NOAA FISHERIES

End-to-end modeling of sardine and anchovy in the California Current system Rose, Kenneth A., Sean Creekmore, Jerome Fiechter, Enrique N. Curchitser, Kate Hedstrom, Miguel Bernal, Alan Haynie, Bernard A. Megrey, Shin-Ichi Ito, Salvador Lluch-Cota, Chris A. Edwards, Dave Checkley, Tony Koslow, Sam McClatchie, Francisco Werner, Alec McCall, and Vera Agostini CalCOFI Reports 56:78-79

Post-release survivorship studies on common thresher sharks (Alopias vulpinus) captured in the southern California recreational fishery Sepulveda, C.A., C. Heberer, S.A. Aalbers, N. Spear, M. Kinney, D. Bernal, and S. Kohin Fisheries Research 161:102-108

Using movement data from electronic tags in fisheries stock assessment: A review of models, technology and experimental design Sippel, Tim, J. Paige Eveson, Benjamin Galuardi, Chi Lam, Simon Hoyle, Mark Maunder, Pierre Kleiber, Felipe Carvalho, Vardis Tsontos, Steven L.H. Teo, Alexandre Aires-da-Silva, and Simon Nicol Fisheries Research 163:152-160

Comment on 'Scope and compatibility of measures in international fisheries agreements' by Finus and Schneider Squires, Dale, Lisa T. Ballance, Rick Deriso, James Ianelli, Mark Maunder, and Kurt Schaefer Oxford Economic Papers 67(4):889-894

Characterization and assessment of the Main Hawaiian Island Kona crab (Ranina ranina) fishery Thomas, Lennon R., Hui-Hua Lee, and Kevin Piner U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center. 35 p.

Symbiosis in fishes: The biology of interspecific partnerships, by Ilan Karplus [book review] Thompson, Andrew R. Quarterly Review of Biology 90(2):208-209

Ecology of the ocean sunfish, Mola mola, in the southern California Current System Thys, Tierney M., John P. Ryan, Heidi Dewar, Christopher R. Perle, Kady Lyons, John O'Sullivan, Charles Farwell, Michael J. Howard, Kevin C. Weng, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Luis Erasmo Miranda Bojorquez, Elliott L. Hazen, and Steven J. Bograd Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 471:64-76

Productivity change in commercial fisheries: An introduction to the special issue Walden, John, Ben Fissel, Dale Squires, and Niels Vestergaard Marine Policy 62:289-293

Decision-making in the face of uncertainty: an evaluation of pinto abalone under the Endangered Species Act [abstract] Wang, Susan, Melissa Neuman, Shallin Busch, Carolyn Friedman, Kristen Gruenthal, Rick Gustafson, David Kushner, Kevin Stierhoff, Glenn VanBlaricom, and Sadie Wright In: Abstracts of technical papers presented at the 107th Annual Meeting, National Shellfisheries Association (Monterey, California, March 22-26, 2015). Journal of Shellfish Research 34(2):688-689

Transport patterns of Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax eggs and larvae in the California Current System Weber, Edward D., Yi Chao, Fei Chai, and Sam McClatchie Deep-Sea Research I 100:127-139

Whole-body endothermy in a mesopelagic fish, the opah, Lampris guttatus Wegner, Nicholas C., Owyn E. Snodgrass, Heidi Dewar, and John R. Hyde Science 348(6236):786-789

Natural tracers reveal population structure of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the eastern North Pacific Wells, R.J. David, Michael J. Kinney, Suzanne Kohin, Heidi Dewar, Jay R. Rooker, and Owyn E. Snodgrass ICES Journal of Marine Science 72(7):2118-2127

Gill morphometrics of the thresher sharks (genus Alopias): Correlation of gill dimensions with aerobic demand and environmental oxygen Wootton, Thomas P., Chugey A. Sepulveda, and Nicholas C. Wegner Journal of Morphology 276(5):589-600

2015 Billfish Newsletter: 2014 Survey Trends [2014 International Billfish Angler Survey], 2014 Billfish tagging and recoveries [2014 Billfish Tagging Program], 2014 Top anglers and captains, Billfish habitat in a changing environment:Black marlin off eastern Australia. Wraith, James, Suzanne Kohin, and Liana Heberer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 20p. Billfish Tagging Program; Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

Does spatial variation in environmental conditions affect recruitment? A study using a 3-D model of Peruvian anchovy Xu, Yi, Kenneth A. Rose, Fei Chai, Francisco P. Chavez, and Patricia Ayon Progress in Oceanography 138(B):417-430

Fronts, fish, and predators Belkin, Igor M., George L. Hunt Jr., Elliott L. Hazen, Jeannette E. Zamon, Robert S. Schick, Rui Prieto, Jon Brodziak, Steven L.H. Teo, Lesley Thorne, Helen Bailey, Sachihiko Itoh, Peter Munk, Michael K. Musyl, Jay K. Willis, and Wuchang Zhang Deep Sea Research Part II 107:1-2

Habitat assessment prioritization for the West Coast: Report of the Northwest and Southwest Regional Habitat Assessment Prioritization Working Groups Blackhart, Kristan (ed.), et al. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. 179 p.

Genetic diversity and population structure of the pelagic thresher shark (Alopias pelagicus) in the Pacific Ocean: evidence for two Evolutionarily Significant Units Cardenosa, Diego, John Hyde, and Susana Caballero PLoS ONE 9(10):e110193 (12 p.)

Report of the CalCOFI Committee 2013 Checkley, Dave, Sam McClatchie, and Laura Rogers-Bennett CalCOFI Reports 55:5-10

Recruitment and recovery of pink abalone (Haliotis corrugata) in a historically overexploited kelp forest: Are local populations self-sustaining? Coates, Julia H., Kevin A. Hovel, John L. Butler, and Andrew J. Bohonak Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 460:184-192

Evaluation of length- vs. age-composition data and associated selectivity assumptions used in stock assessments based on robustness of derived management quantities Crone, Paul R., and Juan L. Valero Fisheries Research 158:165-171

Seabed classification using surface backscattering strength versus acoustic frequency and incidence angle measured with vertical, split-beam echosounders Cutter, George R. Jr., and David A. Demer ICES Journal of Marine Science 71(4):882-894

Corroboration and refinement of a method for differentiating landings from two stocks of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Demer, David A., and Juan P. Zwolinski ICES Journal of Marine Science 71(2):328-335

Optimizing fishing quotas to meet target fishing fractions of an internationally exploited stock of Pacific Sardine Demer, David A., and Juan P. Zwolinski North American Journal of Fisheries Management 34(6):1119-1130

Spawning biomass of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) estimated from the daily egg production method off California in 2013 Dorval, Emmanis, Beverly J. Macewicz, David A. Griffith, Nancy C.H. Lo, and Yuhong Gu U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-535. 40 p.

Cost-effectiveness of alternative conservation strategies with application to the Pacific leatherback turtle Gjertsen, Heidi, Dale Squires, Peter H. Dutton, and Tomoharu Eguchi Conservation Biology 28(1):140-149

Spiracular air breathing in polypterid fishes and its implications for aerial respiration in stem tetrapods Graham, Jeffrey B., Nicholas C. Wegner, Lauren A. Miller, Corey J. Jew, N. Chin Lai, Rachel M. Berquist, Lawrence R. Frank, and John A. Long Nature Communications 5:3022 (6 p.)

A Wave Glider approach to fisheries acoustics: transforming how we monitor the nation's commercial fisheries in the 21st century Greene, Charles H., Erin L. Meyer-Gutbrod, Louise P. McGarry, Lawrence C. Hufnagle Jr., Dezhang Chu, Sam McClatchie, Asa Packer, Jae-Byung Jung, Timothy Acker, Huck Dorn, and Chris Pelkie Oceanography 27(4):168-174

Selecting and evaluating indicators for habitats within the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem Greene, Correigh, Kelly Andrews, Tim Beechie, Dan Bottom, Richard Brodeur, Lisa Crozier, Aimee Fullerton, Lyndal Johnson, Elliott Hazen, Nate Mantua, Charles Menza, Mindi Sheer, Waldo Wakefield, Curt Whitmire, Mary Yoklavich, and Juan Zwolinski In: C.J. Harvey et al. (eds.), The California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment: Phase III report. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

Development and application of genomic tools to the restoration of green abalone in southern California Gruenthal, K.M., D.A. Witting, T. Ford, M.J. Neuman, J.P. Williams, D.J. Pondella II, A. Bird, N. Caruso, J.R. Hyde, L.W. Seeb, and W.A. Larson Conservation Genetics 15(1):109-121

Fishes of marine protected areas near La Jolla, California Hastings, P.A., M.T. Craig, B.E. Erisman, J.R. Hyde, and H.J. Walker Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 113(3):200-231

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Draft agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee He, Xi, and John Field (eds.), John Hyde, Susan Sogard, Andrew Thompson, Cindy Thomson, and Mary Yoklavich In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 55th annual meeting of the TSC (April 29-30, 2014, Seattle, Washington), p. 287-300. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2014 for U.S.A. management in 2014-15 Hill, Kevin T., Paul R. Crone, David A. Demer, Juan Zwolinski, Emmanis Dorval, and Beverly J. Macewicz U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-531. 302 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - FISHERY MANAGEMENT - POPULATIONS - ABUNDANCE

Use of multiple selectivity patterns as a proxy for spatial structure Hurtado-Ferro, Felipe, Andre E. Punt, and Kevin T. Hill Fisheries Research 158:102-115

DNA barcoding provides support for a cryptic species complex within the globally distributed and fishery important opah (Lampris guttatus) Hyde, John R., Karen E. Underkoffler, Meagan A. Sundberg Molecular Ecology Resources 14(6):1239-1247

Geography and ontogeny influence the stable oxygen and carbon isotopes of otoliths of Pacific sardine in the California Current Javor, Barbara, and Emmanis Dorval Fisheries Research 154:1-10

Estimating endangered species interaction risk with the Kalman filter Kvamsdal, Sturla Furunes, and Stephen Milton Stohs American Journal of Agricultural Economics 96(2):458-468

Sex-structured population dynamics of blue marlin Makaira nigricans in the Pacific Ocean Lee, Hui-Hua, Kevin R. Piner, Michael G. Hinton, Yi-Jay Chang, Ai Kimoto, Minoru Kanaiwa, Nan-Jay Su, William Walsh, Chi-Lu Sun, and Gerard DiNardo Fisheries Science 80(5):869-878

Use of likelihood profiling over a global scaling parameter to structure the population dynamics model: An example using blue marlin in the Pacific Ocean Lee, Hui-Hua, Kevin R. Piner, Richard D. Methot Jr., and Mark N. Maunder Fisheries Research 158:138-146

State of the California Current 2013-2014: El Nino looming Leising, Andrew W., Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Jeffrey Abell, Roxanne R. Robertson, Joe Tyburczy, William T. Peterson, Ric Brodeur, Caren Barcelo, Toby B. Auth, Elizabeth A. Daly, Gregory S. Campbell, John A. Hildebrand, Robert M. Suryan, Amanda J. Gladics, Cheryl A. Horton, Mati Kahru, Marlenne Manzano-Sarabia, Sam McClatchie, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Jarrod A. Santora, Willam J. Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin, Robert L. DeLong, John Largier, Sungyong Kim, Francisco P. Chavez, Richard T. Golightly, Stephanie R. Schneider, Peter Warzybok, Russel Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, Jennifer Fisher, and Jay Peterson CalCOFI Reports 55:51-87

Stock assessment through egg production methods in the U.S. Lo, Nancy C.H., and Benjamin E. Fissel In: Konstantinos Ganias (ed.), Biology and ecology of sardines and anchovies, p. 309-334. CRC Press.

Environmental drivers of the fine-scale distribution of a gelatinous zooplankton community across a mesoscale front Luo, Jessica Y., Benjamin Grassian, Dorothy Tang, Jean-Olivier Irisson, Adam T. Greer, Cedric M. Guigand, Sam McClatchie, and Robert K. Cowen Marine Ecology Progress Series 510:129-149

Reconstructing transoceanic migration patterns of Pacific bluefin tuna using a chemical tracer toolbox Madigan, Daniel J., Zofia Baumann, Aaron B. Carlisle, Danielle K. Hoen, Brian N. Popp, Heidi Dewar, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Barbara A. Block, and Nicholas S. Fisher Ecology 95(6):1674-1683

Selectivity: Theory, estimation, and application in fishery stock assessment models Maunder, M.N., P.R. Crone, J.L. Valero, and B.X. Semmens Fisheries Research 158:1-4

Regional fisheries oceanography of the California Current System: The CalCOFI program McClatchie, Sam Springer (235 p.)

Long time series in US fisheries oceanography McClatchie, Sam, Janet Duffy-Anderson, John C. Field, Ralf Goericke, Dave Griffith, David S. Hanisko, Jonathan A. Hare, Joanne Lyczkowski-Shultz, William T. Peterson, William Watson, Edward D. Weber, and Glenn Zapfe Oceanography 27(4):48-67

Physical oceanographic measurements and underway environmental observations Needham, Derek, and Andre Hoek In: Jennifer G. Walsh (ed.), AMLR 2010-2011 field season report, p. 1-7. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-524.

Effect of mesoscale eddies and streamers on sardine spawning habitat and recruitment success off Southern and central California Nieto, Karen, Sam McClatchie, Edward D. Weber, and Cleridy E. Lennert-Cody Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 119(9):6330-6339

Annual state of the California Current Ecosystem report NMFS Northwest and Southwest Fisheries Science Centers Report to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. 20 p.

Aggregation behavior and seasonal philopatry in male and female leopard sharks Triakis semifasciata along the open coast of southern California, USA Nosal, A.P., A. Caillat, E.K. Kisfaludy, M.A. Royer, and N.C. Wegner Marine Ecology Progress Series 499:157-175

Spatio-temporal associations of albacore CPUEs in the Northeastern Pacific with regional SST and climate environmental variables Phillips, A. Jason, Lorenzo Ciannelli, Richard D. Brodeur, William G. Pearcy, and John Childers ICES Journal of Marine Science 71(7):1717-1727

Regional growth patterns of juvenile albacore (Thunnus alalunga) in the eastern North Pacific Renck, Charlene L., Drew M. Talley, R.J. David Wells, and Heidi Dewar CalCOFI Reports 55:135-143

Will a catch share for whales improve social welfare? Smith, Martin D., Frank Asche, Lori S. Bennear, Elizabeth Havice, Andrew J. Read, and Dale Squires Ecological Applications 24(1):15-23

Prediction of fishing effort distributions using boosted regression trees Soykan, Candan U., Tomoharu Eguchi, Suzanne Kohin, and Heidi Dewar Ecological Applications 24(1):71-83

White abalone at San Clemente Island: population estimates and management recommendations Stierhoff, Kevin L., Melissa Neuman, Scott A. Mau, and David W. Murfin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-527. 26 p.

Dynamics of larval fish assemblages in the California Current System: a comparative study between Oregon and southern California Thompson, Andrew R., Toby D. Auth, Richard D. Brodeur, Noelle M. Bowlin, and William Watson Marine Ecology Progress Series 506:193-212

Evaluation of virgin recruitment profiling as a diagnostic for selectivity curve structure in integrated stock assessment models Wang, Sheng-Ping, Mark N. Maunder, Kevin R. Piner, Alexandre Aires-da-Silva, and Hui-Hua Lee Fisheries Research 158:158-164

Coastal pelagic and forage fishes Wells, Brian K., Richard D. Brodeur, John C. Field, Ed Weber, Andrew R. Thompson, Sam McClatchie, Paul R. Crone, Kevin T. Hill, and Caren Barcelo In: C.J. Harvey et al. (eds.), The California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment: Phase III report. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

Ecological intregrity Williams, Gregory D., Kelly S. Andrews, Jameal F. Samhouri, Nick Tolimieri, Caren Barcelo, Richard D. Brodeur, John Field, Bill Peterson, and Andrew Thompson In: C.J. Harvey et al. (eds.), The California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment: Phase III report. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

2014 Billfish Newsletter: [2013 International Billfish Angler Survey], [2013 Billfish Tagging Program] Wraith, James, and Suzanne Kohin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 16p. Billfish Tagging Program; Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

A study on relationships between large-scale climate indices and estimates of North Pacific albacore tuna productivity Zhang, Zane, John Holmes, and Steven L.H. Teo Fisheries Oceanography 23(5):409-416

Environmental and parental control of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) recruitment Zwolinski, Juan P., and David A. Demer ICES Journal of Marine Science 71(8):2198-2207

Building on fisheries acoustics for marine ecosystem surveys Zwolinski, Juan P., David A. Demer, George R. Cutter Jr., Kevin Stierhoff, and Beverly J. Macewicz Oceanography 27(4):68-79

Selectivity: theory, estimation, and application in fishery stock assessment models Crone, Paul, Mark Maunder, Juan Valero, Jenny McDaniel, and Brice Semmens Center for the Advancement of Population Assessment Methodology (CAPAM), Workshop Series Report 1 (46 p.)

Sampling selectivity in acoustic-trawl surveys of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) biomass and length distribution Demer, David A., Juan P. Zwolinski, George R. Cutter Jr., Kyle A. Byers, Beverly J. Macewicz, and Kevin T. Hill ICES Journal of Marine Science 70(7):1369-1377

Status review of the northeastern Pacific population of white sharks (Carcharodon carcharias) under the Endangered Species Act Dewar, Heidi, Tomoharu Eguchi, John Hyde, Doug Kinzey, Suzanne Kohin, Jeff Moore, Barbara L. Taylor, and Russ Vetter U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-523. 153 p.

Computing and selecting ageing errors to include in stock assessment models of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) Dorval, Emmanis, Jennifer D. McDaniel, Dianna L. Porzio, Robert Felix-Uraga, Vanessa Hodes, and Sandra A. Rosenfield CalCOFI Reports 54:192-204

Variability of egg escapement, fishing mortality and spawning population in the market squid fishery in the California Current Ecosystem Dorval, Emmanis, Paul R. Crone, and Jennifer D. McDaniel Marine and Freshwater Research 64(1):80-90

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Draft agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee He, Xi, and John Field (eds.), John Hyde, Andrew Thompson, Cindy Thomson, Susan Sogard, and Mary Yoklavich In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 54th annual meeting of the TSC (April 30-May 1, 2013, Seattle, Washington), p. 261-273. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Oceans and marine resources in a changing climate Howard, Jennifer, Eleanora Babij, Roger Griffis, Brian Helmuth, Amber Himes-Cornell, Paul Niemier, Michael Orbach,Laura Petes, Stewart Allen, Guillermo Auad, Carol Auer, Russell Beard, Mary Boatman, Nicholas Bond, Timothy Boyer, David Brown, Patricia Clay, Katherine Crane, Scott Cross, Michael Dalton, Jordan Diamond, Robert Diaz, Quay Dortch, Emmett Duffy, Deborah Fauquier, William Fisher, Michael Graham, Benjamin Halpern, Lara Hansen, Bryan Hayum, Samuel Herrick, Anne Hollowed, David Hutchins, Elizabeth Jewett, Di Jin, Nancy Knowlton, Dawn Kotowicz, Trond Kristiansen, Peter Little, Cary Lopez, Philip Loring, Rick Lumpkin, Amber Mace, Kathryn Mengerink, J. Ru Morrison, Jason Murray, Karma Norman, James O'Donnell, James Overland, Rost Parsons, Neal Pettigrew, Lisa Pfeiffer, Emily Pidgeon, Mark Plummer, Jeffrey Polovina, Josie Quintrell, Teressa Rowles, Jeffrey Runge, Michael Rust, Eric Sanford, Uwe Send, Merrill Singer, Cameron Speir, Diane Stanitski, Carol Thornber, Cara Wilson, and Yan Xue Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 51:71-192

Fishing games under climate variability: transboundary management of Pacific sardine in the California Current System Ishimura, Gakushi, Sam Herrick, and Ussif Rashid Sumaila Environmental Economics and Policy Studies 15(2):189-209

Comment on temperature-dependent stock-recruitment modeling for Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) in Jacobson and MacCall (1995), McClatchie et al. (2010), and Lindegren and Checkley (2013) Jacobson, Larry D., and Sam McClatchie Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 70(10):1566-1569

Pacific sanddab Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel report Jagielo, Tom, Kevin Piner, Beatriz Roel, and Yan Jiao Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 8 p.

Do shifts in otolith morphology of young Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) reflect changing recruitment contributions from northern and southern stocks? Javor, Barbara J. CalCOFI Reports 54:85-96

Atmospheric oxygen levels affect mudskipper terrestrial performance: implications for early tetrapods Jew, Corey J., Nicholas C. Wegner, Yuzo Yanagitsuru, Martin Tresguerres, and Jeffrey B. Graham Integrative and Comparative Biology 53(2):248-257

Does fish larval dispersal differ between high and low latitudes? Leis, Jeffrey M., Jennifer E. Caselle, Ian R. Bradbury, Trond Kristiansen, Joel K. Llopiz, Michael J. Miller, Mary I. O'Connor, Claire B. Paris, Alan L. Shanks, Susan M. Sogard, Stephen E. Swearer, Eric A. Treml, Russell D. Vetter, and Robert R. Warner Proceedings of the Royal Society B 280(1759):20130327 (9 p.)

Orange coloration in a black-and-yellow rockfish (Sebastes chrysomelas) from central California Lewand, Kevin O., John R. Hyde, Vince P. Buonaccorsi, and Robert N. Lea California Fish and Game 99(4):237-239

Spawning biomass of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) off U.S. in 2012 Lo, Nancy C.H., Beverly J. Macewicz, and David A. Griffith U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-505. 39 p.

A hybrid stock synthesis - Virtual population analysis model of Pacific bluefin tuna MacCall, Alec D., and Steven L.H. Teo Fisheries Research 142:22-26

Radiocesium in Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis in 2012 validates new tracer technique Madigan, Daniel J., Zofia Baumann, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Halim A. Ergul, Heidi Dewar, and Nicholas S. Fisher Environmental Science and Technology 47(5):2287-2294

Coastal pelagics and forage fishes McClatchie, Sam, Richard D. Brodeur, John C. Field, Ed Weber, Andrew R. Thompson, Robert L. Emmett, Paul R. Crone, Kevin T. Hill, Caren Barcelo, and Brian K. Wells In: Phillip S. Levin, Brian K. Wells, and Mindi B. Sheer (eds.), Integrated ecosystem assessment of the California Current: Phase II report 2012, p. 374-399. U.S. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service.

Physical, biological and economic interconnections in the ecosystems and fisheries off California, 1877-2004 Norton, Jerrold G., Janet E. Mason, Cindy Bessey, and Samuel F. Herrick Quaternary International 310:7-19

Demography and movement patterns of leopard sharks (Triakis semifasciata) aggregating near the head of a submarine canyon along the open coast of southern California, USA Nosal, A.P., D.C. Cartamil, J.W. Long, M. Luhrmann, N.C. Wegner, and J.B. Graham Environmental Biology of Fishes 96(7):865-878

Pacific coast Fishery Ecosystem Plan for the U.S. portion of the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem Pacific Fishery Management Council, Ecosystem Plan Development Team Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon (190 p.)

Report of the CalCOFI Committee 2012 Rogers-Bennett, Laura, Sam McClatchie, and Dave Checkley CalCOFI Reports 54:5-10

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for January to March 2013 Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report (vol. 6, quarter 1). NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 12 p.

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for April to June 2013 Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report (vol. 6, quarter 2). NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 26 p.

Distribution of ommastrephid paralarvae in the eastern tropical Pacific Staaf, Danna J., Jessica V. Redfern, William F. Gilly, William Watson, and Lisa T. Ballance Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 111(1):78-89

Abundance and biomass estimates of demersal fishes at the Footprint and Piggy Bank from optical surveys using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Stierhoff, Kevin L., John L. Butler, Scott A. Mau, and David W. Murfin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-521. 45 p.

A fishery-independent survey of cowcod (Sebastes levis) in the Southern CA Bight using a remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Stierhoff, Kevin L., Scott A. Mau, and David W. Murfin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-520. 86 p.

Archival and acoustic tags reveal the post-spawning migrations, diving behavior, and thermal habitat of hatchery-origin Sacramento River steelhead kelts (Oncorhynchus mykiss) Teo, Steven L.H., Phil T. Sandstrom, Eric D. Chapman, Robert E. Null, Kurt Brown, A. Peter Klimley, Barbara A. Block Environmental Biology of Fishes 96(2-3):175-187

Ecology and evolution affect network structure in an intimate marine mutualism Thompson, Andrew R., Thomas C. Adam, Kristin M. Hultgren, and Christine E. Thacker American Naturalist 182(2):E58-E72

Corrected conversion algorithms for the CalCOFI station grid and their implementation in several computer languages Weber, Edward D., and Thomas J. Moore CalCOFI Reports 54:97-106

Seabed classification for trawlability determined with a multibeam echo sounder on Snakehead Bank in the Gulf of Alaska Weber, Thomas C., Christopher Rooper, John Butler, Darin Jones, and Chris Wilson Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 111(1):68-77

Structural adaptations for ram ventilation: gill fustions in scombrids and billfishes Wegner, Nicholas C., Chugey A. Sepulveda, Scott A. Aalbers, and Jeffrey B. Graham Journal of Morphology 274(1):108-120

State of the California Current 2012-13: No such thing as an "average" year Wells, Brian K., Isaac D. Schroeder, Jarrod A. Santora, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Valerie J. Loeb, Sam McClatchie, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Andrew R. Thompson, William T. Peterson, Richard D. Brodeur, Jeff Harding, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Sean Hayes, Nathan Mantua, William J. Sydeman, Marcel Losekoot, Sarah Ann Thompson, John Largier, Sung Yong Kim, Francisco P. Chavez, Caren Barcelo, Pete Warzybok, Russel Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, Ralf Goericke, Gregory S. Campbell, John A. Hildebrand, Sharon R. Melin, Robert L. DeLong, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Bertha Lavaniegos, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Richard T. Golightly, Stephanie R. Schneider, Nancy Lo, Robert M. Suryan, Amanda J. Gladics, Cheryl A. Horton, Jennifer Fisher, Cheryl Morgan, Jay Peterson, Elizabeth A. Daly, Toby D. Auth, and Jeffrey Abell CalCOFI Reports 54:37-71

Age validation of juvenile Shortfin Mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) tagged and marked with oxytetracycline off southern California Wells, R.J. David, Susan E. Smith, Suzanne Kohin, Ellen Freund, Natalie Spear, and Darlene A. Ramon Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 111(2):147-160

The firm's management in production: management, firm, and time effects in an Indian Ocean tuna fishery Wolff, Francois-Charles, Dale Squires, and Patrice Guillotreau American Journal of Agricultural Economics 95(3):547-567

2013 Billfish Newsletter: 2011 & 2012 Billfish tagging and recoveries [2011 and 2012 Billfish Tagging Program], 2011 and 2012 International Billfish Angler Survey:Trends in catch rates, Top anglers and captains acknowledged, Highlights on Western Atlantic billfish tagging. Wraith, James, and Suzanne Kohin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA. 16p. Billfish Tagging Program; Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

Measurements of natural mortality for Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) Zwolinski, Juan P., and David A. Demer ICES Journal of Marine Science 70(7):1408-1415