NOAA FISHERIES

Metabolic costs of viviparity in yellowtail rockfish, Sebastes flavidus. Hopkins, T. E., M. B. Eldridge, and J. J. Cech, Jr. Environmental Biology of Fishes 43:77-84. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - YELLOWTAIL ROCKFISH - VIVIPARITY - VIVIPARIOUS - LIVE BEARING - METABOLIC COSTS - REPRODUCTION

International GLOBEC Small Pelagic Fishes and Climate Change program. Hunter, J. R., and J. Alheit (eds.). Report of the First Planning Meeting, La Paz, Mexico, June 20-24, 1994. GLOBEC Report 8, 72 p. MARINE FISHES - SMALL PELAGIC FISHES - CLIMATOLOGY - CLIMATE CHANGE - GLOBEC - INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM

Stock-recruitment models for Pacific sardine. Jacobson, L. D., and A. D. MacCall. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52:566-577. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC SARDINE - STOCKS - STOCK RECRUITMENT MODELS - MODELING

HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL IN THE NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS, 1992 JOHANOS, THEA C., LISA M. HIRUKI, TIMOTHY J. RAGEN U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-216. 128 p. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS

Assessing technical efficiency in commercial fisheries: the mid-Atlantic sea scallop fishery. Kirkley, J. E., D. Squires, and I. E. Strand. American Journal of Agricultural Economics 77:686-697. INVERTEBRATES - MOLLUSCA - MOLLUSCS - SEA SCALLOPS - MID-ATLANTIC SEA SCALLOP FISHERY - TECHNICAL EFFICIENCY - ASSESSMENT

Evaluation of shark, dolphin, and monk seal interactions with Northwestern Hawaiian Islands bottomfishing activity: a comparison of two time periods and an estimate of economic impacts. Kobayashi, D. R., and K. E. Kawamoto. Fisheries Research 23:11-22. MARINE FISHES - SHARKS - SHARK - MARINE MAMMALS - DOLPHINS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL - NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS - BOTTOMFISHING - INTERACTIONS - ECONOMIC IMPACTS - ECONOMICS - EVALUATION

The potential use of otolith characters in identifying larval rockfish (Sebastes spp.). Laidig, T. E., and S. Ralston. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 93:166-171. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - LARVAE - LARVAL CHARACTERISTICS - IDENTIFICATION - OTOLITHS - OTOLITH CHARACTERS

Feeding on euphausiids by Octopus rubescens. Laidig, T.E., P.B. Adams, C.H. Baxter, and J.L. Butler. California Fish and Game 81(2):77-79. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - KRILL - EUPHAUSIIDS - DIET - FEEDING - FOOD - PREY - CEPHALOPODS - OCTOPUS - EASTERN PACIFIC OCEAN

Explorations of El Niños and associated biological population dynamics off central California. Lenarz, W. H., D. VenTresca, W. M. Graham, F. B. Schwing, and F. Chavez. CalCOFI Reports 36:106-119. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA - EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION - ENSO - BIOLOGICAL POPULATION DYNAMICS

Population growth of northern anchovy and Pacific sardine using stage-specific matrix models. Lo, N. C. H., P. E. Smith, J. L. Butler. Marine Ecology Progress Series 127:15-26. MARINE FISHES - ANCHOVIES - NORTHERN ANCHOVY - SARDINES - PACIFIC SARDINE - POPULATIONS - GROWTH - STAGES - STAGE-SPECIFIC MATRIX MODELS - MODELING

The effect of the 1991-93 ENSO on the California Current System. Lynn, R. J., F. B. Schwing, and T. L. Hayward. CalCOFI Reports 36:57-71. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT SYSTEM - STATE - EL NINO SOUTHERN OSCILLATION - ENSO - EFFECTS

Matrotrophic viviparity in the yellowtail rockfish Sebastes flavidus. MacFarlane, R. B., and M. J. Bowers. Journal of Experimental Biology 198:1197-1206. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - YELLOWTAIL ROCKFISH - MATROTROPHIC VIVIPARITY - VIVIPARIOUS - LIVE BEARING - REPRODUCTION

Species trends in sport fisheries, Monterey Bay, Calif., 1959-86 Mason, Janet E. Marine Fisheries Review 57(1):1-16

Changes in the spatial patchiness of Pacific mackerel, Scomber japonicus, larvae with increasing age and size. Matsuura, Y., and R. Hewitt. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 93:172-178. MARINE FISHES - MACKERELS - PACIFIC MACKEREL - LARVAE - LARVAL STAGES - SPATIAL PATCHINESS - AGE - SIZE - VARIATION - CHANGES

Process modeling. Moisan, J., L. Botsford, and L. Jacobson. J. R. Hunter and J. Alheit (eds.). International GLOBEC Small Pelagic Fishes and Climate Change program. Report of the First Planning Meeting, La Paz, Mexico, June 20-24, 1994. GLOBEC Report 8, p. 52-54. MARINE FISHES - SMALL PELAGIC FISHES - CLIMATOLOGY - CLIMATE CHANGE - GLOBEC - INTERNATIONAL PROGRAM - PROCESSES - PROCESS MODELING - MODELS

Nutritional dynamics of reproduction in viviparous yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus). Norton, E. C., and R. B. MacFarlane. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 93:299-307. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - YELLOWTAIL ROCKFISH - VIVIPARITY - VIVIPARIOUS - LIVE BEARING - REPRODUCTION - NUTRITIONAL DYNAMICS - ENERGETICS

A comparison of zooplankton sampling methods in the CalCOFI time series. Ohman, M.D. and P.E. Smith. CalCOFI Reports 36:153-158. INVERTEBRATES - ZOOPLANKTON - SAMPLING METHODS - COMPARISON - CALCOFI TIME SERIES

Flow cytometric DNA content analysis of fibropapillomas in green turtles Chelonia mydas Papadi, George P., George H. Balazs, and Elliott R. Jacobson Diseases of Aquatic Organisms 22(1):13-18 REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - BERMUDA - PANAMA - FIBROPAPILLOMAS - BLOOD SAMPLES - FLOW CYTOMETRIC DNA CONTENT ANALYSIS

Lanternfish heaven: the future of world fisheries. Parrish, R. H. NAGA ICLARM Quarterly 18(3):7-9. MARINE FISHES - LANTERNFISH - WORLD FISHERIES - FUTURE - PREDICTIONS

Variation in the condition factors of California pelagic fishes and associated environmental factors Parrish, Richard H., and Donna L. Mallicoate Fisheries Oceanography 4(2):171-190 MARINE FISHES - PELAGIC FISHES - CALIFORNIA - OCEANOGRAPHY - VARIATION - ENVIRONMENTAL FACTORS - CONDITIONS

EFFECTIVENESS OF CALIFORNIA'S COMMERCIAL ROCKFISH PORT SAMPLING PROGRAM PEARSON, DONALD E., AND GLENN ALMANY U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-218. 50 p. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISH - CALIFORNIA - PORT SAMPLING PROGRAM - EFFECTIVENESS

An anomalously pigmented form of the short-beaked common dolphin (Delphinus delphis) from the southwestern Pacific, eastern Pacific and eastern Atlantic. Perrin, W. F., W. A. Armstrong, A. N. Baker, J. Barlow, S. R. Benson, A. S. Collet, J. M. Cotton, D. M. Everhart, T. D. Farley, R. M. Mellon, S. K. Miller, V. Philbrick, J. L. Quan, and H. R. L. Rodriguez. Marine Mammal Science 11(2):241-147. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - SHORT-BEAKED COMMON DOLPHIN - ANOMALOUS - PIGMENTS - SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC - EASTERN PACIFIC - EASTERN ATLANTIC

Progress report on the 1994 gray whale cow-calf survey conducted at Piedras Blancas, California. Perryman, W.L., M.A. Donahue, and S.B. Reilly. Report SC/47/AS1 submitted to the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission, 20 pp. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - GRAY WHALE - CALIFORNIA - PIEDRAS BLANCAS - POPULATIONS - JUVENILES - CALVES - COW-CALF SURVEY - SURVEYS - PROGRESS REPORT

The marine birds of Malpelo Island, Colombia. Pitman, R. L., L. B. Spear, and M. P. Force. Colonial Waterbirds 18(1):113-119. BIRDS - SEABIRDS - MARINE BIRDS - COLOMBIA - MALPELO ISLAND

Spatial and temporal distribution of the phyllosoma of the spiny lobster, Panulirus marginatus, in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. Polovina, J. J., and R. B. Moffitt. Bulletin of Marine Science 56:406-417. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - LOBSTERS - SPINY LOBSTER - HAWAII - NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN ISLANDS - PHYLLOSOMA - LARVAE - LARVAL STAGE - SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION - TEMPORAL DISTRIBUTION

The role of benthic habitat, oceanography, and fishing on the population dynamics of the spiny lobster (Panulirus marginatus) in the Hawaiian Archipelago. Polovina, J. J., W. R. Haight, R. B. Moffitt, and F. A. Parrish. Crustaceana 68(2):203-212. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - LOBSTERS - SPINY LOBSTER - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO - POPULATION DYNAMICS - OCEANOGRAPHY - BENTHIC HABITAT - FISHING

Decadal and basin-scale variation in mixed layer depth and the impact on biological production in the Central and North Pacific, 1960-88. Polovina, Jeffrey J., Gary T. Mitchum, and Geoffrey T. Evans. Deep-Sea Research I 42(10):1701-1716. OCEANOGRAPHY - MIXED LAYER DEPTHS - DEPTH - BASIN-SCALE - DECADAL - INTERANNUAL - VARIATION CENTRAL AND NORTH PACIFIC

An analysis of the multigear, multispecies fishery in the Kenyan waters of Lake Victoria. Rabour, C. O., and J. J. Polovina. Naga, ICLARM Quarterly 18(2):34-37. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - MULTIGEAR - MULTISPECIES FISHERY - KENYA - LAKE VICTORIA - ANALYSIS

The influence of oceanographic variables on time series of otolith growth in pelagic young-of-the-year rockfish, Sebastes spp. Ralston, Stephen In: David H. Secor, John M. Dean, and Steven E. Campana (eds.), Recent developments in fish otolith research, p. 97-118. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC.

On the development of year-class strength and cohort variability in two northern California rockfishes Ralston, Stephen, and Daniel F. Howard Fishery Bulletin 93(4):710-720

Circulation studies over the Continental Shelf and slope near the Farallon Islands, CA, Executive Summary. Ramp, S. R., N. Garfield, C. A. Collins, L. K. Rosenfeld, and F. B. Schwing. Naval Postgraduate School Technical Report NPS-OC-95-004, 40 p. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA - GULF OF THE FARALLONES - CIRCULATION STUDIES - CONTINENTAL SHELF - EXECUTIVE SUMMARY

Composition of the incidental kill of odontocetes for 1994 in the eastern tropical Pacific U.S. tuna fishery and two California gillnet fisheries. Robertson, K.M., M.D. Henshaw, and S.J. Chivers. Meeting document SC/46/SM4 for the Annual Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - DOLPHINS - ODONTOCETES - INCIDENTAL KILL - MORTALITY - COMPOSITION - MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - UNITED STATES TUNA FISHERY - CALIFORNIA GILL NET FISHERIES - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP

Phylogenetic relationships among the true porpoises (Cetacea: Phocoenidae). Rosel, P. E., M. G. Haygood, and W. F. Perrin. Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 4(4):463-474. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PORPOISES - TRUE PORPOISE - PHYLOGENETIC RELATIONSHIPS - GENETICS - SPECIES

Variability of the mitochondrial control region in populations of the harbour porpoise, Phocoena phocoena, on interoceanic and regional scales Rosel, P.E., A.E. Dizon, and M.G. Haygood Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52(6):1210-1219. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PORPOISES - HARBOR PORPOISE - POPULATIONS - GENETICS - MITOCHONDRIAL DNA - MTDNA - CONTROL REGION - VARIATION - VARIABILITY - SCALES - INTEROCEANIC SCALE - REGIONAL SCALE

Assessment methodologies and fisheries management Sakagawa, Gary T. G.T. Sakagawa (ed.), Assessment methodologies and management: Proceedings of the World Fisheries Congress, Theme 5 (May 1992, Athens, Greece), p. 1-3. Oxford & IBH Publishing / Science Publishers.

Assessment methodologies and management: Proceedings of the World Fisheries Congress, Theme 5 (May 1992, Athens, Greece) Sakagawa, Gary T. (ed.) Oxford & IBH Publishing / Science Publishers. 195 p. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - WORLD FISHERIES - ASSESSMENT - METHODOLOGIES - METHODS - FISHERIES RESOURCES

Distributional patterns of late larval groundfish off central California in relation to hydrographic features during 1992 and 1993. Sakuma, K. M., and S. Ralston. CalCOFI Reports 36:179-192. MARINE FISHES - GROUNDFISH - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - LARVAE - LATE LARVAL - DISTRIBUTION - PATTERNS - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA - OCEANOGRAPHY - HYDROGRAPHIC FEATURES

Distribution of pelagic metamorphic-stage sanddabs Citharichthys sordidus and C. stigmaeus within areas of upwelling off central California Sakuma, Keith M., and Ralph J. Larson Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 93(3):516-529 MARINE FISHES - FLATFISHES - SANDDABS - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - LARVAE - JUVENILES - METAMORPHIC STAGE - STAGES - DISTRIBUTION - CALIFORNIA - OCEANOGRAPHY - UPWELLING

Description of larval and pelagic juvenile chilipepper, Sebastes goodei (family Scorpaenidae), with an examination of larval growth Sakuma, Keith M., and Thomas E. Laidig Fishery Bulletin 93:721-731

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST DURING FEBRUARY & MAY-JUNE, 1991: SUMMARY OF CTD DATA FROM LARVAL AND PELAGIC JUVENILE ROCKFISH SURVEYS SAKUMA, KEITH M., FRANKLIN B. SCHWING, HEATHER A. PARKER, STEPHEN V. RALSTON U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-220. 156 p. OCEANOGRAPHY - PHYSICAL - CALIFORNIA - CTD - ROCKFISH - LARVAE - PELAGIC - JUVENILES - SURVEYS

PHYSICAL OCEANOGRAPHY OFF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST DURING MARCH & MAY-JUNE, 1994: A SUMMARY OF CTD DATA FROM LARVAL AND PELAGIC JUVENILE ROCKFISH SURVEYS SAKUMA, KEITH M., FRANKLIN B. SCHWING, HEATHER A. PARKER, STEPHEN V. RALSTON U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-221. 202 p. OCEANOGRAPHY - PHYSICAL - CALIFORNIA - CTD - ROCKFISH - LARVAE - PELAGIC - JUVENILES - SURVEYS

Transferable quotas, enforcement costs and typical firms: an empirical application to the Norwegian trawler fleet. Salvanes, K. G., and D. Squires. Environmental and Resource Economics 6:1-12. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - ECONOMICS - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFERABLE QUOTAS - ITQ - ENFORCEMENT COSTS - APPLICATION - NORWEGIAN TRAWLER FLEET

Symposium of the CalCOFI Conference (Fallen Leaf Lake, California, October 25, 1994): the 1991-1992 El Nino and its impact on fisheries [Introduction] Schwing, Franklin, and Stephen Ralston CalCOFI Reports 36:43

A warm decade in the Southern California Bight. Smith, P.E. CalCOFI Reports 36:120-126. OCEANOGRAPHY - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA BIGHT - CLIMATOLOGY - CLIMATE - WARM DECADE - DECADAL

Development of the population biology of the Pacific hake, Merluccius productus. Smith, P.E. CalCOFI Reports 36:144-152. MARINE FISHES - PACIFIC HAKE - POPULATION BIOLOGY - DEVELOPMENT

A stock survey technique using the time to capture individual fish on longlines. Somerton, D. A., and B. S. Kikkawa. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 52:260-267. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - STOCKS - STOCK SURVEY TECHNIQUES - CAPTURE - LONGLINES

Resource rents from single and multispecies individual transferable quota programs. Squires, D., and J. Kirkley. ICES Journal of Marine Science 52:153-164. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - ECONOMICS - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFERABLE QUOTAS - ITQ - SINGLE - MULTISPECIES - RESOURCE RENTS -

Individual transferable quotas as a fisheries management tool. Squires, D., J. Kirkley, and C. A. Tisdell. Reviews in Fisheries Science 3(2):141-169. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - ECONOMICS - INDIVIDUAL TRANSFERABLE QUOTAS - ITQ

The reliability of using population viability analysis for risk classification of species. Taylor, B. L. Conservation Biology 9(3):551-558. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEA LIONS - STELLAR SEA LION - SIMULATIONS - POPULATION VIABILITY ANALYSIS - SPECIES - RISK CLASSIFICATION - RELIABILITY - UNCERTAINTY - PARAMETER ESTIMATION - EXTINCTION - BIAS

The step-wise fit: a new model for estimating mammalian mortality from incomplete data sets. Taylor, B. L., and J. Barlow. Ballou, J. D., M. Gilpin, and T. J. Foose (eds.), Population management for survival and recovery: analytical methods and strategies in small population conservation, p. 24-43. Columbia University Press, New York, 375 pp. MARINE MAMMALS - MANAGEMENT - MODELS - MODELING - MORTALITY - NUMERICALLY SMALL POPULATIONS - CONSERVATION - VIABILITY - STEP-WISE FIT MODEL

Mortality models for numerically small populations of mammals. Taylor, B. L., T.B. Gage, J. Barlow, P. Mamelka and B. Dyke. Ballou, J. D., M. Gilpin, and T. J. Foose (eds.), Population management for survival and recovery: analytical methods and strategies in small population conservation, p. 44-54. Columbia University Press, New York, 375 pp. MARINE MAMMALS - MANAGEMENT - MODELS - MODELING - MORTALITY - NUMERICALLY SMALL POPULATIONS - CONSERVATION - VIABILITY

Distributed governance in fisheries. Townsend, R. E., and S. G. Pooley. S. Hanna and M. Munasinghe, Property rights in a social and ecological context: Case studies and design applications, p. 47-58. Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, Stockholm, Sweden and The World Bank, Washington, DC. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - ECONOMICS - DISTRIBUTED GOVERNANCE

Distributed governance in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands lobster fishery. Townsend, R. E., and S. G. Pooley. S. Hanna and M. Munasinghe, Property rights in a social and ecological context: Case studies and design applications, p. 33-39. Beijer International Institute of Ecological Economics, Stockholm, Sweden and The World Bank, Washington, DC. INVERTEBRATES - CRUSTACEANS - LOBSTERS - HAWAII - NORTHWESTERN HAWAIIAN LOBSTER FISHERY - FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - DISTRIBUTED GOVERNANCE

Fractional licenses: an alternative to license buy-backs. Townsend, R. E., and S. G. Pooley. Land Economics 71(1):141-143. FISHERIES ECONOMICS - BUY-BACKS - ALTERNATIVES - FRACTIONAL LICENSES

El Niño effects on the somatic and reproductive condition of blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus). VenTresca, D. A., R. H. Parrish, J. L. Houk, N. L, Gingras, S. D. Short, and N. L. Crane. CalCOFI Reports 36:167-174. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - BLUE ROCKFISH - REPRODUCTION - SOMATIC CONDITION - EL NINO - EFFECTS

Revised estimates of incidental of dolphins (Delphinidae) by the purse-seine tuna fishery in the eastern tropical Pacific, 1959-1972. Wade, Paul R. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 93:345-354. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - STOCKS - POPULATIONS - PURSE SEINE TUNA FISHERY - MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - YELLOWFIN TUNA - INCIDENTAL KILL - MORTALITY - REVISED ESTIMATES - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP

Interannual variation in growth rates and back-calculated spawn dates of juvenile Pacific hake (Merluccius productus) Woodbury, David, Anne Babcock Hollowed, and Julie A. Pearce In: D. H. Secor, J. M. Dean, and S. E. Campana (eds.), Recent developments in fish otolith research, p. 481-496. University of South Carolina Press, Columbia, SC.

Interpretation of side-scan sonar records for rockfish habitat analysis: examples from Monterey Bay Yoklavich, M.M., G.M. Cailliet, H.G. Greene, and D. Sullivan In: Workshop proceedings: Applications of side-scan sonar and laser-line systems in fisheries research (Coast Bastion Inn, Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada, January 20, 1994), p. 11-14. Alaska Department of Fish and Game, Commercial Fisheries Management and Development Division, Special Publication no. 9. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - HABITAT ANALYSIS - SIDE-SCAN SONAR - ACOUSTICS - INTERPRETATION - MONTEREY BAY

Growth in juvenile loggerhead sea turtles (Caretta caretta) in the North Pacific pelagic habitat. Zug, G. R., G. H. Balazs, and J. A. Wetherall. Copeia 1995(2):484-487. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - LOGGERHEAD - NORTH PACIFIC PELAGIC HABITAT - JUVENILES - GROWTH

An examination of the 1992 and 1993 commercial and recreational lingcod sampling in Oregon and California Adams, P. B. Status of the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery through 1994 and recommended acceptable biological catches for 1995, Appendix J. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. MARINE FISHES - LINGCOD - OREGON - CALIFORNIA - SAMPLING - COMMERCIAL - RECREATIONAL - FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - STATUS

Organic contaminants and trace metals in the tissues of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) afflicted with fibropapillomas in the Hawaiian Islands. Aguirre, A. A., G. H. Balazs, B. Zimmerman, and F. D. Galey. Marine Pollution Bulletin 28(2):109-114. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN ISLANDS - FIBROPAPILLOMAS - ORGANIC CONTAMINATES - TRACE METALS - TISSUES - ANALYSIS

Evaluation of Hawaiian green turtles (Chelonia mydas) for potential pathogens associated with fibropapillomas. Aguirre, A. A., G. H. Balazs, B. Zimmerman, and T. R. Spraker. Journal of Wildlife Diseases 30(1):8-15. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN ISLANDS - FIBROPAPILLOMAS - PATHOGENS - EVALUATION

Reproductive morphology and status of female Hawaiian monk seals (Monachus schauinslandi) fatally injured by adult male seals. Atkinson, S., B. L. Becker, T. C. Johanos, J. R. Pietraszek, and B. C. S. Kuhn. Journal of Reproduction and Fertility 100:225-230. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL - ENDANGERED SPECIES - REPRODUCTION - REPRODUCTIVE MORPHOLOGY - STATUS - ADULT FEMALES - FATAL INJURIES - MORTALITY - ADULT MALES

Marine climatology and fisheries science Bakun, A. In: Guide to the applications of marine climatology. World Meteorological Organization, Publication no. 781.

Satellite telemetry of green turtles nesting at French Frigate Shoals, Hawaii, and Rose Atoll, American Samoa Balazs, G. H., P. Craig, B. R. Winton, and R. K. Miya. K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, D. A. Johnson, and P. J. Eliazar (compilers), Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (March 1-5, 1994, Hilton Head, South Carolina), p. 184-187. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, NMFS-SEFSC-351. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - HAWAII - SATELLITE TRACKING - TELEMETRY - TAGS - TAGGING - FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS - ROSE ATOLL - AMERICAN SAMOA

Aspects of green turtles in their feeding, resting, and cleaning areas off Waikiki Beach Balazs, G. H., R. K. Miya, and M. A. Finn. B. A. Schroeder, and B. E. Witherington (comps.), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (23-27 February 1993), p. 15-18. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, NMFS-SEFSC-341. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - HAWAII - WAIKIKI BEACH - FEEDING - RESTING - CLEANING

Ecology and cultural significance of sea turtles at Punalu'u, Hawaii Balazs, G. H., W. C. Dudley, L. E. Hallacher, J. P. Coney, and S. K. Koga. K. A. Bjorndal, A. B. Bolten, D. A. Johnson, and P. J. Eliazar (comps.), Proceedings of the Fourteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (March 1-5, 1994, Hilton Head, South Carolina), p. 10-13. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, NMFS-SEFSC-351. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - HAWAII - ECOLOGY - CULTURAL SIGNIFICANCE - HAWAIIAN CULTURE

Homeward bound: Satellite tracking of Hawaiian green turtles from nesting beaches to foraging pastures Balazs, G.H. B.A. Schroeder, and B.E. Witherington (compilers), Proceedings of the Thirteenth Annual Symposium on Sea Turtle Biology and Conservation (23-27 February 1993), p. 205-208. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, NMFS-SEFSC-341. REPTILES - TURTLES - SEA TURTLES - MARINE TURTLES - GREEN - HAWAII - SATELLITE TRACKING - TELEMETRY - TAGS - TAGGING - NESTING BEACHES - FORAGING - FEEDING

RESEARCH PLAN TO ASSESS MARINE TURTLE HOOKING MORTALITY: RESULTS OF AN EXPERT WORKSHOP HELD IN HONOLULU, HI NOVEMBER 16-18, 1993 BALAZS, GEORGE H., AND SAMUEL G. POOLEY U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-201. 166 p. REPTILES - SEA TURTLES - HAWAII - HOOKING MORTALITY - RESEARCH PLAN - ASSESSMENT - EXPERT WORKSHOP

Abundance of large whales in California coastal waters: a comparison of ship surveys in 1979/80 and in 1991 Barlow, J. Report of the International Whaling Commission 44:399-406

Abundance of large whales in California coastal waters: a comparison of ship surveys in 1979/80 and in 1991 Barlow, J. Report of the International Whaling Commission 44:399-406

RECENT INFORMATION ON THE STATUS OF LARGE WHALES IN CALIFORNIA WATERS BARLOW, JAY U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-203. 27 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - LARGE - CALIFORNIA - STATUS

ASSESSMENT OF THE 1994 STATUS OF HARBOR PORPOISE IN CALIFORNIA BARLOW, JAY, AND KARIN A. FORNEY U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-205. 17 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PORPOISES - HARBOR PORPOISE - POPULATIONS - ASSESSEMENT

ESTIMATION OF PERPENDICULAR SIGHTING DISTANCE ON SWFSC RESEARCH VESSEL SURVEYS FOR CETACEANS: 1974-1991 BARLOW, JAY, AND TIMOTHY LEE U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-207. 46 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - SURVEYS - SIGHTING DISTANCE ESTIMATION - NOAA RV

A review of cetacean and pinniped mortality in coastal fisheries along the west coast of the USA and Canada and the east coast of the Russian Federation Barlow, Jay, Robin W. Baird, John E. Heyning, Kate Wynne, Albert M. Manville II, Lloyd F. Lowry, Doyle Hanan, John Sease, and Vladimir N. Burkanov In: Perrin, William F., Gregory P. Donovan, and Jay Barlow (eds.), Gillnets and cetaceans: incorporating the proceedings of the symposium and workshop on the mortality of cetaceans in passive fishing nets and traps, p. 405-26. Report of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 15, Paper no. SC/O90/G28. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - PINNIPEDS - MORTALITY - COASTAL FISHERIES - UNITED STATES WEST COAST - CANADA WEST COAST - RUSSIA - RUSSIAN FEDERATION EAST COAST - REVIEW - REVIEWS

A review of the biology and fisheries for North Pacific albacore (Thunnus alalunga) Bartoo, N., and T.J. Foreman. R. S. Shomura, J. Majkowski, S. Langi (eds.), Interactions of Pacific tuna fisheries. Proceedings of the first FAO Expert Consultation on Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries (3-11 December 1991, Noumea, New Caledonia). Vol. 2: Papers on biology and fisheries, p.173-187. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - ALBACORE TUNA - NORTH PACIFIC - BIOLOGY - TUNA FISHERIES - REVIEW

Evidence of interactions between high seas drift gillnet fisheries and the North American troll fishery for albacore Bartoo, N., J., D. Holts, and C. Brown. R. S. Shomura, J. Majkowski, S. Langi (eds.), Interactions of Pacific tuna fisheries. Proceedings of the first FAO Expert Consultation on Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries (3-11 December 1991, Noumea, New Caledonia). Vol. 1: Summary report and papers on interaction, p. 214-227. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - ALBACORE TUNA - NORTH AMERICAN TROLL FISHERY - HIGH SEAS DRIFT GILLNET FISHERIES - FISHERY INTERACTIONS - ASSESSMENT - METHODS

U.S. GLOBEC initiative for retrospective research Baumgartner, T., J. Hunter, A. Robinson, F. Schwing, T. Strub, R. Thunell, and L. Walstad U.S. GLOBEC white paper

THE HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL ON LAYSAN ISLAND, 1987 AND 1989 BECKER, BRENDA L., PATRICK CHING, LISA HIRUKI, STEVEN ZUR U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-213. 20 p. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS - LAYSAN ISLAND

Analysis of Maldives Islands tuna tagging data with a spatially aggregated attrition model Bertignac, M., P. Kleiber, and A. Waheed. J. D. Ardill, Indo-Pacific Tuna Development and Management Programme, Colombo, Sri Lanka. Proceedings of the 5th Expert Consultation on Indian Ocean Tunas (Mahe, Seychelles, 4-8 October 1993), p. 226-231. IPTP Collective Volumes no. 8. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - TAGGING DATA - TAGS - ANALYSIS - MALDIVES ISLANDS - SPATIALLY AGGREGATED ATTRIBUTES MODEL - MODELING - MODELS

Age and growth of the oceanic squid Onychoteuthis borealijaponica in the North Pacific. Bigelow, K. A. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 92(1):13-25. INVERTEBRATES - CEPHALOPODS - SQUID - OCEANIC SQUID - AGE - GROWTH - NORTH PACIFIC

Significant direct and incidental catches of small cetaceans: a report by the Scientific Committee of the International Whaling Commission to the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development (UNCED) Bjorge, A., R.L. Brownell Jr., G.P. Donavan, and W.F. Perrin (eds.) In: Perrin, William F., Gregory P. Donovan, and Jay Barlow (eds.), Gillnets and cetaceans: incorporating the proceedings of the symposium and workshop on the mortality of cetaceans in passive fishing nets and traps, p. 73-130. Report of the International Whaling Commission, Special Issue 15. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - SMALL CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - PORPOISES - INCIDENTAL CATCH - DIRECT CATCH - MORTALITY - INTERNATIONAL WHALING COMMISSION - IWC

Embryonic development of walleye pollock, Theragra chalcogramma, from Shelikof Strait, Gulf of Alaska. Blood, D. M., A. C. Matarese, and M. M. Yoklavich. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 92(2):207-222. MARINE FISHES - POLLACK - WALLEYE - EARLY LIFE HISTORY - EMBRYONIC DEVELOPMENT - EGGS - LARVAE - ALASKA - SHELIKOF STRAIT

Vertical and onshore-offshore distributional patterns of tuna larvae in relation to physical habitat features. Boehlert, G. W., and B. C. Mundy. Marine Ecology Progress Series 107:1-13. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - LARVAE - LARVAL - DISTRIBUTION - VERTICAL - ONSHORE-OFFSHORE - PATTERNS - HABITATS - PHYSICAL HABITAT FEATURES

Populations of the sternoptychid fish Maurolicus muelleri on seamounts in the central North Pacific. Boehlert, G. W., C. D. Wilson, and K. Mizuno. Pacific Science 48(1):57-59. MARINE FISHES - HATCHETFISHES - DEEP-SEA FISHES - POPULATIONS - SEAMOUNTS - CENTRAL NORTH PACIFIC

Methods for analyzing interactions of limited-range fisheries: Hawaii's pelagic fisheries Boggs, C. H. R. S. Shomura, J. Majkowski, S. Langi (eds.), Interactions of Pacific tuna fisheries. Proceedings of the first FAO Expert Consultation on Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries (3-11 December 1991, Noumea, New Caledonia). Vol. 1: Summary report and papers on interaction, p. 74-91. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA FISHERIES - PELAGIC FISHERIES - HAWAII - FISHERY INTERACTIONS - ASSESSMENT - METHODS - PACIFIC OCEAN

A review of temperature and oxygen tolerance studies of tunas pertinent to fisheries oceanography, movement models and stock assessments. Brill, R. W. Fisheries Oceanography 3(3):204-216. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - TOLERANCES - TEMPERATURE - OXYGEN - MOVEMENT - MODELS - MODELING - STUDIES - OCEANOGRAPHY - FISHERIES OCEANOGRAPHY - FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - STOCKS - STOCK ASSESSMENT - REVIEW - REVIEWS

The influence of hematocrit, temperature and shear rate on the viscosity of blood from a high-energy-demand teleost, the yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares. Brill, R. W., and D. R. Jones. Journal of Experimental Biology 189:199-212. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - YELLOWFIN TUNA - BLOOD VISCOSITY - INFLUENCES - HEMATOCRIT - TEMPERATURE - SHEAR RATE - HIGH ENERGY DEMAND TELEOST - ENERGETICS

Basic concepts relevant to heat transfer in fishes, and their use in measuring the physiological thermoregulatory abilities of tunas. Brill, R. W., H. Dewar, and J. B. Graham. Environmental Biology of Fishes 40:109-124. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - PHYSIOLOGY - THERMOREGULATION - HEAT TRANSFER - MEASUREMENTS - BASIC CONCEPTS

Right whale (Eubalena glacialis) sighting off San Clemente Island, California. Carretta, J. V., M. S. Lynn, and C. A. LeDuc. Marine Mammal Science 10(1):101-105. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - WHALES - RIGHT WHALE - CALIFORNIA - SAN CLEMENTE ISLAND

Deep-sea benthic fish of the Hawaiian Archipelago, Cross Seamount, and Johnston Atoll. Chave, E. H., and B. C. Mundy. Pacific Science 48(4):367-409. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - TUNA - DEEP-SEA BENTHIC FISH - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN ARCHIPELAGO - CROSS SEAMOUNT - JOHNSTON ATOLL

Evaluation of biological indices for three eastern Pacific dolphin species. Chivers, S. J., and D. P. DeMaster. Journal of Wildlife Management 58(3):470-478. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - DOLPHIN - SPECIES - BIOLOGICAL INDICES - EVALUATION - EASTERN PACIFIC

U.S.A. distant-water and artisanal fisheries for yellowfin tuna in the Central and Western Pacific Coan, A. L., Jr. R. S. Shomura, J. Majkowski, S. Langi (eds.), Interactions of Pacific tuna fisheries. Proceedings of the first FAO Expert Consultation on Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries (3-11 December 1991, Noumea, New Caledonia). Vol. 2: Papers on biology and fisheries, p. 138-152. MARINE FISHES - TUNAS - YELLOWFIN TUNA - CENTRAL PACIFIC - WESTERN PACIFIC - UNITED STATES DISTANT WATER AND ARTISANAL FISHERIES - FISHERY INTERACTIONS - ASSESSMENT - METHODS - PACIFIC OCEAN

THE HAWAIIAN MONK SEAL AT FRENCH FRIGATE SHOALS, 1990-91 CRAIG, MITCHELL P., JENNIFER L. MEGYESI, C. SCOTT HALL, JENNIFER L. GLUECK, LEONA P. LANIAWA, ELIZABETH A. DELANEY, SALLY S. KEEFER, MARK A. MCDERMOND, MARTIN SCHULZ, GLYNNIS L. NAKAI, BRENDA L. BECKER, LISA M. HIRUKI, AND ROBERT J. MORROW U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-210. 70 p. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - HAWAII - HAWAIIAN MONK SEALS - FRIGATE SHOALS

Growth and production estimates for biomass-dominant fishes on a southern California artificial reef. Fifth International Conference on Aquatic Habitat Enhancement, November 3-7, 1991, Long Beach, California. DeMartini, E. E., A. M. Barnett, T. D. Johnson, and R. F. Ambrose. Bulletin of Marine Science 55(2-3):484-500. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - MARINE FISHES - GROWTH - FISH PRODUCTION - ESTIMATES - ESTIMATION - BIOMASS DOMINANT FISHES - ARTIFICIAL REEFS - SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA - FISH PRODUCTION - HABITATS - HABITAT UTILIZATION - ENHANCEMENT

RECHARACTERIZATION OF THE AGE-LENGTH AND GROWTH RELATIONSHIPS OF HAWAIIAN SNAPPER, Pristipomoides filamentosus DeMARTINI, EDWARD E., KEVIN C. LANDGRAF, AND STEPHEN V. RALSTON U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-199. 14 p. MARINE FISHES - SNAPPERS - HAWAII - OPAKAPAKA - CRIMSON SNAPPER - HAWAIIAN PINK SNAPPER - AGE-LENGTH & GROWTH RELATIONSHIPS

Intraspecific structure of the northern right whale dolphin (Lissodelphis borealis): the power of an analysis of molecular variation for differentiating genetic stocks Dizon, Andrew E., Carrie A. LeDuc, and R. Gene LeDuc CalCOFI Reports 35:61-67

Stocks of dolphins (Stenella spp. and Delphinus delphis) in the eastern tropical Pacific: a phylogeographic classification Dizon, Andrew E., William F. Perrin, and Priscilla A. Akin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Report NMFS-119. 20 p. MARINE MAMMALS - CETACEANS - DOLPHINS - SPOTTED DOLPHIN - COMMON DOLPHIN - STOCKS - EASTERN TROPICAL PACIFIC - ETP - PHYLOGEOGRAPHY - PHYLOGEOGRAPHIC CLASSIFICATION

HOOK-AND-LINE FISHING STUDY AT CORDELL BANK, CALIFORNIA,1986-1991 ELDRIDGE, MAXWELL B. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-197. 24 p. FISHERIES - HOOK-AND-LINE FISHING - CORDELL BANK - CALIFORNIA

Fishery data collection system for fishery utilization study of Kaneohe Bay: two-year interim report. Everson, A. Hawaii Department of Land and Natural Resources, Division of Aquatic Resources, Technical Report 94-01, 45 p. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - FISHERY UTILIZATION STUDY - FISHERY DATA COLLECTION SYSTEM - STUDIES - HAWAII - KANEOHE BAY - INTERIM REPORT