Fishery Bulletin; Volume 96; Number 2

Contents: 185. Campana,Steven.E, and Jones.Cynthia.M Radiocarbon from nuclear testing applied to age validation of black drum, Pogonias cromis, 193. Janaka de Silva.A and Richard E. Condrey Ciscerning patterns in patchy data: a categorial approach using gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, bycatch, 210. Edwards Elizabeth F. and Peter C. Perkins estimated tuna descard from dolphin, school, and log sets in the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, 1989-1992, Farley,Jessica H. and Tim L.O.Davis Reproductive dynamics of southern bluefin tuna Thunnus maccoyii, 237. Fiedler Paul C. Jay Barlow, and Tim Gerrodette Dolphin prey abundance determined from acoustic backscatter data in eastern Pacific surveys, 248. Grover Jill.J Feeding habits of pelagic summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, larvae in oceanic and estuarine habitats, 258. Hyndes,GlennA., Margaret E. Platell, Ian C.Potter, and Rodney C.J. Lenanton Age composition, growth, reproductive biology,a nd recruitment of King George whiting, Sillaginodes punctata, in coastal waters of southwestern Australia, 271. Julian, Fred, and Marilyn Beeson Estimates of marine mammal, turtle,a dn seabird mortality for two California gillnet fisheries: 1990-1995, 285. Landingham,Joyce H., Molly V. Sturdevant, and Richard D. Brodeur Feeding habits of juvenile Pacific salmon in marine waters of southeastern Alaska and northern British Columbia, 303. McBride, Richard S., Joseph B. O'Gorman, and Kenneth W. Able Interspecific comparisons of searobin (Prionotus spp.) movemetns, size structure, and abundance in he temperate western North Atlantic, 315. Nelson, Gary A Abundance, growth, and mortality of young of the year pinfish, Lagodon rhomboides in three estuaries along the gulf coast of Florida, 329. Nero, Redwood W., Charles H. Thompson, and Richard H. Love Low fequency acoustic measurements of pacific hake, Merluccius productus, off the west coast of the United States, 344. Sakurai, Izumi, Takashi Horii, Osamu Murakami, and Shigeru Nakao papulation dynamics and stock size prediction for the sunray surfclam, Mactra chinensis, at Tomakomai, southwest Hokkaido, Japan, Notes: 352. Beckmann, Andreas T., Donald R. Gunderson, Bruce S. Miller, Raymond M. Buckley, and Betty Goetz reproductive biology, growth, and natural mortality of Puget Sound rockfish, Sebastes emphaeus (Starks 1911, 357. Fernandez, Stephanie, and Aleta A. Hohn age, growth and calving season fo bottlenose doephins, Tursiops truncatus off coastal Texas, 366. Koen Aloso, Mariano, Enrique Alberto Crespo, Nestor Anibal Garcia, Susana Noemi Pedraza, and Mariano Alberto Coscarella diet of dusky dolphins Lagenorhynchus obscurus, in waters off Patagonia, Argentina, 375. Macchi, Gustavo J. Preliminary estimate of spawning frequency and batch fecundity of striped weakfish, Cynoscion struatus, in coastal waters off Buenos Aires province, 382. Murphy, Michael D., Douglas H. Adams, Derek M. Tremain, and Brent L. Winner direct validation of ages determined for adult black drum, Pogonias cromis in east central Florida, with notes on black drum migration, 388. Sluka, Robert K., and Dathleen M. Sullivan The influence of spear fishing on species composition and size of groupers on patch reefs in the upper Florida keys, 394. subscription form