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 |