Professional Papers

The NOAA Professional Paper NMFS series (which replaced the NOAA Technical Report NMFS series in 2003) provides a flexible outlet for publishing a variety of high quality manuscripts which, owing to length or other reasons, are inappropriate for the Fishery Bulletin, such as keys, comprehensive lengthy manuscripts, FAO species synopses, Flora and Fauna subseries manuscripts, etc. The manuscripts published are equal in quality to Fishery Bulletin articles and have undergone the same rigorous peer-review process.

The PP series is not used for annotated bibliographies, lengthy data sets, or computer programs. Such materials may be more appropriately published in the Technical Memorandum series or perhaps in electronic form.
Guide for Contributors

NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 22
Identifications, distributions, and life history of four species of Seriola (Carangiformes: Carangidae) in the western North Atlantic based on contemporary and historical data
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 21
Nomenclature of the dolphins, porpoises, and small whales: a review and guide to the early taxonomic literature
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 20
Deep-sea emergence of red tree corals (Primnoa pacifica) in Southeast Alaska glacial fjords
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 19
An annotated checklist of the marine macroinvertebrates of Alaska
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 18
Fishes of the Salish Sea: a compilation and distributional analysis
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 17
Potential overlap between cetaceans and commercial groundfish fleets that operate in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 16
The ecology of deep-sea coral and sponge habitats of the central Aleutian Islands of Alaska
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 15
Guide to the identification of larval and early juvenile pricklebacks (Perciformes: Zoarcoidei: Stichaeidae) in the northeastern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 14
An atlas of reproductive development in rockfishes, genus Sebastes
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 13
Age determination manual of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Age and Growth Program
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 12
A guide to the deep-water sponges of the Aleutian Island Archipelago
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 11
Bathyraja panthera, a new species of skate (Rajidae: Arhynchobatinae) from the western Aleutian Islands, and resurrection of the subgenus Arctoraja Ishiyama
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 10
Larval development and identification of the genus Triglops (Scorpaeniformes: Cottidae)
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 9
Genetic and morphological identification of pelagic juvenile rockfish collected from the Gulf of Alaska
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 8
A guide to the Thalassinidea (Crustacea: Malacostraca: Decapoda) of the South Atlantic Bight
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 7
Spawning, egg development, and early life history dynamics of arrowtooth flounder (Atheresthes stomias) in the Gulf of Alaska
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 6
Juvenile and small resident fishes of Florida Bay, a critical habitat in the Everglades National Park, Florida
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 5
Emerging Technologies for Reef Fisheries Research and Management
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 4
A taxonomic guide to the mysids of the South Atlantic Bight
NOAA Prof. Paper NMFS 3
Development of kelp rockfish Sebastes atrovirens (Jordan and Gilbert 1880), and brown rockfish, S. auriculatus (Girard 1854), from birth to pelagic juvenile stage, with notes on early larval development of black-and-yellow rockfish, S. chrysomelas...