Fishery Bulletin; Volume 94; Number 1

Contents: 1. Arkhipkin, Alexander I., Vyacheslav A. Bizikov, Vasily V.Krylov, and Kir N. Nesis distribution, stock structure and growth of the squid Berryteuthis magister (Berry 1913) (Cephalopoda, Gonatidae) during summer and fall in the western Bering Sea, 31. Bembo, David G., Gary R. Carvalho, Michael Snow, Nando Cingolani, and Tony J. Pitcher stock discrimination among European anchovies Engraulis encrasicolus, by means of PCR amplified mitochondrial DNA analysis, 41. Gadomski, Dena M., and Steven M. Caddell effects of temperature on the development and survival of eggs of four coastal Calivornia fishes, 49. Ikeda, Tsutomu metablolism, body composition, and energy budget of the mesopelagic fish Maurolicus muelleri in the Sea of Japan, 59. Jackson, George D., and Julia Yeatman variation in size and age at maturity in Photololigo (Mollusca: Cephalopoda) from the northwest shelf of Australia, 66. Karlou Riga, Constantina, and Panos S. Economidis ovarian atrtic rates and sexual maturity of European horse mackerel, Trachurus tracurus (L.), in the Saronikos Gulf (Greece), 77. McGurk, Michael D. allometry of marine mortality of Pacific salmon, 89. Ralston,Stephen, Edward B. Brothers, Dale A. Roberts, and Keith M. Sakima accuracy of age estimates for larval Sebastes jordani, 98. Scahefer, Kurt M spawning time, frequency, and batch fecundity of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, near Clipperton Atoll in the eastern Pacific Ocean, 113. Starr, Richard M., David S. Fox, Mark. A. Hixon, Brian N. Tissot, Gary E. Johnson, and William H. Barss comparison of submersible survey and hydroacoustic survey estimates of fish density on a rochy bank, 124. Stequert, Bernard, Jacques Panfili, and John Mark Dean age and growht of yellowfin tuna, Thunnus albacares, from the western Indian Ocean, based on otolith microstructure, 135. Wintner, Sabine P., and Geremy Cliff age and growth determinationof the blacktip shark, Carcharhinus limbatus, from the east coast of South Africa, 145. Xu, Xucai and Hussain M. A. Mohammed an alternative approach to estimating growht parameters from length frequency data, with application to green tiger prawns, Notes: 156. Adams, Peter B., and Daniel F. Howard natural mortality of blue rockfish, Sebasts mystinus, during their first year in nearshore benthic habitats, 163. Anderl, Delsa M., Akira Nishimura, and Sandra A. Lowe is the first annulus on the otolith of the Atka mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius, missing?, 170. Lang, Kathey L., Frank R. Almerida, George R. Bolz, and Michael P. Fahay the use of otolith microstructure in resolving issues of first year growht and spawning seasonality of white ahke, Urophycis tenuis, in the Gulf of Maine-Georges Bank region, 176. Lowry, Mark S., Wayne L. Perryman, Morgan S. Lynn, Robin L. Westlake, and Fred Julian counts of northern elephant seals, Mirounga angustirostris, from large format aerial photographs taken at rookeries in southern California during the breeding season, 186. Oliveira, Kenneth field validation of annular growth rings in the American eel, Anguilla rostrata, using tetracycline marked otoliths, 190. Pearson, Donald E. timing of hyaline zone formaiton as related to sex locationa nd year of capture in otoliths of thwe widow rockfish, Sebastes entomelas