Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences

Technical reports contain scientific and technical information that contributes to existing knowledge but which is not normally appropriate for primary literature. Technical reports are directed primarily toward a 'worldwide audience and have an international distribution. No restriction is placed on subject mailer and the series reflects the broad interests and policies of the Department of Fisheries and Oceans, namely, fisheries and atjuatic sciences. Technical reports may be cited as full publications. The correct citation appears above the abstract of each report. Each report is abstracted in Aquatic SCil-'l1ce.1 al1d Fisheries Ahstrocts and indexed in the Department's annual index to scientific and technical publications