NOAA FISHERIES

Sexual maturity, sex ratio, and size composition of swordfish, Xiphias gladius, caught by the Hawaii-based pelagic longline fishery. DeMartini, E. E., J. H. Uchiyama, and H. A. Williams. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 98:489-506. MARINE FISHES - BILLFISHES - BILLFISH - SWORDFISH - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN PELAGIC LONGLINE FISHERY - LIFE HISTORY - SEXUAL MATURITY - SEX RATIO - SIZE COMPOSITION

Measurements of three-dimensional fish school velocities with an acoustic Doppler current profiler. Demer, D. A., M. Barange, and A. J. Boyd. Fisheries Research 47:201-214. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - SARDINE - FISH SCHOOLS - SCHOOLING - VELOCITIES - ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER - ADCP - MEASUREMENTS - FALSE BAY S0UTH AFRICA - VERTICAL MIGRATION - HORIZONTAL MIGRATION - VESSEL AVOIDANCE

MOLECULAR GENETIC IDENTIFICATION OF WHALES, DOLPHINS, AND PORPOISES: PROCEEDINGS OF A WORKSHOP ON THE FORENSIC USE OF MOLECULAR TECHNIQUES TO IDENTIFY WILDLIFE PRODUCTS IN THE MARKETPLACE DIZON, ANDREW E., SCOTT BAKER, FRANK CIPRIANO, GINA LENTO, PER PALSBOLL, RANDALL REEVES U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-286. 51 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - DOLPHINS - PORPOISES - GENETIC IDENTIFICATION - FORENSICS

The ontogeny of metabolic rate and thermoregulatory capabilities of northern fur seal, Callorhinus ursinus, pups in air and water. Donohue, M. J., D. P. Costa, M. E. Goebel, and J. D. Baker. Journal of Experimental Biology 203:1003-1016. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - NORTHERN FUR SEAL - PUPS - ONTOGENY - AIR - WATER - METABOLIC RATE - THERMOREGULATION - THERMOREGULARY CAPABILITIES

Phylogeography, intraspecific structure and sex-biased dispersal of Dall’s porpoise, Phocoenoides dalli, revealed by mitochondrial and microsatellite DNA analyses. Escorza-Treviño, S., and A. E. Dizon. Molecular Ecology 9(8):1049-1060. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PORPOISES - DALL'S PORPOISE - PHYLOGEOGRAPHY - INTRASPECIFIC STRUCTURE - SEX-BIASED DISPERSAL - DISTRIBUTION - GENETICS - MICROSATELLITE DNA - MITOCHONDRIAL

Source levels and estimated yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) detection ranges for dolphin jaw pops, breaches, and tail slaps. Finneran, J. J., C. W. Oliver, K. M. Schaefer, and S. H. Ridgway. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 107(1):649-656. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - YELLOWFIN TUNA - ACOUSTICS - HEARING - DETECTION - MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - LOW-LEVEL FREQUENCY SOUNDS - SOURCE LEVELS - JAW POPS - BREACHES - TAIL SLAPS

Can population surveys show if the Mediterranean monk seal colony at Cap Blanc is declining in abundance? Forcada, J. Journal of Applied Ecology 37(1):171-181. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL - ENDANGERED SPECIES - SEAL COLONY - CAP BLANC - POPULATIONS - POPULATION SURVEYS

Environmental models of cetacean abundance: reducing uncertainty in population trends. Forney, K. A. Conservation Biology 14(5):1271-1286. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - ABUNDANCE - POPULATIONS - TRENDS - ENVIRONMENTAL MODELS - MANAGEMENT MODELS - MODELING - UNCERTAINTY

Monitoring marine mammal and seabird bycatch in the Monterey area set gillnet fishery Forney, Karin A. In: J. Carless (ed.), Ecosystem observations for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 1999. Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary.

U.S. PACIFIC MARINE MAMMAL STOCK ASSESSMENTS: 2000 FORNEY, KARIN A., JAY BARLOW, MARCIA M. MUTO, MARK S. LOWRY, JASON D. BAKER, GRANT CAMERON, JOSEPH MOBLEY, CHARLES STINCHCOMB, JAMES V. CARRETTA, with contributions by Susan Chivers, Joe Cordaro, Douglas DeMaster, Graeme Ellis, P. Scott Hill, Pierre Kleiber, Robert Read, Scott Spitz, and Tim Gerrodette U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-300. 276 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - PACIFIC - SURVEYS - STOCKS - ASSESSMENTS

Foraging ranges and dive patterns in relation to bathymetry and time-of-day of Antarctic fur seals, Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica. Goebel, M. E., D. P. Costa, D. E. Crocker, J. T. Sterling, and D. A. Demer. W. Davison, C. Howard-Williams, and P. Broady (eds.), Antarctic ecosystems: models for wider ecological understanding, p. 47-50. New Zealand Natural Sciences. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - ANTARCTIC FUR SEAL - FORAGING RANGES - DIVING - DIVE PATTERNS - BATHYMETRY - ANTARCTICA - CAPE SHIRREFF - LIVINGSTON ISLAND

Pinniped research at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica, 1999/2000 Goebel, M.E. CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 17-28 July 2000), Document no. WG-EMM-00/47 (15 p.)

Krill length distribution in fur seal diet at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, 1999/2000 Goebel, M.E. CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (Taormina, Sicily, Italy, 17-28 July 2000), Document no. WG-EMM-00/59 (9 p.)

Mapping rockfish habitats of the Sanctuary Greene, H. Gary, Mary Yoklavich, Rikk Kvitek, and Norman Maher Ecosystem Observations for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2000:8-9

Status of coral reefs in the Hawaiian archipelago. Gulko, D., J. Maragos, A. Friedlander, C. Hunter, and R. Brainard. C. Wilkinson (editor), Status of coral reefs of the world: 2000, p. 219-238. Australian Institute of Marine Science. CORAL REEFS - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO - STATUS

Analysis of sardine markets Herrick, Sam In: Stephen H. Phillips (ed.), Proceedings of the Sardine Symposium 2000 (May 23-25, 2000, La Jolla, California), p. 112-130. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Gladstone, Oregon.

An index of per capita recruitment. Hewitt, R. P. CCAMLR Science 7:179-196. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SOUTH SHETLAND ISLANDS - PER CAPITA RECRUITMENT - INDEX - MODELS - MODELING

The use of acoustic sampling to estimate the dispersion and abundance of euphausiids, with an emphasis on Antarctic krill, Euphausia superba. Hewitt, R. P., and D. A. Demer. Fisheries Research 47:215-229. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - SAMPLING - ACOUSTIC SAMPLING - DISPERSION - ABUNDANCE

The fishery on Antarctic krill: defining an ecosystem approach to management. Hewitt, R. P., and E. H. Linen-Low. Reviews in Fisheries Science 8(3):235-298. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - ANTARCTIC KRILL - ANTARCTICA - FISHERY - ECOSYSTEMS - FISHERIES MANAGEMENT

Age composition and growth rates from coast-wide sampling programs Hill, Kevin T., John L. Butler, and Matthew D. Levey In: Stephen H. Phillips (ed.), Proceedings of the Sardine Symposium 2000 (May 23-25, 2000, La Jolla, California), p. 41-43. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Gladstone, Oregon.

2000 Billfish Newsletter: Pacific Federal Angler Affliation for Billfish (PacFAAB), Results of cooperative programs. Trends in 1999 Billfish angler catch rates, [1999 International Billfish Angler Survey], 1999 Billfish tagging and recoveries [1999 Billfish Tagging Program], AFTCO's Pacific Tag-Flag Tournament results, Recreational billfish angling in Mexico. Holts, David B., and Douglas W. Prescott. 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; Pacific Federal Angler Affliation for Billfish (PacFAAB);

Otolith-based assessment of recruitment variation in a North Pacific seamount population of armorhead Pseudopentaceros wheeleri. Humphreys, R. L. Jr. Marine Ecology Progress Series 204:213-223. MARINE FISHES - ARMORHEADS - OTOLITHS - ASSESSMENT - RECRUITMENT - NORTH PACIFIC SEAMOUNT - POPULATIONS

Stock assessment and management workshop Hunter, John, and Doyle Hanan In: Stephen H. Phillips (ed.), Proceedings of the Sardine Symposium 2000 (May 23-25, 2000, La Jolla, California), p. 132-134. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Gladstone, Oregon.

Marine protected areas and ocean basin management. Hyrenbach, K. D., K. A. Forney, and P. K. Dayton. Aquatic Conservation 10:437-458. MARINE PROTECTED AREAS - RESERVES - OCEAN BASIN MANAGEMENT - FRONTS - HIGHLY MIGRATORY SPECIES - MARINE PROTECTED AREA - MPA - MIGRATION ROUTES - PELAGIC SPECIES - SEAMOUNTS - CONSERVATION

Webster's whales and dolphins of the world (CD-ROM) [book review] Jefferson, Thomas A. Marine Mammal Science 16(4):844-846

HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL IN THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, 1998 JOHANOS, THEA C., AND JASON D. BAKER (EDITORS) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-292. 125 p. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS

Revised estimates of seabed areas within the 500 m isobath of the South Orkney Islands (Subarea 48.2) and consequences for standing stock biomass estimates of nine species of finfish. Jones, C. D. CCAMLR Science 7:197-202. MARINE FISHES - FINFISHES - ANTARCTICA - SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS - STANDING STOCK BIOMASS - STOCKS - ASSESSMENT - OCEANOGRAPHY - SEABED AREAS - REVISED ESTIMATES

Changes on biomass of eight species of finfish around the South Orkney Islands (Subarea 48.2) from three bottom trawl surveys. Jones, C. D., K.-H. Kock, and E. Balguerias. CCAMLR Science 7: 53-74. MARINE FISHES - FINFISHES - ANTARCTICA - SOUTH ORKNEY ISLANDS - STANDING STOCK BIOMASS - STOCKS - ASSESSMENT - BOTTOM TRAWL SURVEYS

MARINE MAMMAL DATA COLLECTED DURING A SURVEY IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN ABOARD THE NOAA SHIPS MCARTHUR AND DAVID STARR JORDAN, JULY 28 - DECEMBER 9, 1999 KINZEY, DOUGLAS, TIM GERRODETTE, JAY BARLOW, ANDREW E. DIZON, WAYNE L. PERRYMAN, PAULA OLSON U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-293. 89 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - SURVEYS - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - DATA - NOAA R/V - DAVID STARR JORDAN - MCARTHUR

Ocean stock size projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall chinook, 2000 season Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California.

Biological characteristics of Antarctic fish stocks in the southern Scotia Arc region. Kock, K.-H., C. D. Jones, and S. Wilhelms. CCAMLR Science 7: 1-41. MARINE FISHES - FINFISHES - ANTARCTICA - SOUTHERN SCOTIA ARC REGION - STOCKS - BIOLOGICAL CHARACTERISTICS

Protection of fish spawning habitat for the conservation of warm-temperate reef-fish fisheries of shelf-edge reefs of Florida Koenig, Christopher C., Felicia C. Coleman, Churchill B. Grimes, Gary R. Fitzhugh, Kathryn M. Scanlon, Christopher T. Gledhill, and Mark Grace Bulletin of Marine Science 66(3):593-616

Investigations on mating and reproductive status of olive ridleys, Lepidochelys olivacea captured in the eastern tropical Pacific. Kopitsky, K., R. L. Pitman, and P. Plotkin. H. J. Kalb and T. Wibbles (comps.), Proceedings of the Nineteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation, p. 160-162. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, NMFS-SEFSC-443. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - OLIVE RIDLEY - MATING - REPRODUCTION - STATUS - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP

Continental slope and deep-sea fisheries: implications for a fragile ecosystem. Koslow, J. A., G. W. Boehlert, J. D. M. Gordon, R. L. Haedrich, P. Lorance, and N. Parin. ICES Journal of Marine Science 57(3):548-557. MARINE ECOSYSTEMS - CONTINENTAL SLOPE - DEEP-SEA FISHERIES - PELAGIC FISHERIES - IMPACTS - FISHING - SEAMOUNTS - TRAWLING

Satellite remote sensing: an important tool in fisheries oceanography. Laurs, R. M., and J. J. Polovina. P. J. Harrison and T. R. Parsons (editors), Fisheries oceanography: an integrative approach to fisheries ecology and management, p. 146-157. Blackwell Science, Oxford. OCEANOGRAPHY - SATELLITE REMOTE SENSING - FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY - MARINE ECOLOGY

Identification of loss-of-function mutations within the short-wavelength sensitive cone opsin genes of baleen and odontocete cetaceans [abstract] Levenson, D.H., A. Dizon, and P.J. Ponganis Investigative Ophthalmology & Visual Science 41(4):S610

Monitoring protocol for Sacramento River winter chinook salmon, Oncorhynchus tshawytscha application of statistical power analysis to recovery of an endangered species. Lindley, S. T., M. S. Mohr, and M. H. Prager. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 98:759-766. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CHINOOK - SACRAMENTO RIVER WINTER CHINOOK - MONITORING - PROTOCOLS - ENDANGERED SPECIES - RECOVERY - STATISTICAL POWER ANALYSIS

Modeling statistical performance of an airborne lidar survey system for anchovy. Lo, N. C. H., and J. H. Churnside. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 98:264-282. MARINE FISHES - ANCHOVIES - ANCHOVY - MODELING - MODELS - STATISTICAL PERFORMANCE - STATISTICS - AIRBORNE LIDAR SURVEY SYSTEM - AERIAL SURVEYS

Identification of a small, naked virus in tumor-like aggregates in cell lines derived from a green turtle, Chelonia mydas, with fibropapillomas. Lu, Y., A. A. Aguirre, T. M. Work, G. H. Balazs, V. R. Nerurkar, and R. Yanagihara. Journal of Virological Methods 86:25-33. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - HAWAII - VIRUS - TUMORS - CELL-LINES - FIBROPAPILLOMAS - FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS

Detection of herpesviral sequences in tissues of green turtles with fibropapilloma by polymerase chain reaction Lu, Y., Y. Wang, Q. Yu, A.A. Aguirre, G.H. Balazs, V.R. Nerurkar, and R. Yanagihara Archives of Virology 145(9):1885-1893

Detection of green turtle herpesviral sequence in saddleback wrasse Thalassoma duperrey: a possible mode of transmission of green turtle fibropapilloma Lu, Yuanan, Qigui Yu, Jill P. Zamzow, Yun Wang, George S. Losey, George S. Balazs, Vivek R. Nerurkar, and Richard Yanagihara Journal of Aquatic Animal Health 12(1):58-63 REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - HERPEVIRAL SEQUENCE - MARINE FISHES - SADDLEBACK WRASSE - TRANSMISSION - FIBROPAPILLOMA - FIBROPAPILLOMATOSIS

El Nino and La Nina effects on larval transport and recruitment in the California Current [abstract] Lundquist, C.J., L.W. Botsford, and L.E. Morgan American Geophysical Union, 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Abstract OS21F-06

Use of the San Francisco Estuary by juvenile chinook salmon. MacFarlane, R. B. J. Cech Jr., S. McCormick, and D. MacKinlay (eds.), Fish migration and passage. International Congress on the Biology of Fish, p. 41-45. American Fisheries Society. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CHINOOK - JUVENILES - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - SAN FRANCISCO ESTUARY - HABITAT

Nutrient dynamics between central San Francisco Bay and the Gulf of the Farallones: a comparison of El Nino and La Nina years [abstract] Marchi, A.M., R.C. Dugdale, W.P. Frances, C.A. Collins, V. Hogue, J. Tustin, and B. Jarvis American Geophysical Union, 2000 Ocean Sciences Meeting, Abstract OS21F-04

The limitations of hypothesis testing as a means of demographically delineating independent units Martien, Karen K., and Barbara L. Taylor Paper SC/F2K/J3 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (JARPN Review Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, February 2000). 32 p.

Viable salmonid populations and the recovery of evolutionarily significant units. McElhany, P., M. H. Ruckelshaus, M. J. Ford, T. C. Wainwright, and E. P. Bjorkstedt. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, NMFS-NWFSC-42. 156 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - VIABLE POPULATIONS - EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT UNITS - RECOVERY

Widespread contamination by tris(4-chlorophenyl)methane and tris(4-chlorophenyl)methanol in cetaceans from the North Pacific and Asian coastal waters Minh, T. Binh, M. Watanabe, S. Tanabe, N. Miyazaki, T.A. Jefferson, M.S. Predente, A. Subramanian, and S. Karuppiah Environmental Pollution 110(3):459-468

Isomer-specific accumulation and toxic assessment of polychlorinated biphenyls, including coplanar congeners, in cetaceans from the North Pacific and Asian coastal waters Minh, T.B., H. Nakata, M. Watanabe, S. Tanabe, N. Miyazaki, T.A. Jefferson, M. Prudente, and A. Subramanian Archives of Environmental Contamination and Toxicology 39(3):398-410

Recent contamination of persistent chlorinated endocrine disrupters in cetaceans from the North Pacific and Asian coastal waters Minh, T.B., M.S. Prudente, M. Watanabe, S. Tanabe, H. Nakata, N. Miyazaki, T.A. Jefferson, and A. Subramanian Water Science and Technology 42(7-8):231-240

Seasonal variability of global mixed layer depth from WOD98 temperature and salinity profiles Monterey, Grigory I., and Lynn M. deWitt U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-296. 56 p. OCEANOGRAPHY - WORLD - GLOBAL MIXED LAYER DEPTH - SEASONAL VARIABILITY - SALINITY

Abundance and distribution of rockfish (Sebastes) larvae in the Southern California Bight in relation to environmental conditions and fishery exploitation. Moser, H. G., R. L. Charter, W. Watson, D. A. Ambrose, J. L. Butler, S. R. Charter, and E. M. Sandknop. CalCOFI Reports 41:132-147. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - ABUNDANCE - DISTRIBUTION - LARVAE - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT - ENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS - FISHERY EXPLOITATION

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR SURFACE TOWS TAKEN DURING THE 1987 EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC DOLPHIN SURVEY ON THE RESEARCH VESSELS David Starr Jordan AND McArthur MOSER, H. GEOFFREY, RICHARD L. CHARTER, STEPHEN B. REILLY, DAVID A. AMBROSE, SHARON R. CHARTER, ELAINE M. SANDKNOP, WILLIAM WATSON U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-287. 45 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE TOWS - MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - SURVEYS - NOAA R/V - MCARTHUR - DAVID STARR JORDAN

Measurements of the low frequency components of active and passive sounds produced by dolphins Nachtigall, P.E., W.W.L. Au, J.L. Pawloski, K. Andrews, and C.W. Oliver Aquatic Mammals 26(3):167-174

Santa Cruz Laboratory: a fisheries research laboratory of the Southwest Fisheries Science Center [pamphlet] NMFS Santa Cruz Laboratory National Marine Fisheries Service. 4 p.

Recovery planning guidance for Technical Recovery Teams NMFS Santa Cruz Laboratory NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz Laboratory, California. 21 p. (September 1, 2000 draft.)

A COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF HUMPBACK WHALE SONGS RECORDED IN PELAGIC WATERS OF THE EASTERN NORTH PACIFIC: PRELIMINARY FINDINGS AND IMPLICATIONS FOR DISCERNING MIGRATORY ROUTES AND ASSESSING BREEDING STOCK IDENTITY NORRIS, TOM, JEFF JACOBSEN, SALVATORE CERCHIO U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-295. 29 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - HUMPBACK WHALES - SONG - STOCKS - MIGRATION

SUMMARY OF SEABIRD, MARINE TURTLE, AND SURFACE FAUNA DATA COLLECTED DURING A SURVEY IN THE EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC OCEAN JULY 30 - DECEMBER 9, 1998 OLSON, PAULA A., ROBERT L. PITMAN, LISA T. BALLANCE, STEPHEN B. REILLY U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-298. 69 p. BIRDS - SEABIRDS - REPTILES - SEA TURTLES - SURFACE FAUNA - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - SURVEYS - R/V

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis for 2000 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Preseason report II: Analysis of proposed regulatory options for 2000 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Preseason report III: Analysis of council adopted management measures for 2000 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Review of 1999 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

STT recommendations for hooking mortality rates in 2000 recreational ocean chinook and coho fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) STT Report B.2 (Final). Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 18 p.

Management of Pacific rockfish. Parker, S. J., S. A. Berkeley, J. T. Golden, D. R. Gunderson, J. Heifetz, M. A. Hixon, R. Larson, B. M. Leaman, M. S. Love, J. A. Musick, V. M. O'Connell, S. Ralston, H. J. Weeks, and M. M. Yoklavich. Fisheries 25(3):22-30. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - PACIFIC ROCKFISH - MANAGEMENT

Identifying diurnal foraging habitat of endangered Hawaiian monk seals using a seal-mounted video camera. Parrish, F. A., M. P. Craig, T. J. Ragen, G. J. Marshall, and B. M. Buhleier. Marine Mammal Science 16(2):392-412. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL - ENDANGERED SPECIES - DIURNAL FORAGING HABITAT - SEAL-MOUNTED VIDEO CAMERA

Mid-latitude and wind stress: the energy source for climatic shifts in the North Pacific Ocean. Parrish, R. H., F. B. Schwing, and R. Mendelssohn. Fisheries Oceanography 9(3):224-238. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM - NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN - PRODUCTIVITY - EL NINO - LA NINA - EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION - ENSO - CLIMATOLOGY - CLIMATE SHIFTS - INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY - REGIME SHIFTS - WIND STRESS

Monterey sardine story Parrish, Richard H. Maritime Museum of Monterey (California), J.B. Phillips Historical Fisheries Report 1(1):2-4

Yield versus forage consideration in the regime-dependent Pacific sardine fishery: a comparison of results from management and migration/forage models Parrish, Richard H. P.M. Mace (ed.), Proceedings of the Sixth NMFS National Stock Assessment Workshop: Incorporating ecosystem considerations into stock assessments and management advice: What are the pros and cons of going beyond single species? (Seattle, Washington, March 28-30, 2000), p. 40. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-46

Osteological variation in the spectacled porpoise (Phocoena dioptrica). Perrin, W. F., R. N. P. Goodall, and M. A. Cozzuol. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management 2(3):211-215. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PORPOISES - SPECTACLED PORPOISE - OSTEOLOGY - OSTEOLOGICAL VARIATION - BONES - SKELETON

Overcapitalization in the west coast groundfish fishery: background, issues and solutions [draft report for review] PFMC Economic Subcommittee Prepared for the Pacific Fishery Management Council by the Scientific and Statistical Committee, Economic Subcommittee. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon, 116 p.

Turtles on the edge: movement of loggerhead turtles (Caretta caretta) along oceanic fronts, spanning longline fishing grounds in the central North Pacific, 1997-1998. Polovina, J. J., D. R. Kobayashi, D. M. Parker, M. P. Seki, G. H. Balazs. Fisheries Oceanography 9(1):71-82. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - LOGGERHEAD - MOVEMENTS - OCEANIC FRONT - LONGLINE FISHERIES - FISHING GROUNDS - CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC

The lobster fishery in the North-western Hawaiian Islands Polovina, J.J In: B.F. Phillips and J. Kittaka (eds.), Spiny lobsters: fisheries and culture (2nd ed.), p. 98-104. Blackwell Science, Fishing News Books.

Sensors detect biological change in mid-latitude North Pacific Polovina, Jeffrey J., Michael P. Seki, and Evan Howell Eos, Transactions American Geophysical Union 81(44):519

Special section: Better policy and management decisions through explicit analysis of uncertainty: new approaches from marine conservation. Introduction. Ralls, Katherine, and Barbara L. Taylor Conservation Biology 14(5):1240-1242

West coast groundfish harvest rate policy workshop: Panel report Ralston, Stephen, James R. Bence, William G. Clark, Ramon J. Conser, Thomas Jagielo, and Terrance J. Quinn II In: Status of the Pacific coast groundfish fishery through 2000 and recommended acceptable biological catches for 2001: stock assessment and fishery evaluation (special section, 10 p.). Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

The role of dispersal and disturbance in deteriming spatial heterogeneity in sedentary organisms Reed, Daniel C., Peter T. Raimondi, Mark H Carr, and Lloyd Goldwasser Ecology 81(7):2011-2026

Molecular identification and description of pelagic young of the rockfishes Sebastes constellatus and Sebastes ensifer. Rocha-Olivares, A., H. G. Moser, and J. Stannard. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 98:353-363. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - PELAGIC YOUNG - MOLECULAR IDENTIFICATION - DESCRIPTION - DNA - GENETICS

World-wide genetic differentiation of Eubalaena: questioning the number of right whale species Rosenbaum, H.C., R.L. Brownell Jr., M.W. Brown, C. Schaeff, V. Portway, B.N. White, S. Malik, L.A. Pastene, N.J. Patenaude, C.S. Baker, M. Goto, P.B. Best, P.J. Clapham, P. Hamilton, M. Moore, R. Payne, V. Rowntree, C.T. Tynan, J.L. Bannister, and R. DeSalle Molecular Ecology 9(11):1793-1802

Utility of North Atlantic right whale museum specimens for assessing changes in genetic diversity Rosenbaum, Howard C., Mary G. Egan, Phillip J. Clapham, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Sobia Malik, Moira W. Brown, Bradley N. White, Peter Walsh, and Rob DeSalle Conservation Biology 14(6):1837-1842

IDENTIFICATION MANUAL FOR DIETARY VEGETATION OF THE HAWAIIAN GREEN TURTLE, CHELONIA MYDAS RUSSELL, DENNIS J., AND GEORGE H. BALAZS U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-294. 49 p. REPTILES - SEA TURTLES - GREEN - HAWAII - DIET - IDENTIFICATION MANUAL - VEGETATION

The impact of FAD innovation on the performance of US tuna purse seine operations in the Pacific Ocean. Sakagawa, G.T. J.Y. Le Gall, P. Cayré, and M. Taquet (editors), Pêches thonière et dispositifs de concentration de poissons (Tuna fishing and fish concentration devices). French Institute for Research and Exploitation of the Sea (IFREMER), Plouzané, France. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - PACIFIC OCEAN - PURSE SEINE FISHERY - FAD INNOVATION - IMPACT

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE CALIFORNIA COAST DURING MAY-JUNE, 1998: A SUMMARY OF CTD DATA FROM PELAGIC JUVENILE ROCKFISH SURVEYS SAKUMA, KEITH M., FRANKLIN B. SCHWING, MARK H. PICKETT, DALE ROBERTS, STEPHEN V. RALSTON U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-297. 78 p. OCEANOGRAPHY - PHYSICAL - CALIFORNIA - CTD - ROCKFISH - PELAGIC - JUVENILES - SURVEYS

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST DURING MARCH-APRIL AND MAY-JUNE, 1990: A SUMMARY OF CTD DATA FROM PELAGIC JUVENILE ROCKFISH SURVEYS SAKUMA, KEITH M., FRANKLIN B. SCHWING, MARK H. PICKETT, STEPHEN V. RALSTON U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-299. 80 p. OCEANOGRAPHY - PHYSICAL - CALIFORNIA - CTD - ROCKFISH - PELAGIC - JUVENILES - SURVEYS

ICHTHYOPLANKTON AND STATION DATA FOR SURFACE TOWS TAKEN DURING THE 1990 EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC COMMON DOLPHIN SURVEY ON THE RESEARCH VESSELS David Starr Jordan AND McArthur SANDKNOP, ELAINE M., RICHARD L. CHARTER, H. GEOFFREY MOSER, STEPHEN B. REILLY. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-290. 46 p. ICHTHYOPLANKTON DATA - STATION DATA - SURFACE TOWS - MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - SURVEYS - NOAA R/V - MCARTHUR - DAVID STARR JORDAN

Shape, volume, and resonance frequency of the swimbladder of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares. Schaefer, K. M., and C. W. Oliver. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 98:364-374. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - YELLOWFIN TUNA - PHYSIOLOGY - SWIMBLADDER - SHAPE - VOLUME - RESONANCE FREQUENCY

Record coastal upwelling in the California Current in 1999. Schwing, F., C. S. Moore, and S. Ralston, and K. S. Sakuma. CalCOFI Reports 41:148-160. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT - NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN - COASTAL UPWELLING - PRODUCTIVITY - EL NINO - LA NINA - EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION - ENSO - CLIMATOLOGY - CLIMATE SHIFTS - INTERANNUAL VARIABILITY - REGIME SHIFTS - MARINE POPULATIONS

A year without summer for California, or a harbinger of a climate shift? Schwing, Frank, and Chris Moore Eos, Transactions, American Geophysical Union 81(27):301-305

Pacific billfishes and the assessment process. Skillman, R. A. K. Hinman (ed.), Getting ahead of the curve: conserving the Pacific Ocean's tunas, swordfish, billfishes and sharks, p. 31-34. Marine Fisheries Symposium no. 16, Monterey Bay Aquarium, Monterey, California, November 4-6, 1996. National Coalition for Marine Conservation, Leesburg, Virginia. MARINE FISHES - BILLFISHES - BILLFISH - PACIFIC - STOCK ASSESSMENT

Accounting for uncertainty in risk assessment: case study of Hector's dolphin mortality due to gillnet entanglement Slooten, Elisabeth, David Fletcher, and Barbara L. Taylor Conservation Biology 14(5):1264-1270

Pelagic fish early life history: CalCOFI overview Smith, P.E. In: Paul J. Harrison and Timothy R. Parsons (eds.), Fisheries oceanography: an integrative approach to fisheries ecology and management, p. 8-23. Blackwell Science. MARINE FISHES - PELAGIC FISHES - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - CALCOFI - OVERVIEW

The circulation and water masses in the Gulf of the Farallones. Steger, J. M., F. B. Schwing, C. A. Collins, L. K. Rosenfeld, N. Garfield, and E. Gezgin. Deep-Sea Research II 47:907-946. OCEANOGRAPHY - GULF OF THE FARALLONES - UPPER OCEAN CIRCULATION - WATER MASSES - EDDIES - ACOUSTIC DOPPLER CURRENT PROFILER - ADCP - CTD - SHIP SURVEYS - SLOPE COUNTERCURRENT - SCC

Incorporating uncertainty into management models for marine mammals. Taylor, B. L., P. R. Wade, D. P. DeMaster, and J. Barlow. Conservation Biology 14(5):1243-1252. MARINE MAMMALS - MANAGEMENT - MODELS - UNCERTAINTY

Genetic population structure in the western North Pacific minke whale: an analysis of mtDNA data Taylor, Barbara L. Paper SC/F2K/J6 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (JARPN Review Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, February 2000). 4 p.

"Best" abundance estimates and best management: why they are not the same Taylor, Barbara L., and Paul R. Wade In: S. Ferson and M. Burgman (eds.), Quantitative methods for conservation biology, p. 96-108. Springer.

Evaluating the performance of different statistics to detect population subdivision Taylor, Barbara L., and Susan J. Chivers Paper SC/F2K/J5 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (JARPN Review Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, February 2000). 10 p.

An example of the calculation of the statistical power to detect population sub-division in North Pacific minke whales Taylor, Barbara L., and Susan J. Chivers Paper SC/F2K/J7 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (JARPN Review Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, February 2000). 12 p.

Estimating the statistical power to detect population subdivision using mitochondrial DNA Taylor, Barbara L., Susan J. Chivers, and Andrew E. Dizon Paper SC/F2K/J4 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (JARPN Review Meeting, Tokyo, Japan, February 2000). 13 p.

Evaluating dispersal estimates using mtDNA data: comparing analytical and simulation approaches Taylor, Barbara L., Susan J. Chivers, Stephanie Sexton, and Andrew E. Dizon Conservation Biology 14(5):1287-1297

Frequency beamforming of dolphin whistles using a sparse three-element towed array. Thode, A., T. Norris, and J. Barlow. Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 107(6):3581-3584. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - WHISTLES - SONAR - TOWED ARRAY - FREQUENCY BEAM FORMING

Diurnal variation in thermal environment experienced by salmonids in the North Pacific as indicated by data storage tags. Walker, R. V., K. W. Myers, N. D. Davis, K. Y. Aydin, K. D. Friedland, H. R. Carlson, G. W. Boehlert, S. Urawa, Y. Ueno, and G. Anma. Fisheries Oceanography 9(2):171-186. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMONIDS - SALMON - NORTH PACIFIC - DIURNAL VARIATION - THERMAL ENVIRONMENT - DATA STORAGE TAGS - TAGGING

Champsodontidae, Blenniidae, Schindleriidae. Watson, W. J. M. Leis and B. M. Carson-Ewart (eds.), The larvae of Indo-Pacific coastal fishes (Fauna Malesiana Handbooks 2). Brill Academic Publishers, Boston. 850 p. MARINE FISHES - BLENNIES - BENTTOOTHS - GAPERS - INFANTFISHES - DESCRIPTION - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - CHARACTERISTICS - TAXONOMY