus ______________________

36. Notch of flukes to center of genital aperture _____________________ _____________

37. Notch of flukes to umbilicus______________________

38. Notch of flukes to nearest point on leading edge of flukes___________________

39. Girth at anus ______________________

40. Girth at axilla ______________________

41. Girth at eye ______________________

42. Girth __ cm in front of notch of flukes _____________

43a. Blubber thickness (middorsal) ______________

b. Blubber thickness (lateral) ______________

c. Blubber thickness (midventral) ______________

44. Width of head at post-orbital process of frontals _______________________

45. Tooth counts: right upper ______ right lower _____ left upper _____ left lower ______

46. Baleen counts: right upper ______ left upper ______

47. Baleen plates, length longest ______________

48. Baleen plates, no. bristles/cm over 5 cm _______________________

49a. Mammary slit length (right)

b. Mammary slit length (left) _______________________

50. Genital slit length _______________________

51. Anal slit length _______________________

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NOAA TECHNICAL REPORTS

National Marine Fisheries Service, Circulars

The major responsibilities of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) are to monitor and assess the abundance and geographic distribution of fishery resources, to understand and predict fluctuations in the quantity and distribution of these resources, and to establish levels for optimum use of the resources. NMFS is also charged with the development and implementation of policies for managing national fishing grounds, development and enforcement of domestic fisheries regulations, surveillance of foreign fishing off United States coastal waters, and the development and enforcement of international fishery agreements and policies. NMFS also assists the fishing industry through marketing service and economic analysis programs, and mortgage insurance and vessel construction subsidies. It collects, analyzes, and publishes statistics on various phases of the industry.

The NOAA Technical Report NMFS CIRC series continues a series that has been in existence since 1941. The Circulars are technical publications of general interest intended to aid conservation and management. Publications that review in considerable detail and at a high technical level certain broad areas of research appear in this series. Technical papers originating in economics studies and from management investigations appear in the Circular series.

NOAA Technical Reports NMFS CIRC are available free in limited numbers to governmental agencies, both Federal and State. They are also available in exchange for other scientific and technical publications in the marine sciences. Individual copies may be obtained (unless otherwise noted) from D83, Technical Information Division, Environmental Science Information Center, NOAA. Washington, D.C. 20235. Recent Circulars are:

315. Synopsis of biological data on the chum salmon, Oncorhynchus keta (Walbaum) 1792. By Richard G. Bakkala. March 1970. iii + 89 p., 15 figs., 51 tables.

319. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Great Lakes Fishery Laboratory, Ann Arbor, Michigan. By Bureau of Commercial Fisheries. March 1970, 8 p., 7 figs.

330. EASTROPAC Atlas: Vols. 1-7. Catalog No. I 49.4:330/(vol.) 11 vols. Available from the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

331. Guidelines for the processing of hot-smoked chub. By H. L. Seagran, J. T. Graikoski, and J. A. Emerson. January 1970, iv + 23 p., 8 figs., 2 tables.

332. Pacific hake. (12 articles by 20 authors.) March 1970, iii + 152 p., 72 figs., 47 tables.

333. Recommended practices for vessel sanitation and fish handling. By Edgar W. Bowman and Alfred Larsen. March 1970, iv + 27 p., 6 figs.

335. Progress report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Center for Estuarine and Menhaden Research, Pesticide Field Station, Gulf Breeze, Fla., fiscal year 1969. By the Laboratory staff. August 1970, iii + 33 p., 29 figs., 12 tables.

336. The northern fur seal. By Ralph C. Baker, Ford Wilke, and C. Howard Baltzo. April 1970, iii + 19 p., 13 figs.

337. Program of Division of Economic Research, Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, fiscal year 1969. By Division of Economic Research, April 1970, iii + 29 p., 12 figs., 7 tables.

338. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Auke Bay, Alaska. By Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, June 1970, 8 p., 6 figs.

339. Salmon research at Ice Harbor Dam. By Wesley J. Ebel. April 1970, 6 p., 4 figs.

340. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Technological Laboratory, Gloucester, Massachusetts. By Bureau of Commercial Fisheries, June 1970, 8 p., 8 figs.

341. Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C., for the fiscal year ending June 30, 1968. By the Laboratory staff. August 1970, iii + 24 p., 11 figs., 16 tables.

342. Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, St. Petersburg Beach, Florida, fiscal year 1969. By the Laboratory staff. August 1970, iii + 22 p., 20 figs., 8 tables.

343. Report of the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Galveston, Texas, fiscal year 1969. By the Laboratory staff. August 1970, iii + 39 p., 28 figs., 9 tables.

344. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Tropical Atlantic Biological Laboratory progress in research 1965-69, Miami, Florida. By Ann Weeks. October 1970, iv + 65 p., 53 figs.

346. Sportsman's guide to handling, smoking, and preserving Great Lakes coho salmon. By Shearon Dudley, J. T. Graikoski, H. L. Seagran, and Paul M. Earl. September 1970, iii + 28 p., 15 figs.

347. Synopsis of biological data on Pacific ocean perch, Sebastodes alutus. By Richard L. Major and Herbert H. Shippen. December 1970, iii + 38 p., 31 figs., 11 tables.

349. Use of abstracts and summaries as communication devices in technical articles. By F. Bruce Sanford. February 1971, iii + 11 p., 1 fig.

350. Research in fiscal year 1969 at the Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Biological Laboratory, Beaufort, N.C. By the Laboratory staff. November 1970, ii + 49 p., 21 figs., 17 tables.

351. Bureau of Commercial Fisheries Exploratory Fishing and Gear Research Base, Pascagoula, Mississippi, July 1, 1967 to June 30, 1969. By Harvey R. Bullis, Jr. and John R. Thompson. November 1970, iv + 29 p., 29 figs., 1 table.

352. Upstream passage of anadromous fish through navigation locks and use of the stream for spawning and nursery habitat, Cape Fear River, N.C., 1962-66. By Paul R. Nichols and Darrell E. Louder. October 1970, iv + 12 p., 9 figs., 4 tables.

356. Floating laboratory for study of aquatic organisms and their environment. By George R. Snyder, Theodore H. Blahm, and Robert J. McConnell. May 1971, iii + 16 p., 11 figs.

361. Regional and other related aspects of shellfish consumption--some preliminary findings from the 1969 Consumer Panel Survey. By Morton M. Miller and Darrel A. Nash. June 1971, iv + 18 p., 19 figs., 3 tables, 10 apps.

362. Research vessels of the National Marine Fisheries Service. By Robert S. Wolf. August 1971, iii + 46 p., 25 figs., 3 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

364. History and development of surf clam harvesting gear. By Phillip S. Parker. October 1971, iv + 15 p., 16 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

365. Processing EASTROPAC STD data and the construction of vertical temperature and salinity sections by computer. By Forrest R. Miller and Kenneth A. Bliss. February 1972, iv + 17 p., 8 figs., 3 appendix figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

366. Key to field identification of andromous juvenile salmonids in the Pacific Northwest. By Robert J. McConnell and George R. Snyder. January 1972, iv + 6 p., 4 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

367. Engineering economic model for fish protein concentration processes. By K. K. Almenas, L. C. Durilla, R. C. Ernst, J. W. Gentry, M. B. Hale, and J. M. Marchello. October 1972, iii + 175 p., 6 figs., 6 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

368. Cooperative Gulf of Mexico estuarine inventory and study, Florida: Phase I, area description. By J. Kneeland McNulty, William N. Lindall, Jr., and James E. Sykes. November 1972, vii + 126 p., 46 figs., 62 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

369. Field guide to the anglefishes (Pomacanthidae) in the western Atlantic. By Henry A. Feddern. November 1972, iii + 10 p., 17 figs., For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

Continued on inside back cover.

370. Collecting and processing data on fish eggs and larvae in the California Current region. By David Kramer, Mary J. Kalin, Elizabeth G. Stevens, James R. Thrailkill, and James R. Zweifel. November 1972, iv + 38 p., 38 figs., 2 tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

371. Ocean fishery management: Discussions and research. By Adam A. Sokoloski (editor). (17 papers, 24 authors.) April 1973, vi + 173 p., 38 figs., 32 tables, 7 appendix tables.

372. Fishery publications, calendar year 1971: Lists and indexes. By Thomas A. Manar. October 1972, iv + 24 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

374. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Annelida: Oligochaeta. By David G. Cook and Ralph O. Brinkhurst. May 1973, iii + 23 p., 82 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

375. New Polychaeta from Beaufort, with a key to all species recorded from North Carolina. By John H. Day. July 1973, xiii + 140 p., 18 figs., 1 table. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 20402.

376. Bottom-water temperatures on the continental shelf. Nova Scotia to New Jersey. By John B. Colton, Jr. and Ruth R. Stoddard. June 1973, iii + 55 p., 15 figs., 12 appendix tables. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

377. Fishery publications, calendar year 1970: Lists and indexes. By Mary Ellen Engett and Lee C. Thorson. December 1972, iv + 34 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

378. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Protozoa: Ciliophora. By Arthur C. Borror. September 1973, iii + 62 p., 5 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

379. Fishery publications, calendar year 1969: Lists and indexes. By Lee C. Thorson and Mary Ellen Engett. April 1973, iv + 31 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

380. Fishery publications, calendar year 1968: Lists and indexes. By Mary Ellen Engett and Lee C. Thorson. May 1973, iv + 24 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

381. Fishery publications, calendar year 1967: Lists and indexes. By Lee C. Thorson and Mary Ellen Engett. July 1973, iv + 22 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

382. Fishery publications, calendar year 1966: Lists and indexes. By Mary Ellen Engett and Lee C. Thorson, July 1973, iv + 19 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

383. Fishery publications, calendar year 1965: Lists and indexes. By Lee C. Thorson and Mary Ellen Engett. July 1973, iv + 12 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

384. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Higher plants of the marine fringe. By Edwin T. Moul. September 1973, iii + 60 p., 109 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office. Washington, D.C. 20402.

385. Fishery publications, calendar year 1972: Lists and indexes. By Lee C. Thorson and Mary Ellen Engett. November 1973, iv + 23 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

386. Marine Flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Pyenogonida. By Lawrence R. McCloskey. September 1973, iii + 12 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

387. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Crustacea: Stomatopoda. By Raymond B. Manning. February 1974, iii + 6 p., 10 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

388. Proceedings of the first U.S.-Japan meeting on aquaculture at Tokyo, Japan. October 18-19, 1971. William N. Shaw (editor). (18 papers, 14 authors.) February 1974, iii + 133 p. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

389. Marine flora and fauna of the northeastern United States. Crustacea: Decapoda. By Austin B. Williams. April 1974, iii + 50 p., 111 figs. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

390. Fishery publications, calendar year 1973: Lists and indexes. By Mary Ellen Engett and Lee C. Thorson. September 1974, iv + 14 p., 1 fig. For sale by the Superintendent of Documents, U.S. Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 20402.

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Transcriber's Notes:

page 57: "Alantic" changed to "Atlantic" (Sperm whales are widely distributed in oceanic areas of the western North Atlantic.)

page 69, caption to figure 70: "Rijks Musum" changed to "Rijksmuseum" (...courtesy of Rijks Musum van Natuurlijke Historie te Leiden.)

page 80, cross reference to page 84 should be to figure 84 ( ...a peculiar high, arching contour to the mouth (Fig. 84))

page 88: "5.5 cm" changed to "5.5 m" (False killer whales in the western North Atlantic reach a length of at least 18 feet (5.5 m).)

page 88: "my" changed to "may" ( ...an extensive region of white on the belly which may extend onto the sides ...)

page 132: "identifed" changed to "identified" ( ...stranded Guiana dolphins can be readily identified by their extremely small size ...)

page 138: changed "sharpely" to "sharply" ( ...those of the many-toothed blackfish are pointed on the tip and more sharply pointed ...)

page 154: changed "themselve" to "themselves" (thereby making themselves accessible for tagging and capture)

Appendix Figure A3 caption: "breath" changed to "breathe" ( ...and are clearly visible as the animal surfaces to breathe.)

Appendix Figure A5 caption: "botton" changed to "button" (This is the way the button tag appears ...)

page 158: "usually" changed to "unusually" (These unusually marked animals should stand out in repeated encounters ...)

page 161: "vessle" changed to "vessel" (2 right whales directly ahead of vessel headed NE ...)

page 166: added closing parenthesis "(in cross section circular, or slightly flattened anteroposteriorly)".

page 168 (Footnote 20): "feet" changed to "feel" (... one can feel the point at which the two lower jaws become united)