Vol. 74 No. 5, SEPTEMBER 2008 CONTENTS |
| The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science Award 2007 | |
| Chemical and biochemical studies on paralytic shellfish toxins | |
| YASUKATSU OSHIMA | 767 |
| Technical Achievement Award in Fisheries Science 2007 | |
| Studies on the morphological abnormalities related to metamorphosis and its prevention for flatfishes | |
| MASATO ARITAKI | 772 |
| Originals | |
| Negotiation on fisheries subsidies at WTO Doha round | |
| NOBUYUKI YAGI | 776 |
| Application of protease isolated from an actinomycete for Nemopilema nomurai Kishinouye decomposition | |
| HIROYASU DOI, TATSUZO OKA AND YOSHIAKI NONOMURA | 784 |
| Augmented biomass of recruits of Japanese Spanish mackerel Scomberomorus niphonius by release of hatchery-raised juveniles as estimated from the larval biomass of Japanese anchovy Engraulis japonica | |
| YASUHIRO OBATA, HIDEKI YAMAZAKI, HIROYUKI TAKEMORI, AKIO IWAMOTO, KATSUYUKI HAMASAKI AND SHUICHI KITADA |
796 |
| Spawning frequency and batch fecundity of skipjack tuna Katsuwonus pelamis in the tropical west-central Pacific Ocean | |
| HIROSHI ASHIDA, TOSHIYUKI TANABE, NOBUHIRO SUZUKI, ATSUSHI FUKUI AND SHO TANAKA |
802 |
| Effect of predation of fishes on oyster spats in Hiroshima Bay | |
| HIDETOSHI SAITO, YUKARI NAKANISHI, TOSIHIRO SHIGETA, TETSUYA UMINO, KOICHIRO KAWAI AND HIROMICHI IMABAYASHI |
809 |
| Interspecific relationship between sand dollars and Zostera marina on the coast of Mashima Island, eastern Yamaguchi Prefecture | |
| HARUNA MATSUDA, TATSUO HAMANO AND NOBORU MURASE | 816 |
| Food habits of juvenile devil stingers Inimicus japonicus and their changes with growth in the Zostera marina seagrass bed in Mano Bay, Sado Island | |
| HIROYUKI SUDO AND NAOTO KAJIHARA | 827 |
| Relationships between chemical characteristics of the sediment and dominant species of macrobenthos communities in spring in aquaculture farm along the coast of Wakayama Prefecture, Japan | |
| TAKASHI UEDE | 832 |
| Relationship between distribution of larvae and juveniles of ayu Plecoglossus altivelis altivelis in the sea around Yahagi Estuary (western part of Mikawa Bay), and sediment quality | |
| TOSHIYA YAMAMOTO, YUGO MITO, YOSHIHIRO YAMADA, KENTARO NOZAKI, YASUNORI YOSHITSURU, YOSHIMASA NAKATA AND KATSUYA NIMI |
841 |
| Maturity and spawning period of female flathead flounder Hippoglossoides dubius off Fukushima Prefecture, Japan | |
| MANABU YAMADA, AKIBUMI YAMANOBE, MICHIO SATO, TETSUYA YOSHIDA AND TAKASHI KAWAI |
849 |
| Influence of storage temperatures on losing post-mortem transparency in the mantle muscle of Oval squid Sepioteuthis lessoniana | |
| AKIRA OKAMOTO, EIKO HONDA, RIKAKO INOUE, KEIKO YOKOTA, KOICHI KUWAHARA, MASAKAZU MURATA, YUKI HAMADA, HIROFUMI ARAI AND KATSUYASU TACHIBANA |
856 |
| Population genetic structure of white-spotted charr Salvelinus leucomaenis from the Kanto region, Japan, inferred from mitochondrial DNA sequences (Short Paper) | |
| SHOICHIRO YAMAMOTO, TOMOYUKI NAKAMURA, HITOSHI KUBOTA, TAKAHIDE DOI, SATOSHI KITANO AND KOH HASEGAWA |
861 |
| Behavior of round crucian carp monitored using acoustic telemetry in the south basin of Lake Biwa (Short Paper) | |
| KAZUYOSHI KOMEYAMA, YASUSHI MITSUNAGA, MASANARI MATSUDA, TOMONORI HIRAISHI, YOSHIO KUNIMUNE AND TAKESHI YAMANE |
864 |
| Featured Articles | |
| Sea in change | |
| Foreword | |
| RYUJI KUWAHARA | 867 |
| Recent ecological problems of the fishes in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan | |
| TOSHIHIRO SHIGETA | 868 |
| The recent status of oceanographic conditions and fisheries resources in the Sea of Japan | |
| TATSU KISHIDA AND HIDEAKI KIDOKORO | 873 |
| Scenario on biomass variation of Pacific salmon concerning the climate change | |
| MASAHIDE KAERIYAMA | 876 |
| New appearance of toxic dinoflagellates and toxification of shellfish in the Seto Inland Sea, Japan | |
| SATOSHI NAGAI, YUICHI KOTANI AND SHIGERU ITAKURA | 880 |
| Enlargement of habitats of scleractinian corals to north and coral bleaching events | |
| SATOSHI NOJIMA AND MINEO OKAMOTO | 884 |
| ISOYAKE (Barren Sea) of Gelidium bed in Hachijo-jima Island, Izu Islands | |
| TOMOHIRO TAKASE, YUHEI TANAKA, MAKOTO KUROKAWA AND SEIICHI NOHARA | 889 |
| Massive expansion of submerged macrophytes in the southern basin of Lake Biwa | |
| HIROKI HAGA | 892 |
| Mini-Symposium | |
| Present status and challenges on the development of next-generation feeding system for fish culture | |
| JUN KOHBARA, MITSUO TABATA, TOSHIO AKIYAMA, TAKESHI YAMAMOTO, NAGAHISA UKI, MAKOTO NAKADA, TADAOMI NAKA, KIYOSHI FURUKAWA, KOHJI KONISHI AND TAKUYA FUJIWARA |
897 |
| Urgent topics on tropical and subtropical poisonous fishes and toxic benthic dinoflagellates | |
| SACHIO NISHIO, OSAMU ARAKAWA, MANABU ASAKAWA, YASUWO FUKUYO, RYOMA KAMIKAWA, YOSHIHIKO SAKO, TAKEFUMI SAGARA, NAOMASA OSHIRO AND SHIGETO TANIYAMA |
908 |
| Aquatic organisms and their environment in open sandy shores: A case study on sandy beach ecology in Fukiagehama, southern Japan | |
| YUSUKE SUDA, JUN OHTOMI, YASUHIRO HAYAKAWA, YUKINORI NAKANE AND RYUICHIRO NISHI |
919 |
| News | |
| The Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Fishing Technology | |
| 930 | |
| The Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Utilization of Marine Products | |
| 934 | |
| The Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Aquaculture | |
| 938 | |
| The Steering Conservation of Fisheries Environment | |
| 942 | |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | |
| 946 | |
| New Books | |
| 953 | |
| Topics | |
| 954 | |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 74, No. 5 | |
| 984 | |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 74 No. 4 | |
| 986 | |
| Announcements | |
| 991 | |