Vol. 68 No. 2, MARCH 2002 CONTENTS |
| Obituary | |
| The late Prof. Masamichi Toyomizu, honorary member | |
| TAKASHI NAKAMURA | 135 |
| Originals | |
| Denaturation of muscular proteins from marine animals and its control (review paper) | |
| KEN-ICHI ARAI | 137 |
| Occurrence and size distribution of ayu larvae around the surf zones facing Toyama Bay related to habitat shift | |
| YASUHIKO TAGO | 144 |
| Gonadal maturation of largemouth Bass Micropterus salmoides in Lakes Shorenji and Nishinoko, Central Japan | |
| TAIGA YODO AND SEISHI KIMURA | 151 |
| The red tide of a dinoflagellate Gyrodinium sp. in Youkaku Bay in 1995: environmental features during the red tide and its effect on cultured finfish | |
| MASAHIDE MIYAMOTO, YUICHI YOSHIDA, HIROSHI KOUBE, YUKIHIKO MATSUYAMA AND HARUYOSHI TAKAYAMA |
157 |
| Plastic pellets in the marine environment of Tokyo Bay and Sagami Bay | |
| YUJI KURIYAMA, KAZUMI KONISHI, HARUYUKI KANEHIRO, CHIYOKO OTAKE, TSUGUCHIKA KAMINUMA, YUKIE MATO, HIDESHIGE TAKADA AND AZUSA KOJIMA |
164 |
| Effect of small particle size of seaweeds on digestibility and lipid metabolism in rats | |
| WEI WANG, YUMIKO YOSHIE AND TAKESHI SUZUKI | 172 |
| Effects of catch-and-release angling on growth, survival and catchability of white-spotted charr Salvelinus leucomaenis in wild streams | |
| JUN-ICHI TSUBOI, KENTARO MORITA AND TAKASHI MATSUISHI | 180 |
| Evaluation of artificial nursery reef materials for juvenile red spotted grouper Epinephelus akaara under reared condition | |
| SHIGENOBU OKUMURA, SEIICHI TSUMURA AND KEIGO MARUYAMA | 186 |
| Proteolytic conversion of squid hepatopancreas and upstream chum salmon muscle to angiotensin I-converting enzyme inhibitory peptides | |
| SEIGO ONO, MASASHI HOSOKAWA, AKIRA INOUE, DAISUKE YAMADA AND KORETARO TAKAHASHI |
192 |
| Detection of nervous necrosis virus using RT-PCR combined with tissue culture | |
| KEN-ICHI WATANABE AND MAMORU YOSHIMIZU | 197 |
| Development of 16S rRNA targeted PCR for the identification of Vibrio spp., the causative bacteria of the disease in ultured sea urchin Strongylocentrotus intermedius occurring at low water temperatures | |
| YOKO SOGABE, KENICHI TAJIMA, REIJI TANAKA, TOMOO SAWABE AND YOSHIO EZURA | 201 |
| Changes in Cu, Zn-SOD activity in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus with bacterial infection | |
| KIYOSHI OSATOMI, KONYA KANAI, KENJI HARA AND TADASHI ISHIHARA | 207 |
| Predation by fishes on hatchery-reared barfin flounder juveniles released in Akkeshi bay (Short Paper) | |
| KEN-ICHI WATANABE AND TAKASHI MINAMI | 214 |
| Featured Articles The Basic Law of Fisheries Policy | |
| Notes on the Status of Fisheries in Japan | |
| SATOQUO SEINO | 217 |
| The Basic Law on Fisheries Policy | |
| SATOSHI IMAI | 219 |
| “Fisheries Infrastructure Improvement Law” and Its Background | |
| AKIRA NAGANO | 227 |
| The Basic Law on Fishereis Policy and Fisheries Management | |
| KATSUO TAYA | 239 |
| The Basic Law on Fisheries Policy and Fisheries Science | |
| SEIICHIRO ONO | 242 |
| News | |
| The Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Fishing Technology | |
| 248 | |
| The Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Utilization of Marine Products | |
| 250 | |
| Regional News | |
| 254 | |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | |
| Advances in Eel Biology | |
| KATSUMI TSUKAMOTO | 256 |
| International Symposium on More Efficient Utilization of Fish and Fisheries Products | |
| MORIHIKO SAKAGUCHI | 257 |
| Fishing Impact-Evaluation, Solution and Policy | |
| YOSHIKI MATSUSHITA | 258 |
| Impression of 70th Anniversary Symposium-1 | |
| SHINGO KAJIMURA | 259 |
| Impression of 70th Anniversary Symposium-2 | |
| YUKO KAMISAKA | 260 |
| Impression of 70th Anniversary Symposium-3 | |
| AKIHITO FUJIMOTO | 261 |
| New Books | |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 68, No. 2 | |
| 264 | |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 68, No. 1 | |
| 267 | |
| Members | |
| 273 | |
| Announcements | |
| 275 | |