NOAA FISHERIES

Reproductive biology of bluefish (Pomatomus saltatrix) along the East Coast of the United States. Robillard, Eric, Christian S. Reiss, and Cynthia M. Jones. Fisheries Research 90(1-3):198-208.

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for April to June 2008 Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 15 p.

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for July to September 2008 Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 14 p.

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for October to December 2008 Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 23 p.

Seasonal patterns of terrestrial and aquatic prey abundance and use by Oncorhynchus mykiss in a California coastal basin with a Mediterranean climate Rundio, David E., and Steven T. Lindley Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137(2):467-480

Kilo Nalu: physical/biogeochemical dynamics above and within permeable sediments Sansone, Francis J., Geno Pawlak, Timothy P. Stanton, Margaret A. McManus, Brian T. Glazer, Eric H. DeCarlo, Marion Bandet, Jeffrey Sevadjian, Kevin Stierhoff, Christopher Colgrove, Andres B. Hebert, and In Chieh Chen Oceanography 21(4):173-178

Marine turtles and IUCN Red Listing: a review of the process, the pitfalls, and novel assessment approaches Seminoff, Jeffrey A., and Kartik Shanker Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 356(1-2):52-68

Persistent leatherback turtle migrations present opportunities for conservation Shillinger, George L., Daniel M. Palacios, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Alan M. Swithenbank, Philippe Gaspar, Bryan P. Wallace, James R. Spotila, Frank V. Paladino, Rotney Piedra, Scott A. Eckert, and Barbara A. Block PLoS Biology 6(7):e171 (p. 1408-1416)

NOAA Fisheries Service: What have we done for you lately? Our long-term commitment to conserving marine resources Shoffler, Sarah, Meghan Donohue, and Sarah Mesnick Mains'l Haul 44(1-2):80-91

Intrinsic rates of increase in pelagic elasmobranchs Smith, Susan E., David W. Au, and Christina Show Camhi, Merry D., Ellen K. Pikitch, and Elizabeth A. Babcock (eds.), Sharks of the open ocean: biology, fisheries and conservation, p. 288-297. Blackwell Science, Ames, Iowa.

The biology and ecology of thresher sharks (Alopiidae) Smith, Susan E., Randall C. Rasmussen, Darlene A. Ramon, and Gregor M. Cailliet In: Camhi, Merry D., Ellen K. Pikitch, and Elizabeth A. Babcock (eds.), Sharks of the open ocean: biology, fisheries and conservation, p. 60-68. Blackwell Science, Ames, Iowa.

Multiple paternity in viviparous kelp rockfish, Sebastes atrovirens Sogard, Susan M., Elizabeth Gilbert-Horvath, Eric C. Anderson, Rebecca Fisher, Steven A. Berkeley, and J. Carlos Garza Environmental Biology of Fishes 81(1):7-13

Maternal effects in rockfishes Sebastes spp.: a comparison among species Sogard, Susan M., Steven A. Berkeley, and Rebecca Fisher Marine Ecology Progress Series 360:227-236

A framework for assessing the viability of threatened and endangered salmon and steelhead in the North-Central California Coast Recovery Domain Spence, Brian C., Eric P. Bjorkstedt, John Carlos Garza, Jerry J. Smith, David G. Hankin, David Fuller, Weldon E. Jones, Rrichard Macedo, Thomas H. Williams, and Ethan Mora U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-423. 173 p.

Monitoring MPAs in deep water off central California: 2007 IMPACT submersible baseline survey Starr, Richard, Mary Yoklavich, et al. California Sea Grant College Program, Publication no. T-067. 21 p.

I. Building a framework for fisheries forecasting: understanding nonlinear couplings between fishing, climate change and variability in fish populations. II. A retrospective analysis of nonlinear forecast methods for fisheries ecosystems Sugihara, George, Roger Hewitt, Chih-Hao Hsieh, and Christian Anderson Report to NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) program, Project 06-17. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. 3 p.

A statistical modeling method for estimating mortality and abundance of spawning salmon from a time series of counts Szerlong, R.G., and D.E. Rundio Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 65:17-26

Habitat restoration cost references for salmon recovery planning Thomson, Cynthia J., and Corinne Pinkerton U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-425. 75 p.

AMLR 2007/2008 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions Van Cise, Amy M. (ed.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-427. 141 p. ANTARCTICA - POLAR - ANTARCTIC MARINE LIVING RESOURCES (AMLR) - FIELD SEASON REPORT

Allele ladder-based standardization of existing coho salmon microsatellite data and implementation in the GAPS database Van Doornik, Donald, Michael Banks, John Carlos Garza, Libby Gilbert, Todd Kassler, Eric LaHood, Cara Lewis, Paul Moran, Veronique Theriault, Ken Warheit, and John Wenburg Report to the Pacific Salmon Commission Southern Boundary Restoration & Enhancement Fund, Project SF-2008-I-4, 52 p.

Status of blue whales off Isla de Chiloe, Chile, during 2008 field season Vernazzani, B.G., C.A. Carlson, E. Cabrera, and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/60/SH24 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008)

Recent humpback whale sightings off Isla de Chiloe, 2006-2008 Vernazzani, B.G., C.A. Carlson, E. Cabrera, J. Capella, and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/60/SH26 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008). 4 p.

Sightings of right whales off Chile and Peru from 1976-2007 Vernazzani, B.G., R.L. Brownell, and E. Cabrera Paper SC/60/BRG22 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008)

Predatory interactions and niche overlap between mako shark, Isurus oxyrinchus, and jumbo squid, Dosidicus gigas, in the California Current Vetter, Russ, Suzanne Kohin, Antonella Preti, Sam McClatchie, and Heidi Dewar CalCOFI Reports 49:142-156

Genetic isolation and morphological divergence of Black Sea bottlenose dolphins Viaud-Martinez, Karine A., Robert L. Brownell Jr., Anastasia Komnenou, and Andrew J. Bohonak Biological Conservation 141(6):1600-1611

Population differences in the pigmentation of Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, Sousa chinensis, in Chinese waters Wang, John Y., Samuel K. Hung, Shih Chu Yang, Thomas A. Jefferson, and Eduardo R. Secchi Mammalia 72(4):302-308

Legal viability, societal values, and SPOIR: response to D'Elia et al. Waples, Robin S., Peter B. Adams, James Bohnsack, and Barbara L. Taylor Conservation Biology 22(4):1075-1077

Variation in the probability that male coho salmon will mature early: inferences from hierarchical models. Watters, G.M. and C. Bessey. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 137:70-95. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - COHO - MALES - GROWTH - MATURATION - MODELS - INFERENCES - VARIATION - PROBABILITY -

Range expansion of the Humboldt squid was not caused by tuna fishing Watters, George M., Robert J. Olson, John C. Field, and Timothy E. Essington Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 105(3):E5 INVERTEBRATES - CEPHALOPODS - SQUID - HUMBOLDT SQUID - PACIFIC - CALIFORNIA - RANGE - EXPANSION - MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA FISHERIES - FISHING

Calving intervals and sex ratio of western gray whales Weller, D.W., A.L. Bradford, A.R. Lang, A.M. Burdin, and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/60/BRG11 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008)

Will climate change influence migratory timing and predation rates on eastern gray whales? Weller, D.W., W.L. Perryman, and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/60/E8 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008)

Report of the Large Whale Tagging Workshop (10 December 2005, San Diego, California, USA) Weller, David W. Contract report to the U.S. Marine Mammal Commission (32 p.)

Status of western gray whales off northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russia, in 2007 Weller, David W., Amanda L. Bradford, Aimee R. Lang, Hyun Woo Kim, Maxim Sidorenko, Grigory A. Tsidulko, Alexander M. Burdin, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/60/BRG3 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC60 meeting, Santiago, Chile, 2008). 9 p.

Untangling the relationships among climate, prey and top predators in an ocean ecosystem Wells, B. K., J. C. Field, J. A. Thayer, C. B. Grimes, S. J. Bograd, W. J. Sydeman, F. B Schwing, and R. Hewitt Marine Ecology Progress Series 364:15-29

Relationships between oceanic conditions and growth of Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) from California, Washington, and Alaska, USA Wells, Brian K., Churchill B. Grimes, John G. Sneva, Scott McPherson, and James B. Waldvogel Fisheries Oceanography 17(2):101-125

Incorporation of ocean environmental variation in the Klamath River fall Chinook (KRFC) salmon stock assessment Wells, Brian, Michael Mohr, Masami Fujiwara, and Churchill Grimes Report to NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) program, Project 07-08. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. 3 p.

Migration of an upper trophic level predator, the salmon shark Lamna ditropis, between distant ecoregions Weng, Kevin C., David G. Foley, James E. Ganong, Christopher Perle, George L. Shillinger, and Barbara A. Block Marine Ecology Progress Series 372:253-264

Geographic variation in genetic and meristic characters of coastal cutthroat trout Williams, Thomas H., and Gordon H. Reeves Connolly, P.J., T.H. Williams, and R.E. Gresswell (eds.), The 2005 Coastal Cutthroat Trout Symposium: status, management, biology, and conservation, p. 110-111. American Fisheries Society, Oregon Chapter.

Framework for assessing viability of threatened coho salmon in the Southern Oregon/Northern California Coast Evolutionarily Significant Unit Williams, Thomas H., Brian C. Spence, Walt Duffy, Dave Hillemeier, George Kautsky, Tom E. Lisle, Mike McCain, Thomas E. Nickelson, Ethan Mora, and Tom Pearson U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-432. 96 p.

Ocean-colour radiometry and fisheries Wilson, Cara, Jesus Morales, Shailesh Nayak, Ichio Asanuma, and Gene Feldman T. Platt, et al. (eds.), Why ocean colour? The societal benefits of ocean-colour technology, p. 47-58. International Ocean Colour Coordinating Group (IOCCG), Report no. 7, Dartmouth, Canada.

Biological and physical forcings of late summer chlorophyll blooms at 30°N in the oligotrophic Pacific Wilson, Cara, Tracy A. Villareal, Nikolai Maximenko, Steven J. Bograd, Joseph P. Montoya, and Caimee A. Schoenbaechler Journal of Marine Systems 69(3-4):164-176

Unusual cetacean mortality event in Taiwan, possibly linked to naval activities Yang, W.-C., L.-S. Chou, P.D. Jepson, R.L. Brownell Jr., D. Cowan, P.-H. Chang, H.-I. Chiou, C.-J. Yao, T.K. Yamada, J.-T. Chiu, P.-J. Wang, and A. Fernandez Veterinary Record 162(6):184-185

Twenty years of research on demersal communities using the Delta submersible in the northeast Pacific Yoklavich, M.M., and V. O'Connell J. R. Reynolds and H. G. Greene (eds.), Marine habitat mapping technology for Alaska, p. 143-155. Alaska Sea Grant College Program, University of Alaska, Fairbanks.

Abundance and conservation status of the Yangtze finless porpoise in the Yangtze River, China Zhao, Xiujiang, Jay Barlow, Barbara L. Taylor, Robert L. Pitman, Kexiong Want, Zhuo Wei, Brent S. Stewart, Samuel T. Turvey, Tomonari Akamatsu, Randall R. Reeves, and Ding Wang Biological Conservation 141(12):3006-3018

Population status of North American green sturgeon, Acipenser medirostris. Adams, P. B., C. Grimes, J. E. Hightower, S. T. Lindley, M. L. Moser, and M. J. Parsley. Environmental Biology of Fishes 76(3-4):339-356 MARINE FISHES - STURGEONS - NORTH AMERICAN GREEN STURGEON - POPULATION - STATUS

Coho salmon are native south of San Francisco Bay: a reexamination of North American coho salmon's southern range limit Adams, P., L. Botsford, K. Gobalet, R. Leidy, D. McEwan, P. Moyle, J. Smith, J. Williams, and R. Yoshiyama Fisheries 32(8):441-451

Patterns of historical balancing selection on the salmonid major histocompatibility complex class II ß gene Aguilar, A., and J.C. Garza Journal of Molecular Evolution 65:34-43

MHC evolution in rockfishes Aguilar, A., and J.C. Garza E.A. Berntson, P.S. Levin, and P. Moran (eds.), Conservation of north Pacific rockfishes: ecological genetics and stock structure: proceedings of the workshop (March 2-3, 2004, Seattle, Washington), p. 44-46. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-80.

Interactions between leatherback turtles and Peruvian artisanal fisheries Alfaro-Shigueto, J., P.H. Dutton, M. Van Bressem, and J. Mangel Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:129-134

Mosaics of benthic habitats using laser line scan technology Amend, Mark A., Mary M. Yoklavich, Yuri Rzhanov, Churchill B. Grimes, and W. Waldo Wakefield Brian J. Todd and H. Gary Greene (eds.), Mapping the seafloor for habitat characterization, p. 61-69. Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 47.

Estimation of the number of individuals founding colonized populations Anderson, Eric C., and Montgomery Slatkin Evolution 61(4):972-983

Multiscale habitat associations of deepwater demersal fishes off central California. Anderson, T. J., and M. M. Yoklavich. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 105:168-179. MARINE FISHES - DEMERSAL - CALIFORNIA - DEEPWATER - HABITAT

The distribution, abundance, and habitat relationships of deep-water demersal fishes in the Cordell Bank National Marine Sanctuary (CBNMS), USA: the importance of establishing sound baselines for future monitoring [extended abstract] Anderson, T. J., D. A. Roberts, and D. Howard J. C. Day, et al (eds.), IMPAC 1 2005 Conference Proceedings (First International Marine Protected Areas Congress, Victoria, Australia, October 2005), p. 222-223. IMPAC.

A rapid method to characterize seabed habitats and associated macro-organisms Anderson, Tara J., Guy R. Cochrane, Dale A. Roberts, Hank Chezar, and Gerry Hatcher Brian J. Todd and H. Gary Greene (eds.), Mapping the seafloor for habitat characterization, p. 71-79. Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 47.

Use of an individual-based simulation of BCB bowhead whale population dynamics to examine empirical genetic data Archer, E., K. Martien, B.L. Taylor, R.G. LeDuc, G.H. Givens, and J.C. George Paper SC/59/BRG17 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 28 p.

PSC Genetic Stock Identification Workshop (May and September 2007): Logistics Workgroup final report and recommendations Ardren, Bill, John Candy, Brodie Cox, Doug Dehart, Carlos Garza, Allen Grover, Denise Hawkins, Bill Johnson, Richard Kang, George Nandor, Eric Schindler, Lisa Seeb, Eric Volk, and Bruce White Pacific Salmon Commission, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. 55 p.

Witness for the whales, Vs 4.3: a comprehensive and evaluated dataset of DNA sequences for improved molecular taxonomy and identification of cetacean species Baker, C. Scott, F. Cipriano, P. Morin, P. Rosel, M. Dalebout, S. Lavery, M. Costello, Debbie Steel, and H. Ross Paper SC/59/SD5 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 8 p.

Estimating the number of whales entering trade using DNA profiling and capture-recapture analysis of market products Baker, C.S., J.G. Cooke, S. Lavery, M.L. Dalebout, Y. Ma, N. Funahashi, C. Carraher, and R.L. Brownell Jr. Molecular Ecology 16:2617-2626

Understanding seabirds at sea: why and how? Ballance, Lisa T. Marine Ornithology 35(2):127-135

Cruise report, NOAA Ship David Starr Jordan DS-06-03, May 5 - June 18, 2006: Rockfish recruitment assessment, Fisheries Ecology Division, NOAA NMFS SWFSC Baltz, Ken National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, California. 23 p. (Author not specified in document.)

Abundance and population density of cetaceans in the California Current ecosystem Barlow, J., and K.A. Forney Fishery Bulletin 105:509-526

Identifying the contribution of wild and hatchery Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) to the ocean fishery using otolith microstructure as natural tags Barnett-Johnson, R., C.B. Grimes, C.F. Royer, and C.J. Donohoe Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 64:1683-1692

Spatial scales of mixing and natal source contributions of salmon populations in the coastal ocean detected by otolith and genetic signatures of origin Barnett-Johnson, Rachel Ph.D. dissertation, University of California, Santa Cruz. 165 p.

Sediment production on forest road surfaces in California's redwood region: results for hydrologic year 2005-2006 Barrett, Brian, and David Tomberlin In: Sustaining America's forests: Proceedings, Society of American Foresters 2007 National Convention (October 23-27, 2007, Portland, Oregon) [CD-ROM]. Society of American Foresters, Bethesda, Maryland.

Abundance, distribution, and habitat of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) off California, 1990-2003 Benson, S.R., K.A. Forney, J.T. Harvey, J.V. Carretta, and P.H. Dutton Fishery Bulletin 105:337-347

Beach use, internesting movement, and migration of leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, nesting on the north coast of Papua New Guinea Benson, S.R., K.M. Kisokau, L. Ambio, V. Rei, P.H. Dutton, and D. Parker Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:7-14

Post-nesting migrations of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) from Jamursba-Medi, Bird's Head Peninsula, Indonesia Benson, S.R., P.H. Dutton, C. Hitipeuw, B. Samber, J. Bakarbessy, and S. Parker Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:150-154

Variations in behavior and condition of a Southern Ocean top predator in relation to in situ oceanographic conditions Biuw, M., L. Boehme, C. Guinet, M. Hindell, D. Costa, J.-B. Charrassin, F. Roquet, F. Bailleul, M. Meredith, S. Thorpe, Y. Tremblay, B. McDonald, Y.-H. Park, S. Rintoul, N. Bindoff, M. Goebel, D. Crocker, P. Lovell, J. Nicholson, F. Monks, and M.A. Fedak Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 104:13705-13710

Bottom-up and top-down indicators of ecosystem variability: an integrated ecosystem assessment for the California Current system Bograd, Steven, Frank Schwing, William Sydeman, Julie Thayer, John Field, Brian Wells, Roger Hewitt, and Kevin Hill Report to NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) program, Project 06-16. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. 2 p.

A new low-cost instream antenna system for tracking passive integrated transponder (PIT)-tagged fish in small streams Bond, Morgan H., Chad V. Hanson, Robert Baertsch, Sean A. Hayes, and R. Bruce MacFarlane Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 136(3):562-566

Stream temperature and the potential growth and survival of juvenile Oncorhynchus mykiss in a southern California creek Boughton, David A., Michael Gibson, Robert Yedor, and Elise Kelley Freshwater Biology 52(7):1353-1364

Viability criteria for steelhead of the south-central and southern California coast Boughton, David A., Peter B. Adams, Eric Anderson, Craig Fusaro, Edward Keller, Elise Kelley, Leo Lentsch, Jennifer Nielsen, Katie Perry, Helen Regan, Jerry Smith, Camm Swift, Lisa Thompson, Fred Watson U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-407. 33 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - STEELHEAD - CALIFORNIA - HABITAT - COASTAL MONITORING - RECOVERY PLANNING - POPULATION - VIABILITY - CRITERIA

Seasonal and annual variation in body condition of western gray whales off northeastern Sakhalin Island, Russia Bradford, A.L., D.W. Weller, Y.V. Ivashchenko, A.M. Burdin, and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/59/BRG22 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007).

Anthropogenic scarring of western gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) Bradford, A.L., D.W. Weller, Y.V. Ivashchenko, A.M. Burdin, and R.L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/59/BRG37 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 13 p.

Past and present distribution, densities and movements of blue whales Balaenoptera musculus in the Southern Hemisphere and northern Indian Ocean Branch, T.A., K.M. Stafford, D.M. Palacios, C. Allison, J.L. Bannister, C.L.K. Burton, E. Cabrera, C.A. Carlson, B. Galletti Vernazzani, P.C. Gill, R. Hucke-Gaete, K.C.S. Jenner, M.-N. M. Jenner, K. Matsuoka, Y.A. Mikhalev, T. Miyashita, M.G. Morrice, S. Nishiwaki, V.J. Sturrock, D. Tormosov, R.C. Anderson, A.N. Baker, P.B. Best, P. Borsa, R.L. Brownell Jr., S. Childerhouse, K.P. Findlay, T. Gerrodette, A.D. Ilangakoon, M. Joergensen, B. Kahn, D.K. Ljungblad, B. Maughan, R.D. McCauley, S. McKay, T.F. Norris, Oman Whale and Dolphin Research Group, S. Rankin, F. Samaran, D. Thiele, K. Van Waerebeek, and R.M. Warneke Mammal Review 37(2):116-175

A spatially explicit ecosystem model of the California Current's food web and oceanography Brand, E. J., I. C. Kaplan, C. J. Harvey, P. S. Levin, E. A. Fulton, A. J. Hermann, and J. C. Field U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-84. 145 p.

Regional comparisons of juvenile salmon feeding in coastal marine waters off the west coast of North America Brodeur, Richard D., Elizabeth A. Daly, Molly V. Sturdevant, Todd W. Miller, Jamal H. Moss, Mary E. Thiess, March Trudel, Laurie A. Weitkamp, Janet Armstrong, and Elizabeth C. Norton In: Churchill B. Grimes, Richard D. Brodeur, Lewis J. Haldorson, and Stewart M. McKinnell (eds.), The ecology of juvenile salmon in the northeast Pacific Ocean: regional comparisons, p. 183-203. American Fisheries Society Symposium 57.

Developing design guidance for offshore MPAs Brown, J.A., and L. Wooninck MPA News 9(2):4

Entrapment of western gray whales in Japanese fishing gear: population threats Brownell, R.L. Jr. Paper SC/59/BRG38 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 9 p.

Killer whale, Orcinus orca, mass stranding events: a worldwide review Brownell, R.L. Jr. Paper SC/59/SM22 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 9 p.

Stranding trends for eastern gray whales, Eschrichtius robustus: 1975-2006 Brownell, R.L. Jr., Claudia A.F. Makeyev, and T.K. Rowles Paper SC/59/BRG40 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 11 p.

Skin lesions on blue whales off southern Chile: Possible conservation implications? Brownell, Robert L. Jr., Carole A. Carlson, Barbara Galletti Vernazzani, and Elsa Cabrera Paper SC/59/SH21 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 6 p.

Insights into the underwater diving, feeding, and calling behavior of blue whales from a suction-cup-attached video-imaging tag (Crittercam) Calambokidis, John, Greg S. Schorr, Gretchen H. Steiger, John Francis, Mehdi Bakhtiari, Greg Marshall, Erin M. Oleson, Diane Gendron, and Kelly Robertson Marine Technology Society Journal 41(4):19-29

U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2006 Carretta, James V., Karin A. Forney, Marcia M. Muto, Jay Barlow, Jason Baker, Brad Hanson, and Mark S. Lowry, with contributions from Dale Sweetnam, Chris Yates, Dave Johnston, and Joe Cordaro U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-398. 312 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - PACIFIC - SURVEYS - STOCKS - ASSESSMENTS

U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2007 Carretta, James V., Karin A. Forney, Mark S. Lowry, Jay Barlow, Jason Baker, Brad Hanson, and Marcia M. Muto, with contributions from Dale Sweetnam, Chris Yates, Dave Johnston, and Joe Cordaro U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-414. 316 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - PACIFIC - SURVEYS - STOCKS - ASSESSMENTS

Genetic variation and evidence for population structure in eastern North Pacific false killer whales (Pseudorca crassidens) Chivers, S.J., R.W. Baird, D.J. McSweeney, D.L. Webster, N.M. Hedrick, and J.C. Salinas Canadian Journal of Zoology 85(7):783-794

Killer whales in Taiwanese waters: population identity, biology and conservation status Chou, L.S., H.Y. Yu, and R.L. Brownell Paper SC/59/SM1 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007).

The whaling issue: Conservation, confusion, and casuistry Clapham, P. J., S. Childerhouse, N. J. Gales, L. Rojas-Bracho, M. F. Tillman, and R. L. Brownell Jr. Marine Policy 31(3):314-319 MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - WHALING - WHALE HUNTING - CONSERVATION

Measurements of total scattering spectra from bocaccio (Sebastes paucispinis). Conti, S. G., B. D. Maurer, M. A. Drawbridge, and D. A. Demer. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 105:153-157 MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - BOCACCIO ROCKFISH - TOTAL SCATTERING SPECTRA - MEASUREMENTS

Sources of information for a Comprehensive Assessment of North Pacific sei whales Cooke, J.G., C.S. Baker, D.S. Butterworth, H. Kato, L.A. Pastene, L. Walloe, and R.L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/59/IA17 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 5 p.

Population assessment of western gray whales in 2007 Cooke, Justin G., David W. Weller, Amanda L. Bradford, Alexander M. Burdin, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Paper SC/59/BRG41 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC59 meeting, Anchorage, Alaska, 2007). 10 p.

Applying marine habitat data to fishery management on the US west coast: initiating a policy-science feedback loop Copps, Stephen L., Mary M. Yoklavich, Graeme B. Parkes, W. Waldo Wakefield, Allison Bailey, H. Gary Greene, Chris Goldfinger, and Robert W. Burn Brian J. Todd and H. Gary Greene (eds.), Mapping the seafloor for habitat characterization, p. 451-462. Geological Association of Canada Special Paper 47.

Visual capacities in adult and hatchling leatherback sea turtles [abstract] Crognale, M.A., S.A. Eckert, D.H. Levenson, and C.A. Harms Thirtieth European Conference on Visual Perception (Arezzo, Italy, 27-31 August 2007). Perception 36(suppl.):190-191

Introduction Curtis Rita, and Dale Squires In: Rita Curtis and Dale Squires (eds.), Fisheries buybacks, p. 3-13. Blackwell Publishing.

Fisheries buybacks Curtis, Rita, and Dale Squires (eds.) Blackwell Publishing, 267 p.

Accounting for scattering directivity and fish behaviour in multibeam-echosounder surveys Cutter, G.R. Jr., and D.A. Demer ICES Journal of Marine Science 64:1664-1674

A divergent mtDNA lineage among Mesoplodon beaked whales: evidence for a new whale in the tropical Pacific? Dalebout, M.L., C.S. Baker, D. Steele, K.M. Robertson, S.J. Chivers, W.F. Perrin, J.G. Mead, R.V. Grace, and T.D. Schofield Marine Mammal Science 23(4):954-966

Growth and reproduction of female short-beaked common dolphins, Delphinus delphis, in the eastern tropical Pacific Danil, K., and S.J. Chivers Canadian Journal of Zoology 85(1):108-121

Population structure and genetic diversity of trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) above and below natural and man-made barriers in the Russian River, California Deiner, K., J.C. Garza, R. Coey, and D.J. Girman Conservation Genetics 8(2):437-454

Status and genetic structure of nesting populations of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) in the western Pacific Dutton, P.H., C. Hitipeuw, M. Zein, S.R. Benson, G. Petro, J. Pita, V. Rei, L. Ambio, and J. Bakarbessy Chelonian Conservation and Biology 6:47-53