Vol. 73 No. 3, MAY 2007 CONTENTS |
| Obituary | |
| The late Professor HAJIME KADOTA, honorary member | |
| YUZABURO ISHIDA | 397 |
| The Association of Japanese Agriculture Scientific Societies Prize KATSUMI TSUKAMOTO | |
| The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science Award 2006 The study on biodefence of fish and shellfish | |
| TAKASHI AOKI | 400 |
| Studies on conservation and utilization of genetic divergence in fish and shellfish population | |
| NOBUHIKO TANIGUCHI | 408 |
| Scientific Achievement Award in Fisheries Science 2006 | |
| Molecular and functional studies of fish cytokines | |
| MASAHIRO SAKAI | 421 |
| Development of analytical method for shellfish toxins and its application for the elucidatioon of toxification mechanism in bivalves | |
| TOSHIYUKI SUZUKI | 425 |
| Role of iron as a micro-nutrient regulating primary production in the ocean | |
| SHIGENOBU TAKEDA | 429 |
| Study on physiological function of the rotifer Brachionus plicatilis sp. complex and its dietary effects for fish larvae | |
| ATSUSHI HAGIWARA | 433 |
| Originals | |
| Maturation and spawning activity of skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis in the Western Central Pacific Ocean as determined by ovarian histological observation | |
| HIROSHI ASHIDA, TOSHIYUKI TANABE AND NOBUHIRO SUZUKI | 437 |
| Persistence of seaweed community and feeding activities of sea urchins occurring at high density on a seawall in Osaka Bay | |
| KENJI KANEKO, TETSUHIKO TOYOHARA, TANEMI FUJITA, YOSHIHIRO YONEDA AND HIROYUKI NAKAHARA |
443 |
| Phenology of Sargassum duplicatum (Fucales, Phaeophyceae) from the southern coast of Satsuma Peninsula, Kagoshima, Japan | |
| HIROMORI SHIMABUKURO, RYUTA TERADA, JUN SOTOBAYASHI, GREGORY N. NISHIHARA AND TADAHIDE NORO |
454 |
| Predation differences between wild and hatchery-reared tiger puffer Takifugu rubripes juveniles in a salt pond mesocosm | |
| DAISUKE SHIMIZU, KAZUTAKA SAKIYAMA, YOSHITAKA SAKAKURA, TOMOHIRO TAKATANI AND YOH-ICHI TAKAHASHI |
461 |
| Application of ohmic heating for improving the quality of salted-dried salmon | |
| HISASHI MATSUBARA, JUNYA TANAKA, SEIICHI NARITA AND NOBUO SEKI | 470 |
| Seasonal changes of Zostera japonica at intertidal zone in Takinai and Uchinoura, Tanabe Bay, Wakayama Prefecture, Japan | |
| TAKASHI UEDE | 478 |
| Growth of the snow crab Chionoecetes opilio estimated by carapace width frequency analysis in the waters off the Pacific coast of northern Honshu, Japan | |
| YUJI UEDA, MASAKI ITO, TSUTOMU HATTORI, YOJI NARIMATSU, KUNIHIRO FUJIWARA, TETSUYA YOSHIDA AND DAIJI KITAGAWA |
487 |
| Selectivity of groundrope of a small trawl net in relation to different diameters | |
| KAORU FUJITA, YOSHIKI MATSUSHITA, NAOTO HONDA, SHINTARO YAMASAKI AND SHOZO KOBAYASHI |
495 |
| Dietary value of marine rotifer Brachionus plicatilis after enrichment produced by batch culture and extensive continuous culture methods (Short Paper) | |
| TSUTOMU TOMODA, MASAHIKO KOISO AND YASUHIRO SHIMA | 505 |
| Regional News | |
| 508 | |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | |
| 516 | |
| New Books | |
| 521 | |
| Topics | |
| 523 | |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 73, No. 3 | |
| 535 | |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 73 No. 2 | |
| 537 | |
| Letter from Board of Directors | |
| 542 | |
| Announcements | |
| 543 | |