Fishery Bulletin

The quarterly Fishery Bulletin (FB) is the oldest and one of the finest fisheries journals in the world. It has been an official publication of the U.S. Government since 1881, under various titles, and is the U.S. counterpart to other highly regarded governmental fisheries science publications. It publishes original research or interpretative articles in all scientific fields that bear on marine fisheries and marine mammal science.

Manuscripts submitted for publication in the Fishery Bulletin undergo peer review by senior scientists within and outside the government. The NMFS Scientific Editor, a scientist affiliated with one of the NMFS Science Centers who serves for a three-year period, is responsible for conducting the peer reviews and for accepting or rejecting manuscripts.

For more information on the Fishery Bulletin -- including a complete, searchable archive (in PDF format) of all volumes published since the journal began in 1881 -- please visit the Fishery Bulletin Web site. You can also use the quick links below:

• Current & Archived Issues
• Editorial Guidelines (pdf file)
• Manuscript submission (note: please review guidelines before submitting a manuscript)
• Masthead (pdf file)
• Ordering Publications