Vol. 73 No. 4, JULY 2007 CONTENTS |
| 2006 Award of Excellence for Scientific Paper Entitled | 645 | |
| Achievement Award for Young Scientists in Fisheries Science | ||
| Studies on life history and migration in fish by otolith analyses | ||
| TAKAOMI ARAI | 652 | |
| Studies on the adaptive management of fisheries resources | ||
| TOSHIO KATSUKAWA | 656 | |
| Biochemical studies on growth characteristics and stress responses of fish culture cells | ||
| HIDEHIRO KONDO | 660 | |
| Studies on conservation and cultivation of freshwater crayfish | ||
| KAZUYOSHI NAKATA | 664 | |
| Originals | ||
| Changes in relative growth and probability of terminal molt of male Chionoecetes japonicus | ||
| IKUKO YOSHO, SHIGERU SHIRAI AND TARO HIROSE | 668 | |
| Bathymetrical distribution and migration of Chionoecetes japonicus at the northeastern part of Yamato Bank, the Sea of Japan | ||
| IKUKO YOSHO AND SHIGERU SHIRAI | 674 | |
| Fisheries management of mud dab Pleuronectes yokohamae in Suo-Nada, Seto Inland Sea based on spawning per recruit | ||
| YUJI IMOTO, HIROSHI KIMURA, NAOKI YOSHIOKA AND HIROMU ZENITANI | 684 | |
| Prevalence, intensity and reproduction of copepods parasitic on temperate bass Lateolabrax japonicus collected from Ariake Sea | ||
| SUSUMU OHTSUKA, NOBUTO NAKADACHI, MASARU TANAKA AND HIROSHI UEDA | 693 | |
| Mesh selectivity of net pot for white-spotted conger-eel Conger myriaster in Ise Bay | ||
| DAIJU OKI, MAMI HARADA AND TADASHI TOKAI | 703 | |
| Effects of nitrogen and phosphorus sources on the utilization and growth kinetics of the harmful dinoflagellate Cochlodinium polykrikoides isolated from Yatsushiro Sea, Japan | ||
| DAE-IL KIM, TADASHI MATSUBARA, SEOK JIN OH, YOHEI SHIMASAKI, YUJI OSHIMA AND TSUNEO HONJO | 711 | |
| Indicators for identification of egg quality and characteristics of abnormal oocytes collected from cultured broodstocks of fourspine sculpin Cottus kazika | ||
| DAISUKE TAHARA AND HOZI IWATANI | 718 | |
| Evaluation of the estrogenic activity in sewage treatment works using a medaka vitellogenin assay | ||
| SAYAKA EGUCHI, SHIHOMI SUGAWARA, KANAKO NAKAGAWA, NAOKO MITANI, RYOKO ONUMA, SUMIKO MATSUOKA, NARISATO HIRAI AND YOSHIKAZU YAMAMOTO | 726 | |
| Autolysis of unsalted guts of sea cucumber under hydrostatic pressure | ||
| TAKASHI OKAZAKI, YUJIN SHIGETA AND YASUSHI AOYAMA | 734 | |
| The seasonal variation in polysaccharide content of brown alga Akamoku Sargassum horneri collected off Oshima Island (Fukuoka Prefecture) | ||
| TARO KIMURA, KYOKO UEDA, RIEKO KURODA, TETSUYUKI AKAO, NAOYA SHINOHARA, TATSUO USHIROKAWA, ATSUTOSHI FUKAGAWA AND TSUNEKI AKIMOTO | 739 | |
| Sexual dimorphism in vertebral number in halfbeak Hyporhampus sajori (Short Paper) | ||
| TOSHIHIRO TSUJI | 745 | |
| Featured Articles | ||
| Stock fluctuation and utilization of Japanese sardine Sardinops melanostictus | ||
| Foreword | ||
| TOSHIO KATSUKAWA AND TAKASHI YAMAKAWA | 748 | |
| I- 1. Population increasing processes of Japanese sardine | ||
| KAZUNORI KURODA | 750 | |
| 2. Two aspects of the sardine population decline | ||
| YOSHIRO WATANABE | 754 | |
| 3. Biological processes linking climate changes and sardine population dynamics | ||
| AKINORI TAKASUKA | 758 | |
| 4. Fisheries impact on Japanese sardine | ||
| TOSHIO KATSUKAWA | 763 | |
| II- 1. Common understanding on uncertainty is required | ||
| YASUO AOKI | 767 | |
| 2. Clarify where the responsibility lies for managing and conserving the fisheries resources | ||
| HARUKO YAMASHITA | 768 | |
| 3. Fisheries management measures for sardine stock viewed from the aspect of consensus building | ||
| TAKASHI NAKANISHI | 768 | |
| 4. What is the next tool to replace the cost-benefit analysis? | ||
| TAKUMI MITANI | 769 | |
| 5. Questionable effect of the sardine stock management on the decline | ||
| HISAO IWASAKI | 769 | |
| 6. Historical merits and demerits of the Japanese sardine fishery in a local industry | ||
| KENJI YONEMURA | 771 | |
| 7. The necessity of PDCA cycle for fisheries management | ||
| SHIN-ICHI SHIDA | 772 | |
| 8. Management of the Pacific stock of Japanese sardine based on the “Mottainai” mind | ||
| NAOMICHI YASUMI | 772 | |
| 9. The necessity of deliberate use of the stock aimed at restoration | ||
| TATSUYA SUZUKI | 773 | |
| 10. Take drastic measures such as preservation of spawning adults and young fishes, and fishing only for food supply in the poor catch age | ||
| SHIGEO FUNAKOSHI | 774 | |
| 11. Sow the seeds and catch the wave | ||
| HIROSHI NISHIDA | 774 | |
| 12. If you persist, you'll be paid off | ||
| SEIJI OHSHIMO | 775 | |
| 13. Problems and improvements in a TAC management system | ||
| KAZUMI SAKURAMOTO | 775 | |
| 14. Importance of risk hedge | ||
| HIROYUKI MATSUDA | 776 | |
| Regional News | 779 | |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | 782 | |
| New Books | 790 | |
| Topics | 792 | |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | ||
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 73, No. 4 | 804 | |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 73 No. 3 | 806 | |
| Letter from Board of Directors | 811 | |
| Announcements | 813 | |