Vol. 75 No. 3, MAY 2009 CONTENTS |
| Obituary | |
| The late Professor Tamotsu Tamura, honorary member | |
| HIROAKI SOMIYA | 339 |
| Prize Winners of the Japanese Society of Fisheries Science Awards 2008 | 341 |
| The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science Award: TOSHIO TAKEUCHI | |
| The Japanese Society of Fisheries Science Award of Merit: HIDEOMI AMANO, KAZUO SHIOMI | |
| Scientific Achievement Award in Fisheries Science: ATSUSHI ISHIMATU, YUJI OSHIMA, YUJI KAWAI, MASAMICHI NAKAJIMA | |
| Technical Achievement Award in Fisheries Science: MASAMI HAMAGUCHI, KIYOSHI FURUKAWA, KOJI YAMACHITA | |
| Scientific Achievement Award in Fisheries Science 2008 | |
| Mudskippers, carbon dioxide and Chattonella: A gaseous connection | |
| ATSUSHI ISHIMATSU | 350 |
| Reproductive physiological and biochemical studies on the effect of tributyltin to fish and shellfish | |
| YUJI OSHIMA | 354 |
| Research on chemical and microbiological factors relating to preservation and processing of seafood | |
| YUJI KAWAI | 357 |
| Studies on the genetics of the quantitative traits in aquaculture | |
| MASAMICHI NAKAJIMA | 361 |
| Originals | |
| Food habits of fish communities in a Sargassum confusum bed off the coast of Ishikari, Hokkaido, Japan | |
| IZUMI SAKURAI, TOMONORI KANETA, TAKEYASU NAKAYAMA, HIROKI FUKUDA AND TOMOMI KANEKO |
365 |
| Transition from endogenous to exogenous feeding, starvation tolerance, and effect of starvation on swimming performance in hatchery-reared larvae of the Japanese sandfish Arctoscopus japonicus | |
| TAIZO MORIOKA, YOSHITOMO NAGAKURA, NAOTO MURAKAMI, TAKASHI ICHIKAWA, NORIO SHIRAFUJI, KYOHEI FUKUNAGA AND SEIICHI WATANABE |
376 |
| Settling flux at Yellowtail Sariola quinqueradiata aquaculture farm | |
| KUNINAO TADA, SHIGERU MONTANI, VEERAPORN SUKSOMJIT, TOSHIKAZU HIROSE AND KAZUHIKO ICHIMI |
383 |
| Representation of the dynamic characteristics of a towed sampling gear with a linearized model | |
| TAKASHI YONEZAWA, YASUZUMI FUJIMORI, SUSUMU SHIMIZU, NOBUO KIMURA AND TEISUKE MIURA |
390 |
| A dynamic model of a towed sampling gear system including a vessel | |
| TAKASHI YONEZAWA, YASUZUMI FUJIMORI, SUSUMU SHIMIZU, NOBUO KIMURA AND TEISUKE MIURA |
402 |
| Contributions of different spawning seasons to the stock of Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis estimated from otolith daily increments and catch-at-length data of age-0 fish | |
| TOMOYUKI ITOH | 412 |
| Use of otolith microchemistry to estimate the migratory history of Japanese dace Tribolodon hakonensis in the Kamo River, Mie Prefecture | |
| DAISUKE ISHIZAKI, TSUGUO OTAKE, TATSUYA SATO, TAIGA YODO, MOTOI YOSHIOKA AND MASAAKI KASHIWAGI |
419 |
| Individual differences in catchability of largemouth bass Micropterus salmoides by fishing in an experimental pond | |
| OSAMU KATANO | 425 |
| Reproductive cycle, larval distribution, settlement, and initial growth of the barnacle Balanus rostratus in Mutsu Bay, northern Japan | |
| RYUSUKE KADO, JUNYA SUZUKI, YUJI SUZUKI, NOBUYOSHI NANBA AND HISAO OGAWA |
432 |
| Shell strontium/calcium ratios of Corbicula japonica collected from brackish area with different salinity | |
| AKIRA KOMARU, KENJI ONOUCHI, YASUHIRO YANASE, TERUYOSHI NARITA AND TSUGUO OTAKE |
443 |
| Antimicrobial sensitivity of Streptococcus dysgalactiae isolated from cultured genus Seriola (Short Paper) | |
| ISSEI NISHIKI, RYOHEI NOMOTO, KOICHIRO YONEMURA, KENJI NAKANISHI, TATSUMU HIRAE, TAKUYA MURASE, TOSHIAKI ITAMI AND TERUTOYO YOSHIDA |
451 |
| Changes in the contents of lipid oxidation-derived toxic aldehydes, 4-hydroxy-2-hexenal and malon aldehyde, in surimi products (Short Paper) | |
| TADASHI SAKAI, TOHRU YAMAGUCHI AND SATOSHI KAWAHARA | 453 |
| Feature Articles | |
| 5th World Fisheries Congress-2 | |
| The co-sponsor's exhibition and banquet | |
| HARUO SUIGITA | 456 |
| Reflections on the process and publication of the WFC memorial book and the proceedings | |
| KATSUMI TSUKAMOTO, TOMOHIKO KAWAMURA AND TOSHIO TAKEUCHI | 458 |
| Official social activities in WFC2008 | |
| SHIGERU OKADA AND RYUJI KUWAHARA | 460 |
| Satellite Symposium | |
| The 11th East Asia Eel Resource Consortium (EASEC): Eel 2008 in Yokohama; Multi-disciplinary approaches for eel conservation | |
| KATSUMI TSUKAMOTO | 463 |
| International symposium on seafood safety | |
| MICHIAKI YAMASHITA | 465 |
| Meeting report of the 5th World Fisheries Congress | |
| MOTOMITSU TAKAHASHI, INDRA SUHARMAN, SHIGEHARU KINOSHITA, AYUMI FURUTANI, YONGJUN TIAN, TETSUYA NISHIKAWA, TOSHIHIDE KITAKADO, MINA HORI, YUTARO SAKAI, SHO SHIRAKASHI, MIKI OGURA, KOICHIRO GEN, MASAMI HAMAGUCHI AND MICHEAL J. MILLER |
466 |
| News | |
| The Steering Committee the Colloquium on Utilization of Marine Products | |
| 481 | |
| Regional News | |
| 483 | |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | |
| 488 | |
| New Books | |
| 490 | |
| Topics | |
| 492 | |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 75, No. 3 | |
| 502 | |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 75 No. 2 | |
| 504 | |
| Letter from Board of Directors | |
| 510 | |
| Announcements | |
| 511 | |