NOAA FISHERIES

Improved parameterization of the SDWBA for estimating krill target strength Conti, Stéphane G., and David A. Demer ICES Journal of Marine Science 63(5):928-935

Acoustical monitoring of fish density, behavior, and growth rate in a tank Conti, Stéphane G., Philippe Roux, Christian Fauvel, Benjamin D. Maurer, and David A. Demer Aquaculture 251(2-4):314-323

Economics for fisheries management Grafton, R. Quentin, James Kirkley, Tom Kompas, and Dale Squires Ashgate. 176 p.

Climate change and the economics of the world's fisheries: examples of small pelagic stocks Hannesson, Rognvaldur, Manuel Barange, and Samuel F. Herrick Jr. (eds.) Edward Elgar Publishing, 310 p.

On the consequences of climate change in pelagic fish populations: a conclusion Hannesson, Rognvaldur, Samuel F. Herrick Jr., and Manuel Barange In: Rognvaldur Hannesson, Manuel Barange, and Samuel F. Herrick Jr. (eds.), Climate change and the economics of the world's fisheries: examples of small pelagic stocks, p. 296-304. Edward Elgar Publishing.

An optimal harvest policy for the recently renewed United States Pacific sardine fishery Herrick, Samuel F. Jr., Kevin Hill, and Christian Reiss In: Rognvaldur Hannesson, Manuel Barange, and Samuel F. Herrick Jr. (eds.), Climate change and the economics of the world's fisheries: examples of small pelagic stocks, p. 126-150. Edward Elgar Publishing. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC SARDINE - FISHERY - OPTIMAL HARVEST - POLICY - FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Assessment of the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea) population for U.S. management in 2006 Hill, Kevin T., Nancy C.H. LO, Beverly J. Macewicz, Roberto Felix-Uraga U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-386. 66+9 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - FISHERY MANAGEMENT - POPULATIONS - ABUNDANCE

Assessment of the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax caerulea) population for U.S. management in 2007 Hill, Kevin T., Nancy C.H. Lo, Beverly J. Macewicz, Roberto Felix-Uraga U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-396. 79+11 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - FISHERY MANAGEMENT - POPULATIONS - ABUNDANCE

Developing country fisheries and technical efficiency: the Java Sea purse seine fishery Jeon, Yongil, Ishak Haji Omar, K. Kuperan, Dale Squires, and Indah Susilowati Applied Economics 38(13):1541-1552

2006 Billfish Newsletter: 2005 Survey:Trends in angler catch rates [2005 International Billfish Angler Survey], 2005 Billfish tagging and recoveries [2005 Billfish Tagging Program], Top anglers and captains acknowledged, Adopt-A-Billfish Program, Research highlights: Billfish larvae identification off Hawaii, Successful catch and release. Kohin, Suzanne, and Randall Rasmussen U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 14p. Billfish Tagging Program; Cooperative Marine Game Fish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

Shifts in a Pacific Ocean fish assemblage: the potential influence of exploitation Levin, Phillip S., Elizabeth E. Holmes, Kevin R. Piner, and Chris J. Harvey Conservation Biology 20(4):1181-1190

Spawning biomas of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) off California in 2005 Lo, Nancy C.H. and Beverly J. Macewicz U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-387. 29 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - SPAWNING BIOMASS - UNITED STATES - CALIFORNIA

Ichthyoplankton Moser, H.G., and W. Watson In: Larry G. Allen, Daniel J. Pondella II, and Michael H. Horn (eds.), The ecology of marine fishes: California and adjacent waters, p. 269-319. University of California Press.

The state of the California Current, 2005-2006: Warm in the north, cool in the south Peterson, Bill, Robert Emmett, Ralf Goericke, Elizabeth Venrick, Arnold Mantyla, Steven J. Bograd, Franklin B. Schwing, Roger Hewitt, Nancy Lo, William Watson, Jay Barlow, Mark Lowry, Steve Ralston, Karin A. Forney, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, William J. Sydeman, David Hyrenbach, Russel W. Bradley, Pete Warzybok, Francisco Chavez, Karen Hunter, Scott Benson, Michael Weise, James Harvey, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, and Reginaldo Durazo CalCOFI Reports 47:30-74 OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT - TEMPERATURE

Evaluation of ageing accuracy of bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis) rockfish using bomb radiocarbon Piner, Kevin R., John R. Wallace, Owen S. Hamel, and Robert Mikus Fisheries Research 77(2):200-206

2005 stock status of cowcod in the Southern California Bight and future prospects Piner, Kevin, Edward J. Dick, and John Field In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 2005: stock assessment and fishery evaluation, volume I. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 107 p.

Transboundary movement of sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, off the Pacific coast of Central America Prince, Eric D., David B. Holts, Derke Snodgrass, Eric S. Orbesen, Jiangang Luo, Michael L. Domeier, and Joseph E. Serafy Bulletin of Marine Science 79(3):827-838 MARINE FISHES - BILLFISHES - BILLFISH - SAILFISH - MOVEMENT - BEHAVIOR - TRANSBOUNDARY - CENTRAL AMERICA - PACIFIC

Covariation between the average lengths of mature coho (Oncorhynchus kisutch) and Chinook salmon (O. tshawytscha) and the ocean environment. Wells, B. K., C. B. Grimes, J. C. Field, and C. S. Reiss. Fisheries Oceanography 15(1): 67-79. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - COHO - OCEANOGRAPHY - COVARIATION - AVERAGE LENGTHS

Ichthyoplankton and station data for surface (Manta) and oblique (Bongo) plankton tows for California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations survey in 2003 Acuna, Elaine Sandknop, Richard L. Charter, William Watson U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-370. 112 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - OBLIQUE PLANKTON TOWS (BONGO) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee Allen, Anne, Alec MacCall, Janet Mason, Frank Schwing, and John Field In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: Forty-fifth annual meeting of the TSC (May 3-4, 2005, Parksville, British Columbia), p. 177-194. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Limited realized dispersal and introgressive hybridization influence genetic structure and conservation strategies for brown rockfish, Sebastes auriculatus Buonaccorsi, Vincent P., Carol A. Kimbrell, Eric A. Lynn, and Russell D. Vetter Conservation Genetics 6(5):697-713

Fish surveys and habitat investigations of cowcod and bocaccio Butler, John L. In: D.A. Somerton and C.T. Glendhill (eds.), Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service workshop on underwater video analysis (August 4-6, 2004), p. 24-25. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-68.

Broad-bandwidth, sound scattering, and absorption from krill (Meganyctiphanes norvegica), mysids (Praunus flexuosus and Neomysis integer), and shrimp (Crangon crangon). Conti, S. G., D. A. Demer, and A. S. Brierley. ICES Journal of Marine Science 62(5):956-965. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - SHRIMP - BROAD BANDWIDTH - SOUND SCATTERING - ABSORPTION

An improved multiple-frequency method for measuring in situ target strengths Conti, Stéphane G., David A. Demer, Michael A. Soule, and Jean H.E. Conti ICES Journal of Marine Science 62(8):1636-1646

Mako sharks. De Maddalena, A., A. Preti, and R. Smith. Krieger Publishing Company, Malabar, Florida. 72 p. MARINE FISHES - SHARKS - MAKO SHARK

New target-strength model indicates more krill in the Southern Ocean. Demer, D. A., and S. G. Conti. ICES Journal of Marine Science 62(1):25-32. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SOUTHERN OCEAN - MODEL - ABUNDANCE

Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) stock discrimination off the West Coast of Baja California and Southern California using otolith morphometry. Félix-Uraga, R., V. M. Gómez-Muñoz, C. Quiñónez-Velázquez, F. N. Melo-Barrera, K. T. Hill, and W. García-Franco. CalCOFI Reports 46:113-121. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC SARDINE - CALIFORNIA - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - BAJA - STOCK DISCRIMINATION - STOCKS - OTOLITHS - MORPHOMETRY

The state of the California Current, 2004-2005: Still cool? Goericke, R., E. Venrick, A. Mantyla, S. J. Bograd, F. B. Schwing, A. Huyer, R. L. Smith, P. A. Wheeler, R. Hooff, W. T. Peterson, C. A. Collins, N. Lo, G. Gaxiola-Castro, R. Durazo, K. D. Hyrenbach, and W. J. Sydeman. CalCOFI Reports 46: 32-71. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT - STATE - COOL

Biophysical mechanisms of larval fish ingress into Chesapeake Bay Hare, Jonathan A., Simon Thorrold, Harvey Walsh, Christian Reiss, Arnoldo Valle-Levinson, and Cynthia M. Jones Marine Ecology Progress Series 303:295-310

2005 Billfish Newsletter: 2004 Billfish tagging and recoveries [2004 Billfish Tagging Program], Trends in 2004 billfish angler catch rates [2004 International Billfish Angler Survey], Top anglers and captains acknowledged, Adopt-A-Billfish Program, 4th International Billfish Symposium, Swordfish, Successful catch and release. Holts, David B., and Randall Rasmussen. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 14p. Billfish Tagging Program; Cooperative Marine Game Fish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

A comparison of long-term trends and variability in populations of larvae of exploited and unexploited fishes in the Southern California region: A community approach. Hsieh, C., C. Reiss, W. Watson, M. J. Allen, J. R. Hunter, R. N. Lea, R. H. Rosenblatt, P. E. Smith, and G. Sugihara. Progress in Oceanography 67:160-185. MARINE FISHES - CALIFORNIA - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - LARVAE - POPULATIONS - EXPLOITED FISHES - UNEXPLOITED FISHES

Shipboard identification of fish eggs and larvae by multiplex PCR, and description of fertilized eggs of blue marlin, shortbill spearfish, and wahoo. Hyde, J. R., E. Lynn, R. Humphreys Jr., M. Musyl, A. P. West, and R. Vetter. Marine Ecology Progress Series 286:269-277. MARINE FISHES - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - EGGS - LARVAE - SHIPBOARD IDENTIFICATION - MULTIPLEX PCR - BLUE MARLIN - SHORTBILL SPEARFISH - WAHOO

Correction factors for quantitative analysis of anchovy eggs and larval stages from the southern waters of Korea. Kim, J. Y., N. C. H. Lo, and J. I. Kim. Ocean Science Journal 40(1):11-16. MARINE FISHES - ANCHOVIES - ANCHOVY - KOREA - EGGS - LARVAE - QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS

USING LIDAR TO DETECT TUNA SCHOOLS UNASSOCIATED WITH DOLPHINS IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC, A REVIEW AND CURRENT STATUS LARESE, JASON P. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-378. 7 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - MARINE FISHES - TUNA - AIRBORNE - DETECTION - LIDAR - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - CURRENT STATUS

Spawning biomass of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax), from 1994-2004 off California. Lo, N. C. H., Macewicz, B. J., and D. A. Griffith. CalCOFI Reports 46:93-112. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC SARDINE - SPAWNING BIOMASS - CALIFORNIA

Eggs-per-recruit model for management of the California market squid (Loligo opalescens) fishery Maxwell, Michael R., Larry D. Jacobson, and Ramon J. Conser Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62(7):1640-1650

Myctophidae: Lanternfishes. Moser, H. G., and W. Watson. W. J. Richards (ed.), Early stages of Atlantic fishes: an identification guide for the western central north Atlantic, p. 473-579. CRC Press, Boca Raton. MARINE FISHES - ATLANTIC FISHES - LANTERNFISHES - MYCTOPHIFORMES - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - STAGES - IDENTIFICATION

Neoscopelidae: Blackchins. Moser, H. G., and W. Watson. W. J. Richards (ed.), Early stages of Atlantic fishes: an identification guide for the western central north Atlantic, p. 463-471. CRC Press, Boca Raton. MARINE FISHES - ATLANTIC FISHES - BLACKCHINS - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - STAGES - IDENTIFICATION

Order Myctophiformes. Moser, H. G., and W. Watson. W. J. Richards (ed.), Early stages of Atlantic fishes: an identification guide for the western central north Atlantic, p. 461. CRC Press, Boca Raton. MARINE FISHES - ATLANTIC FISHES - LANTERNFISHES - MYCTOPHIFORMES - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - STAGES - IDENTIFICATION

Preliminary use of oxygen stable isotopes and the 1983 El Niño to assess the accuracy of aging black rockfish (Sebastes melanops). Piner, K. R., M. A. Haltuch, and J. R. Wallace. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 103:553-558. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - BLACK ROCKFISH - AGE - AGING - OXYGEN STABLE ISOTOPES - EL NINO - ACCURACY

Age validation of canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) from off the Oregon coast (USA) using the bomb radiocarbon method Piner, Kevin R., Owen S. Hamel, Jennifer L. Menkel, John R. Wallace, and Charles E. Hutchinson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 62(5):1060-1066

Use of a video and laser system to quantify transect area for remotely operated vehicle (ROV) rockfish and abalone surveys Pinkard, Deanna R., Donna M. Kocak, and John L. Butler In: Proceedings of Oceans 2005, vol. 3, p. 2824-2829. Marine Technology Society / IEEE. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - INVERTEBRATES - MOLLUSCS - ABALONE - SURVEYS - REMOTELY OPERATED VEHICLES - ROV - VIDEO - LASER - TRANSECT AREAS

Pigment variability in larval Sebastes jordani off central California. Sakuma, K. M., C. A. Taylor, and W. Watson. Journal of Fish Biology 67:510-520. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - SHORTBELLY ROCKFISH - LARVAE - PIGMENT VARIABILITY - CALIFORNIA

A history of proposals for subpopulation structure in the Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) population off Western North America. Smith, P. E. CalCOFI Reports 46:75-82. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC SARDINE - POPULATIONS - SUBPOPULATIONS - STRUCTURE - WESTERN NORTH AMERICA - HISTORY - PROPOSALS

Leopard shark. Smith, S. E. S. L. Fowler, etal. (comps. and eds.), Sharks, rays and chimaeras: the status of the chondrichthyan fishes, p. 281-283. IUCN/SSC Shark Specialist Group. IUCN, Cambridge, U.K. x + 461 p. MARINE FISHES - SHARKS - LEOPARD SHARK - STATUS

Leopard shark mating observed off La Jolla, California. Smith, S. E. California Fish and Game 91(1):128-135. MARINE FISHES - SHARKS - LEOPARD SHARK - MATING - REPRODUCTION - BEHAVIOR

Productive efficiency, property rights, and sustainable renewable resource development in the mini-purse seine fishery of the Java Sea Susilowati, Indah, Norman Bartoo, Ishak Haji Omar, Yongil Jeon, K. Kuperan, Dale Squires, and Niels Vestergaard Envronment and Development Economics 10(6):837-859

Order Ptereleotridae: Dartfishes. Watson, W., and H. J. Walker. W. J. Richards (ed.), Early stages of Atlantic fishes: an identification guide for the western central north Atlantic, p. 2105-2107, CRC Press. MARINE FISHES - ATLANTIC FISHES - DARTFISHES - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - STAGES - IDENTIFICATION

Order Microdesmidae: Wormfishes. Watson, W., H. J. Walker Jr., D. G. Smith, C. Thacker, and G. P. Owen. W. J. Richards (ed.), Early stages of Atlantic fishes: an identification guide for the western central north Atlantic, p. 2089-2103. CRC Press. MARINE FISHES - ATLANTIC FISHES - WORMFISHES - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - STAGES - IDENTIFICATION

Ichthyoplankton and station data for surface (Manta) and oblique (Bongo) plankton tows for California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations survey in 2004 Watson, William, Richard L. Charter, and Susan M. Manion U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-384. 123 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

Cloning and characterization of novel microsatellite DNA markers for the grass rockfish, Sebastes rastrelliger, and cross-species amplification in 10 related Sebastes spp Westerman, M.E., V.P. Buonaccorsi, J.A. Stannard, L. Galver, C. Taylor, E.A. Lynn, C.A. Kimbrell, and R.D. Vetter Molecular Ecology Notes 5(1):74-76

Physical oceanography in the Scotia Sea during the CCAMLR 2000 survey, austral summer 2000. Brandon, M. A., M. Naganobu, D. A. Demer, P. Chernyshkov, P. N. Trathan, S. E. Thorpe, T. Kameda, O. A. Berezhinskiy, E. J. Hawker, and S. Grant. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1301-1321. OCEANOGRAPHY - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - PHYSICAL - SURVEYS - CCAMLR - ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES

Molecular genetic structure suggests limited larval dispersal in grass rockfish, Sebastes rastrelliger Buonaccorsi, V.P., M. Westerman, J. Stannard, C. Kimbrell, E. Lynn, and R.D. Vetter Marine Biology 145(4):779-788

Management and productivity in the Mexican shrimp fishery: a case of analysis Cabrera Muro, Homero R., Samuel Herrick Jr., Dale Squires, and Jose R. Gonzales C NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 13 p.

An estimate of error for the CCAMLR 2000 survey estimate of krill biomass Demer, David A. Deep-Sea Research II 51(12-13):1237-1251 INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - BIOMASS - ESTIMATES - ERROR - SURVEYS - CCAMLR - ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES - ANTARCTICA

Economic benefits of dolphins in the United States eastern tropical Pacific purse-seine tuna industry. Herrick, S. F., D. Squires, and C. A. Tisdell. Environmental and Resource Economics 28(4):451-468. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - PURSE SEINE INDUSTRY - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - ECONOMIC BENEFITS

Options for allocating the precautionary catch limit for krill among small-scale management units in the Scotia Sea. Hewitt, R. P., G. Watters, P. N, Trathan, J. P. Croxall, M. E. Goebel, D. Ramm, K. Reid, W. Z. Trivelpiece, and J. L. Watkins CCAMLR Science 11:81-97. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - CATCH - LIMITS - ALLOCATION - FISHERY - FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Variation in the biomass density and demography of Antarctic krill in the vicinity of the South Shetland Islands during the 1999/2000 austral summer. Hewitt, R. P., S. Kim, M. Naganobu, M. Gutierrez, D. Kang, Y. Takao, J. Quinones, Y.-H. Lee, H.-C. Shin, S. Kawaguchi, J. H. Emery, D. A. Demer, and V. J. Loeb. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1411-1419. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS - BIOMASS - DENSITY - VARIATION - DEMOGRAPHY

Biomass of Antarctic krill in the Scotia Sea in January/February 2000 and its use in revising an estimate of precautionary yield Hewitt, Roger P., Jon Watkins, Mikio Naganobu, Viacheslav Sushin, Andrew S. Brierley, David Demer, Svetlana Kasatkina, Yoshimi Takao, Cathy Goss, Alexander Malyshko, Mark Brandon, So Kawaguchi, Volker Siegel, Philip Trathan, Jennifer Emery, Inigo Everson, and Denzil Miller Deep-Sea Research II 51(12-13):1215-1236 INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - BIOMASS - DENSITY - VARIATION - DEMOGRAPHY

Environmentally-explicit population models for coastal pelagic species (Pacific mackerel and Pacific sardine) [abstract] Hill, Kevin T. In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 11. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

Temporal and spatial distribution of chlorophyll-a in surface waters of the Scotia Sea as determined by both shipboard measurements and satellite data. Holm-Hansen, O., M. Kahru, C.D. Hewes, S. Kawaguchi, T. Kameda, V.A. Sushin, I. Krasovski, J. Priddle, R. Korb, R. P. Hewitt, and B. G. Mitchell. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1323-1331. PLANKTON - PHYTOPLANKTON - DISTRIBUTION - SURFACE WATERS - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA

Factors influencing the distribution, biomass, and productivity of phytoplankton in the Scotia Sea and adjoining waters. Holm-Hansen, O., M. Naganobu, S. Kawaguchi, T. Kameda, I. Krasovski, P. Tchernyshkov, J. Priddle, R. Korb, M. Brandon, D. Demer, R. P. Hewitt, M. Kahru, and C. D. Hewes. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1333-1350. PLANKTON - PHYTOPLANKTON - DISTRIBUTION - BIOMASS - PRODUCTIVITY - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA

2004 Billfish Newsletter: 2003 Billfish tagging and recoveries [2003 Billfish Tagging Program], Trends in 2003 billfish angler catch rates [2003 International Billfish Angler Survey], Adopt-A-Billfish Program, Top anglers and captains acknowledged, AFTO Tag-Flag Results; Fourth International Billfish Symposium, Fall 2005. Holts, David B., and Randall Rasmussen U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 14p. Billfish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

A comparative echocardiographic assessment of ventricular function in five species of sharks. Lai, N. C., N. Dalton, Y. Y. Lai, C. Kwong, R. Rasmussen, D. Holts, and J. B. Graham. Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology A 137(3):506-521. MARINE FISHES - SHARKS - SHARK - COMPARATIVE PHYSIOLOGY - HEART - ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY - ECHOCARDIOGRAM - VENTRICULAR FUNCTION - ASSESSMENT

Fecundity, egg deposition, and mortality of market squid (Loligo opalescens). Macewicz, B. J., J. R. Hunter, N. C. H. Lo, and E. L. LaCasella. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 102:306-327. INVERTEBRATES - CEPHALOPODS - SQUID - MARKET SQUID - FECUNDITY - EGGS - EGG DEPOSITION - MORTALITY

Fishery dynamics of the California market squid (Loligo opalescens), as measured by satellite remote sensing Maxwell, Michael R., Annette Henry, Christopher D. Elvidge, Jeffrey Safran, Vinita R. Hobson, Ingrid Nelson, Benjamin T. Tuttle, John B. Dietz, and John R. Hunter Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 102(4):661-670

Zooplankton in the Ligurian Sea: Part I. Characterization of their dispersion, relative abundance and environment during summer 1999. McGehee, D. E., D. A. Demer, and J. D. Warren. Journal of Plankton Research 26(12):1409-1418. PLANKTON - ZOOPLANKTON - MEDITERRANEAN SEA - LIGURIAN SEA - PART 1 - DISPERSION - RELATIVE ABUNDANCE - ENVIRONMENT

Modeling the krill transport pathways in the Scotia Sea: spatial and environmental connections generating the seasonal distribution of krill. Murphy, E. J., S. E. Thorpe, J. L. Watkins, and R. P. Hewitt. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1435-1456. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - MODELING - TRANSPORT PATHWAYS - SEASONAL DISTRIBUTION - SPATIAL - ENVIRONMENT

Genetic divergence between gopher rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) and black and yellow rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas) Narum, Shawn R., Vincent P. Buonaccorsi, Carol A. Kimbrell, and Russell D. Vetter Copeia 2004(4):926-931

Modeling the circulation of Western Bank on the Scotian Shelf through sequential application of a variational algorithm and a nonlinear model. Panteleev, G. G., B. de Young, M. Luneva, C. Reiss, and E. V. Semenov. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 109(C2):C02003 (15 p.) OCEANOGRAPHY - CIRCULATION - ANTARCTICA - SCOTIA SEA - WESTERN BANK - MODELING - NONLINEAR MODEL - VARIATIONAL ALGORITHM

Passive tracer reconstruction as a least-squares problem with a semi-Lagrangian constraint: an application to fish eggs and larvae Panteleev, G.G., B. deYoung, C.S. Reiss, and C.T. Taggart Journal of Marine Research 62(6):787-814

Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) chronology of bomb radiocarbon in otoliths from 1944-1981 and a validation of ageing methods. Piner, K. R., and S. G. Wischniowski. Journal of Fish Biology 64:1060-1071. MARINE FISHES - FLATFISHES - PACIFIC HALIBUT - AGE DETERMINATION - AGEING - BOMB RADIOCARBON - CHRONOLOGY - OTOLITHS

Age, growth and the potential for growth overfishing of spot (Leiostomus xanthurus) from the Chesapeake Bay, eastern USA Piner, Kevin R., and Cynthia M. Jones Marine and Freshwater Research 55(6):553-560

Diet differences in the thresher shark (Alopias vulpinus) during transition from a warm-water regime to a cool-water regime off California-Oregon, 1998-2000. Preti, A., S. E. Smith, and D. A. Ramon. CalCOFI Reports 45:118-125. MARINE FISHES - SHARKS - THRESHER SHARK - DIET - TEMPERATURE - CALIFORNIA - OREGON

Biomass and energy transfer to baleen whales in the South Atlantic sector of the Southern Ocean. Reilly, S., S. Hedley, J. Borberg, R. Hewitt, D. Thiele, J. Watkins, and M. Naganobu. Deep-Sea Research II 51:1397-1410. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - BALEEN WHALE - ANTARCTICA - SOUTH ATLANTIC - BIOMASS - ENERGY TRANSFER

Investigating environmental effects on population dynamics of Loligo opalescens in the Southern California Bight. Reiss, Christian S., Michael R. Maxwell, and John R. Hunter CalCOFI Reports 45:87-97. INVERTEBRATES - CEPHALOPODS - SQUID - CALIFORNIA MARKET SQUID - POPULATION DYNAMICS - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT

Application of adaptive sampling to biological populations. Smith, D. R., J. A. Brown, and N. C. H. Lo. W.L. Thompson (ed.), Sampling rare or elusive species: concepts, designs, and techniques for estimating population parameters. Island Press. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY - POPULATION DYNAMICS - BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS - ADAPTIVE CLUSTER SAMPLING - METHODS - CASE STUDIES - MARINE FISHES - PACIFIC SARDINE - EGG PRODUCTION METHOD - FRESHWATER MUSSEL DENSITY - NEW ZEALAND POSSUM ABUNDANCE

Utility of larval pigmentation to identify nearshore rockfishes of the Sebastes subgenus Pteropodus from Southern California Taylor, Cynthia A., and William Watson CalCOFI Reports 45:113-117

Retention of larval rockfishes, Sebastes, near natal habitat in the Southern California Bight, as indicated by molecular identification methods Taylor, Cynthia A., William Watson, Teresa Chereskin, John Hyde, and Russell Vetter CalCOFI Reports 45:152-166

Zooplankton in the Ligurian Sea: Part II. Exploration of their physical and biological forcing functions during summer 2000. Warren, J. D., D. A. Demer, D. E. McGehee, R. Di Mento, and J. F. Borsani. Journal of Plankton Research 26(12):1419-1427. PLANKTON - ZOOPLANKTON - MEDITERRANEAN SEA - LIGURIAN SEA - PART 2

The world's smallest vertebrate, Schindleria brevipinguis, a new paedomorphic species in the family Schindleriidae (Perciformes: Gobioidei). Watson, W., and H. J. Walker Jr. Records of the Australian Museum 56(2):139-142. MARINE FISHES - STOUT INFANTFISH - NEW SPECIES - SMALLEST VERTEBRATE - LIGHTEST VERTEBRATE - CORAL REEFS - CORAL REEF LAGOONS - LIZARD ISLAND - GREAT BARRIER REEF - AUSTRALIA

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 ... Watson, W., and L. L. Robertson. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Professional Paper NMFS 3. 30p. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - BLACK AND YELLOW ROCKFISH - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - LARVAE - LARVAL DEVELOPMENT - LABORATORY REARED

Latitudinal variation in reproductive biology and growth of female Dover sole (Microstomus pacificus) in the North Pacific, with emphasis on the Gulf of Alaska stock Abookire, Alisa A., and Beverly Macewicz Journal of Sea Research 50(2-3):187-197

Detection and characterization of yellowfin and bluefin tuna using passive-acoustical techniques Allen, Scott, and David A. Demer Fisheries Research 63(3):393-403

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR SURFACE (MANTA) AND OBLIQUE (BONGO) PLANKTON TOWS FOR CALIFORNIA COOPERATIVE OCEANIC FISHERIES INVESTIGATION SURVEY CRUISES IN 2001 AMBROSE, DAVID A., RICHARD L. CHARTER, H. GEOFFREY MOSER U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-348. 104 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE PLANKTON TOWS (MANTA) - OBLIQUE PLANKTON TOWS (BONGO) - CALCOFI - SURVEYS - CRUISES

Ultraviolet (280-400 nm) induced DNA damage in the eggs and larvae of Calanus finmarchicus G. (Copepoda) and Atlantic cod (Gadus morhua). Browman, H. I., R. D. Vetter, C. A. Rodriguez, J. J. Cullen, R. F. Davis, E. Lynn, and J.-F. St.-Pierre. Photochemistry and Photobiology 77(4):397-404. MARINE FISHES - COD - ATLANTIC COD - EGGS - LARVAE - COPEPODS - Calanus finmarchicus - PLANKTON - BIOMASS - ULTRAVIOLET - UV - DNA DAMAGE

Biology and population dynamics of cowcod (Sebastes levis) in the southern California Bight. Butler, J. L., L. D. Jacobson, J. T. Barnes, and H. G. Moser. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 101:260-280. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - COWCOD ROCKFISH - BIOLOGY - POPULATIONS - POPULATION DYNAMICS - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT

A comparison of lidar and echosounder measurements of fish schools in the Gulf of Mexico. Churnside, J. H., D. A. Demer, and B. Mahmoudi. ICES Journal of Marine Science 60:147-154. MARINE FISHES - FISHERIES SCIENCE - FISH SCHOOLS - LIDAR - ECHOSOUNDER - COMPARISON - GULF OF MEXICO

Wide-bandwidth acoustical characterization of anchovy and sardine from reverberation measurements in an echoic tank Conti, Stéphane G., and David A. Demer ICES Journal of Marine Science 60(3):617-624

Reconciling theoretical versus empirical target strengths of krill: effects of phase variability on the distorted-wave Born approximation. Demer, D. A., and S. G. Conti. ICES Journal of Marine Science 60:429-434. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - TARGET STRENGTHS - THEORETICAL - EMPIRICAL - RECONCILIATION - DATA - PHASE VARIABILITY - ESTIMATIONS - DISTORTED-WAVE BORN APPROXIMATION

Absolute measurements of total target strength from reverberation in a cavity Demer, David A., Stephane G. Conti, Julien De Rosny, and Philippe Roux Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 113(3):1387-1394 OCEANOGRAPHY - ACOUSTICS - BIOACOUSTICS - TARGET STRENGTH - MEASUREMENTS - REFLECTIVE CAVITY - UNDERWATER SOUND - REVERBERATION - VARIATIONS - ACOUSTIC WAVES SCATTERING - TECHNIQUES

2003 Billfish Newsletter: 2002 Billfish tagging and recoveries [2002 Billfish Tagging Program], Trends in 2002 billfish angler catch rates [2002 International Billfish Angler Survey], Adopt-A-Billfish Program, Top anglers and captains acknowledged, AFTO Tag-Flag Results; Update:Draft Fishery Management Plan for U.S. West Coast Highly Migratory Species. Holts, David B., and Randall Rasmussen. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 12p. Billfish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

Improving the accuracy and precision of reproductive information used in fisheries Hunter, J. Roe, and B.J. Macewicz In: O.S. Kjesbu, J.R. Hunter, and P.R. Witthames (eds.), Report of the working group on modern approaches to assess maturity and fecundity of warm- and cold-water fish and squids (Bergen, Norway, 4-7 September 2001), p. 57-68. Institute of Marine Research (Bergen, Norway), Fisken og havet no. 12-2003.

Assessing the susceptibility of female black-footed albatross (Phoebastria nigripes) to longline fisheries during their post-breeding dispersal: an integrated approach. Hyrenbach, K. D., and R. C. Dotson. Biological Conservation 112:391-404. BIRDS - SEABIRDS - MARINE BIRDS - BLACK-FOOTED ALBATROSS - FEMALES - SUSCEPTIBILITY - MORTALITY- ASSESSMENT - LONGLINE FISHERIES - LONGLINES - POST-BREEDING DISPERSAL - INTEGRATED APPROACH

Excess capacity and asymmetric information in developing country fisheries: the Malaysian purse seine fishery. Kirkley, J. E., D. Squires, M. F. Alam, and J. O. Ishak. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 85(3):647-662. FISHING INDUSTRY - MALAYSIA - MALAYSIAN PURSE SEINE FISHERY - DISTRIBUTION - COMMUNICATION - BARRIERS - EXCESS CAPACITY - ASYMMETRIC INFORMATION

Report of the working group on modern approaches to assess maturity and fecundity of warm- and cold-water fish and squids (Bergen, Norway, 4-7 September 2001) Kjesbu, O.S., J.R. Hunter, and P.R. Witthames (eds.) Institute of Marine Research, Bergen, Norway. 140 p.

Metabolic rates of two oceanic elasmobranchs, the shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) and the pelagic ray (Dasyatis violacea) Lai, N. Chin, Keith E. Korsmeyer, David Holts, and Darlene Ramon FASEB Journal 17(4-5):A422 (Abstract no. 313.3)

Variability in the spawning habitat of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) off southern and central California Lynn, Ronald J. Fisheries Oceanography 12(6):541-553

Lifetime fecundity of the market squid, Loligo opalescens, with application to monitoring escapement Macewicz, B.J., J.R. Hunter, and N.C.H. Lo In: O.S. Kjesbu, J.R. Hunter, and P.R. Witthames (eds.), Report of the working group on modern approaches to assess maturity and fecundity of warm- and cold-water fish and squids (Bergen, Norway, 4-7 September 2001), p. 79-87. Institute of Marine Research (Bergen, Norway), Fisken og havet no. 12-2003.

Global overview of the major constituent-based billfish tagging programs and their results since 1954 Ortiz, Mauricio, Eric D. Prince, Joseph E. Serafy, David B. Holts, Kay B. Davy, Julian G. Pepperell, Michael B. Lowry, and John C. Holdsworth Marine and Freshwater Research 54(4):489-507