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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(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.
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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)