Vol. 69 No. 4, JULY 2003 CONTENTS |
| Reviews | |
| Studies on spatial and temporal distribution of demersal fish larvae and juveniles and their prey abundance | |
| TETSUYA TAKATSU | 543 |
| Ontogeny of anti-predator behavior in fishes | |
| REIJI MASUDA | 547 |
| Studies on macromolecules active for blood coagulation and fibrinolysis from marine algae | |
| KIMINORI MATSUBARA | 550 |
| Studies on gene structure and molecular identification of red tide-causing microalgae | |
| TAKESHI YOSHIKAWA | 554 |
| Originals | |
| Occurrence of acoustic attenuation by sailing corresponding with ship speed and sea condition in hydroacoustic surveys | |
| SATOSHI HONDA, CHIHIRO SUZUKI, TOHRU MUKAI AND KOHJI IIDA | 558 |
| Annual changes in Japanese spiny lobster feeding activity and related causes | |
| TAKASHI KOIKE, HIROKI YAMAZAKI AND MAKOTO UCHIDA | 568 |
| A method for target strength measurement of small-size animals by split-beam method in small tank | |
| KAZUO AMAKASU, MASAHIKO FURUSAWA AND CHUMING FAN | 575 |
| Spatial distribution of squid jigging boats and shortest distance between boats in fishing ground of the Japan Sea in the summer season by radar observation | |
| SOKJIN CHOI AND YOSHIHIKO NAKAMURA | 584 |
| Spawning season of the black sole Paraplagusia japonica in the Miyazaki coastal area of Japan | |
| KAZUHIRO TASHIRO, KAZUO IWATA, MAKOTO ENDO, TAKESHI TABARU AND MASAKO SATOH | 591 |
| Necessary and sufficient conditions of mesh size and hang-in ratio and hang-out ratio for fish to pass through the mesh | |
| MASASHI NATSUME AND TAKASHI MATSUISHI | 596 |
| Morphological development and growth of laboratory-reared slime flounder Microstomus achne | |
| MASATO ARITAKI AND MASARU TANAKA | 602 |
| Mesh selectivity of boat seine fisheries for anchovy larvae on pocket-nets experiment | |
| KOJI SAIURA AND TADASHI TOKAI | 611 |
| Method of estimating the population density of kichiji rockfish Sebastolobus macrochir using a deep-sea video monitoring system on a towed sledge | |
| TOSHIHIRO WATANABE, KAZUTOSHI WATANABE AND DAIJI KITAGAWA | 620 |
| Upstream migration of Ryukyu-ayu Plecoglossus altivelis ryukyuensis in the Yakugachi River, Amami-oshima Island, Japan | |
| TEI KISHINO AND AKIHIKO SHINOMIYA | 624 |
| Change in visual acuity and retinal adaptation according to light intensity for red sea bream pagrus major | |
| YASUSHI SHIOBARA AND TAKAFUMI ARIMOTO | 632 |
| Effect of sodium gluconate on gel formation of Japanese common squid mantle muscle | |
| KOICHI KUWAHARA AND KAZUFUMI OSAKO | 637 |
| Identification and standard length estimation of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides and bluegill Lepomis macrochirus from Lake Biwa based on dentary (Short Paper) | |
| TETSUMI TAKAHASHI, KATSUKI NAKAI AND KAYOKO KAMEDA | 643 |
| Simple method for purification of carboxypeptidase B from starfish pyloric ceca (Short Paper) | |
| HIDEKI KISHIMURA AND KENJI HAYASHI | 646 |
| Regional News | 649 |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | |
| The 42nd American Society for Cell Biology Annual Meeting | |
| SHINTARO IMAMURA | 651 |
| Niigata Prefectural Fisheries and Marine Research Institute | |
| HIDEYOSHI ITANO | 652 |
| New Books | 653 |
| Topics | 655 |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 69, No. 4 | 667 |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 69, No. 3 | 669 |
| Members | 674 |
| Announcements | 677 |