An International Journal on Fisheries Science, Fishing Technology and Fisheries Management
Guide for Authors
This journal provides an international forum for the publication of papers in the areas of fisheries science, fishing technology, fisheries
management and relevant socio-economics. The scope covers fisheries in salt, brackish and freshwater systems, and all aspects of associated
ecology, environment and pollution issues, and economics. Both theoretical and practical papers are acceptable, including laboratory
and field experimental studies relevant to fisheries. Papers on the conservation of exploitable living resources are welcome. Review
and Viewpoint articles are also published. As the specified areas inevitably impinge on and interrelate with each other, the approach
of the journal is multidisciplinary, and authors are encouraged to emphasise the relevance of their own work to that of other disciplines.
The journal is intended for fisheries scientists, biological oceanographers, gear technologists, economists, managers, administrators,
policy makers and legislators.
Types of contribution
1. Original research papers (Regular Papers)
2. Review articles
3. Viewpoints
4. Short Communications
5. Technical Notes
6. Letters to the Editor
7. Book Reviews
8. Conference Reports
Regular papers should report the results of original research. The material should not have been previously published elsewhere,
except in a preliminary form. Review articles should cover subjects falling within the scope of the journal which are of
active current interest. They may be submitted or invited. Viewpoint contributions provide an opportunity to offer a personal
perspective on topical issues relevant to the interests of the Journal.
A Short Communication is a concise but complete
description of a limited investigation, which will not be included in a later paper. Short Communications should be as completely documented,
both by reference to the literature and description of the experimental procedures employed, as a regular paper. They should not occupy
more than 6 printed pages (about 12 manuscript pages, including figures, tables and references). Conference Reports provide
an analytical review of the significant outcomes of important conferences. They may be submitted by conference associates or solicited
by the Editor-in-Chief. Technical Notes should be brief descriptions of experimental procedures, technical operations or
applied activities within laboratories or in the field. Letters to the Editor offering comment or appropriate critique on
material published in the journal are welcomed. The decision to publish submitted letters rests purely with the Editor-in-Chief. Book Reviews are included in the journal on a range of relevant books which are not more than 2 years old. Book reviews will
be solicited by the Book Review Editor. Other publications read will be listed. Unsolicited reviews will not usually be accepted, but
suggestions for appropriate books for review may be sent to the Book Review Editor:
A.D. McIntyre
Emeritus Professor of Fisheries
and Oceanography
Zoology Department
University of Aberdeen
Aberdeen, AB9 2TN
UK
E-mail: a.d.mcintyre@abdn.ac.uk
Submission of manuscripts
Submission of an article is understood to imply that the article is original and is not being considered
for publication elsewhere. Submission also implies that all authors have approved the paper for release and are in agreement with its
content. Upon acceptance of the article by the journal, the author(s) will be asked to transfer the copyright of the article to the publisher.
This transfer will ensure the widest possible dissemination of information.
Electronic manuscripts
Submission to this journal
proceeds totally on-line. Please use the following guidelines to prepare your article. Via http://ees.elsevier.com/fish
you will be guided stepwise through the creation and uploading of the various files. Once the uploading is done, our system automatically
generates an electronic (PDF) proof, which is then used for reviewing. It is crucial that all graphical elements be uploaded in separate
files, so that the PDF is suitable for reviewing. Authors can upload their article as a LaTex, Microsoft (MS) Word, WordPerfect, PostScript
or Adobe Acrobat PDF document. All correspondence, including notification of the Editor's decision and requests for revisions, will be
by e-mail.
Electronic format requirements for accepted articles
We accept most wordprocessing formats, but Word, WordPerfect
or LaTeX is preferred. Always keep a backup copy of the electronic file for reference and safety. Save your files using the default extension
of the program used.
Wordprocessor documents
It is important that the file be saved in the native format of the wordprocessor
used. The text should be in single-column format. Keep the layout of the text as simple as possible. Most formatting codes will be removed
and replaced on processing the article. In particular, do not use the wordprocessor's options to justify text or to hyphenate words.
However, do use bold face, italics, subscripts, superscripts etc. Do not embed 'graphically designed' equations or tables, but prepare
these using the wordprocessor's facility. When preparing tables, if you are using a table grid, use only one grid for each individual
table and not a grid for each row. If no grid is used, use tabs, not spaces, to align columns. The electronic text should be prepared
in a way very similar to that of conventional manuscripts (see also http://www.elsevier.com/locate/guidepublication). Do
not import the figures into the text file but, instead, indicate their approximate locations directly in the electronic text and on the
manuscript. See also http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
To avoid unnecessary errors you are strongly advised
to use the 'spellchecker' function of your wordprocessor.
LaTeX documents
If the LaTeX file is suitable, proofs will
be produced without rekeying the text. The article should preferably be written using Elsevier's document class "elsart", or alternatively
the standard document class "article", The Elsevier LaTeX package (including detailed instructions for LaTeX preparation) can be obtained
from the Quickguide: http://www.elsevier.com/latex. It consists of the files: elsart.cls, guidelines for users of elsart,
a template file for quick start and the instruction booklet "Preparing articles with LaTeX.
Preparation of manuscripts
1. Manuscripts should be written in clear and grammatical English. Authors whose native language is not English are strongly advised
to have their manuscripts checked by an English-speaking colleague prior to submission. For more information about language editing and
copyediting services please visit http://www.elsevier.com/locate/languagepolishing or contact authorsupport@elsevier.com
2. Manuscripts should be prepared with numbered lines, with wide margins and double spacing throughout, i.e. also for abstracts, footnotes
and references. Every page of the manuscript, including the title page, references, tables, etc. should be numbered. However, in
the text no reference should be made to page numbers; if necessary, one may refer to sections. Underline words that should be in italics,
and do not underline any other words. Avoid excessive use of italics to emphasize part of the text.
3. Manuscripts in general should
be organized in the following order:
Title (should be clear, descriptive and not too long)
Name(s) of author(s)
Complete
postal address(es) of affiliations
Full telephone, Fax. no. and E-mail of the corresponding author
Present address(es) of author(s)
if applicable
Complete correspondence address to which the proofs should be sent
Abstract
Key words (indexing terms), normally
3-6 items
Introduction
Material studied, area descriptions, methods, techniques
Results
Discussion
Conclusion
Acknowledgements and any additional information concerning research grants, etc.
References
Tables
Figure captions
4.
In typing the manuscript, titles and subtitles should not be run within the text. They should be typed on a separate line, without indentation.
Use lower-case lettertype.
5. Units and abbreviations
In principle SI units should be used except where they conflict with current
practise or are confusing. Other equivalent units may be given in parentheses.
6. Units and their abbreviations should be those approved
by ISO (International Standard 1000:92 7. SI units and recommendations for the use of their multiples and of certain other units).
Abbreviate units of measure only when used with numerals.
8. If a special instruction to the copy editor or typesetter is written
on the copy it should be encircled. The typesetter will then know that the enclosed matter is not to be set in type. When a typewritten
character may have more than one meaning (e.g. the lower case letter l may be confused with the numeral 1), a note should be inserted
in a circle in the margin to make the meaning clear to the typesetter. If Greek letters or uncommon symbols are used in the manuscript,
they should be written very clearly, and if necessary a note such as "Greek lower-case chi" should be put in the margin and encircled.
9. Elsevier reserves the privilege of returning to the author for revision accepted manuscripts and illustrations which are not in the
proper form given in this guide.
Abstracts
The abstract should be clear, descriptive and not longer than 400 words.
References
1. All publications cited in the text should be presented in a list of references following the text of the manuscript.
The manuscript should be carefully checked to ensure that the spelling of author's names and dates are exactly the same in the text as
in the reference list. It is particularly important to check that all References in the text are present in the List, and vice versa.
2. In the text refer to the author's name (without initial) and year of publication, followed if necessary by a short reference to appropriate
pages. Examples: "Since Peterson (1988) has shown that..." "This is in agreement with results obtained later (Kramer, 1989, pp. 12-16)".
3. If reference is made in the text to a publication written by more than two authors the name of the first author should be used followed
by "et al.". This indication, however, should never be used in the list of references. In this list names of first author and co-authors
should be mentioned.
4. References cited together in the text should be arranged chronologically. The list of references should be
arranged alphabetically on authors' names, and chronologically per author. If an author's name in the list is also mentioned with co-authors
the following order should be used: publications of the single author, arranged according to publication dates - publications of the
same author with one co-author - publications of the author with more than one co-author. Publications by the same author(s) in the same
year should be listed as 1994a, 1994b, etc.
5. Use the following system for arranging your references:
a. For periodicals
Stewart, D.A., Agnew, D., Boyd, R., Briggs, R., Toland, P., 1993. The derivation of changes in Nephrops per unit effort values for the
Northern Ireland fishing fleet. Fish. Res. 17, 273-292.
b. For edited symposia, special issues, etc. published in a periodical
Roberts, R.J., 1993. Ulcerative dermal necrosis (UDN) in wild salmonids. In: Bruno, D.W. (Ed.), Pathological conditions of wild salmonids.
Fish. Res. 17, 3 14.
c. For books
Gaugh, Jr., H.G., 1992. Statistical Analysis of Regional Yield Trials. Elsevier, Amsterdam.
d. For multi-author books
Bucke, D., 1989. Histology. In: Austin, B., Austin, D.A. (Eds.), Methods for the Microbiological
Examination of Fish and Shellfish. Wiley, New York, pp. 69-97.
6. Abbreviate the titles of periodicals mentioned in the list of references
according to the International List of Periodical Title Word Abbreviations.
7. In the case of publications in any language
other than English, the original title is to be retained. However, the titles of publications in non-Latin alphabets should be transliterated,
and a notation such as "(in Russian)" or "(in Greek, with English abstract)" should be added.
8. Work accepted for publication but
not yet published should be referred to as "in press".
9. References concerning unpublished data and "personal communications" should
not be cited in the reference list but may be mentioned in the text.
Use of the Digital Object Identifier
The digital
object identifier (DOI) may be used to cite and link to electronic documents. The DOI consists of a unique alpha-numeric character string
which is assigned to a document by the publisher upon the initial electronic publication. The assigned DOI never changes. Therefore,
it is an ideal medium for citing a document, particularly "Articles in press" because they have not yet received their full bibliographic
information. The correct format for citing a DOI is shown as follows (example taken from a document in the journal Physics Letters B):
doi:10.1016/j.physletb.2003.10.071
When you use the DOI to create URL hyperlinks to documents on the web, they are guaranteed
never to change. However, please check the DOI very carefully as an error in a letter or number will result in a dead link.
Formulae
1. Formulae should be typewritten, if possible. Leave ample space around the formulae.
2. Subscripts and superscripts should be clear.
3. Greek letters and other non-Latin symbols should be explained in the margin where they are first used. Take special care to show clearly
the difference between zero (0) and the letter O, and between one (1) and the letter l.
4. Give the meaning of all symbols immediately
after the equation in which they are first used.
5. For simple fractions use the solidus (/) instead of a horizontal line.
6.
Equations should be numbered serially at the right-hand side in parentheses. In general only equations explicitly referred to in the
text need be numbered.
7. The use of fractional powers instead of root signs is recommended. Also powers of e are often more conveniently
denoted by exp.
8. Levels of statistical significance which can be mentioned without further explanation are *P<0.05, **P<0.01
and ***P<0.001.
9. In chemical formulae, valence of ions should be given as, e.g., Ca2+ and not as Ca++.
10. Isotope numbers
should precede the symbols, e.g., 18O.
11. The repeated writing of chemical formulae in the text is to be avoided where reasonably
possible; instead, the name of the compound should be given in full. Exceptions may be made in the case of a very long name occurring
very frequently or in the case of a compound being described as the end product of a gravimetric determination (e.g., phosphate as P2O5).
Footnotes
1. Footnotes should be used only if absolutely essential. In most cases it should be possible to incorporate the
information in normal text.
2. If used, they should be numbered in the text, indicated by superscript numbers, and kept as short
as possible.
Nomenclature
1. Authors and Editors are, by general agreement, obliged to accept the rules governing biological
nomenclature, as laid down in the International Code of Botanical Nomenclature, the International Code of Nomenclature of Bacteria,
and the International Code of Zoological Nomenclature.
2. All biotica (crops, plants, insects, birds, mammals, etc.) should
be identified by their scientific names when the English term is first used, with the exception of common domestic animals.
3. All
biocides and other organic compounds must be identified by their Geneva names when first used in the text. Active ingredients of all
formulations should be likewise identified.
4. For chemical nomenclature, the conventions of the International Union of Pure and
Applied Chemistry and the official recommendations of the IUPAC IUB Combined Commission on Biochemical Nomenclature should be followed.
Preparation of electronic illustrations
General
1. Make sure you use uniform lettering and sizing
of your original artwork.
2. Save text in illustrations as "graphics" or enclose the font.
3. Only use the following fonts in
your illustrations: Arial, Courier, Helvetica, Times, Symbol.
4. Number the illustrations according to their sequence in the text.
5. Use a logical naming convention for your artwork files.
6. Provide all illustrations as separate files.
7. Provide captions
to illustrations separately.
8. Produce images near to the desired size of the printed version.
A detailed guide on electronic
artwork is available on our website: http://elsevier.com/artworkinstructions. Some excerpts from the detailed information
are given here.
Formats
Regardless of the application used, when your electronic artwork is finalised, please "save as"
or convert the images to one of the following formats (note the resolution requirements for line drawings, halftones, and line/halftone
combinations given below):
EPS: Vector drawings. Embed the font or save the text as "graphics".
TIFF: Colour or greyscale photographs
(halftones): always use a minimum of 300 dpi.
TIFF: Bitmapped line drawings: use a minimum of 1000 dpi.
TIFF: Combinations bitmapped
line/half-tone (colour or greyscale): a minimum of 500 dpi is required.
DOC, XLS or PPT: If your electronic artwork is created in
any of these Microsoft Office applications please supply "as is".
.
Please do not:
1. embed graphics in your
word processor (spreadsheet, presentation) document;
2. supply files that are optimised for screen use (like GIF, BMP, PICT, WPG);
the resolution is too low;
3. supply files that are too low in resolution;
4. submit graphics that are disproportionately large
for the content.
Captions
Ensure that each illustration has a caption. Supply captions separately, not attached
to the figure. A caption should comprise a brief title (not on the figure itself) and a description of the illustration. Keep text in
the illustrations themselves to a minimum but explain all symbols and abbreviations used.
Line drawings
The lettering
and symbols, as well as other details, should have proportionate dimensions, so as not to become illegible or unclear after possible
reduction; in general, the figures should be designed for a reduction factor of two to three. The degree of reduction will be determined
by the Publisher. Illustrations will not be enlarged. Consider the page format of the journal when designing the illustrations. Do not
use any type of shading on computer-generated illustrations.
Photographs (halftones)
Remove non-essential areas
of a photograph. Do not mount photographs unless they form part of a composite figure (plate). Where necessary, insert a scale bar in
the illustration (not below it), as opposed to giving a magnification factor in the caption.
Colour illustrations
Please make sure that artwork files are in an acceptable format (TIFF, EPS or MS Office files) and with the correct resolution. If,
together with your accepted article, you submit usable colour figures, then Elsevier will ensure, at no additional charge that these
figures will appear in colour on the Web (e.g., ScienceDirect and other sites) regardless of whether or not these illustrations are reproduced
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receipt of your accepted article. Please indicate your preference for colour in print or on the Web only. For further information on
the preparation of electronic artwork, please see http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
Please note: Because
of technical complications which can arise by converting colour figures to "grey scale" (for the printed version should you not opt for
colour in print) please submit in addition usable black and white versions of all the colour illustrations. As only one figure caption
may be used for both colour and black and white versions of figures, please ensure that the figure captions are meaningful for both versions,
if applicable.
Tables
Number tables consecutively in accordance with their appearance in the text. Place footnotes
to tables below the table body and indicate them with superscript lowercase letters. Avoid vertical rules. Be sparing in the use of tables
and ensure that the data presented in tables do not duplicate results described elsewhere in the article.
Supplementary data
Preparation of supplementary data. Elsevier accepts electronic supplementary material to support and enhance your scientific research.
Supplementary files offer the author additional possibilities to publish supporting applications, movies, animation sequences, high-resolution
images, background datasets, sound clips and more. Supplementary files supplied will be published online alongside the electronic version
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submit the material in electronic format together with the article and supply a concise and descriptive caption for each file. For more
detailed instructions please visit our artwork instruction pages at http://www.elsevier.com/artworkinstructions.
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After acceptance
Page Proofs
When your manuscript is received by the Publisher it is considered to be in its final form.
Proofs are not to be regarded as 'drafts'.
One set of page proofs in PDF format will be sent by e-mail to the corresponding author, to
be checked for typesetting/editing. No changes in, or additions to, the accepted (and subsequently edited) manuscript will be allowed
at this stage. Proofreading is solely your responsibility.
A form with queries from the Copyeditor may accompany your proofs. Please
answer all queries and make any corrections or additions required.
The Publisher reserves the right to proceed with publication if
corrections are not communicated.
Return corrections within 3 days of receipt of the proofs. Should there be no corrections, please
confirm this.
Elsevier will do everything possible to get your article corrected and published as quickly and accurately as possible.
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first sending is complete. Note that this does not mean you have any less time to make your corrections, just that only one set of corrections
will be accepted.
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An Article in Press may be cited prior to its publication by means of its unique digital object identifier (DOI) number, which does not
change throughout the publication process.
Reprints
The corresponding author, at no cost, will be provided with
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Author's Discount
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