Vol. 77 No. 1, January 2011 CONTENTS |
| Originals | |
| Age and growth of robust tonguefish Cynoglossus robustus in Osaka Bay, Japan | |
| TAKAYUKI KUSAKABE | 1 |
| Effects of dolphin-watching boats on the behavior of Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins off Amakusa-Shimoshima Island, Japan | |
| NORIKO MATSUDA, MIKI SHIRAKIHARA AND KUNIO SHIRAKIHARA | 8 |
| Age, growth and reproductive characteristics of round herring Etrumeus teres in the East China Sea | |
| SEIJI OHSHIMO, TSUNEO GOTOH, TORU OTSUKA, AND KOJIRO GEJIMA | 15 |
| Drifting and grounding of plastic pipes used in oyster farming in the Seto Inland Sea | |
| SHIGERU FUJIEDA | 23 |
| Genetic variability of silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix population introduced into the Tone River basin, Japan assessed by mtDNA analysis | |
| DAISUKE KATAMACHI, MINORU IKEDA, SHI DONG AND NOBUHIKO TANIGUCHI | 31 |
| Growth dynamics of Chattonella antiqua in relation to nutrients in the Yatsushiro Sea | |
| TOMOYUKI SHIKATA, KIYONARI SAKURADA, YUSUKE JOMOTO, NAGAHISA OYAMA, MASASHI ONJI, MAKOTO YOSHIDA AND KOUICHI OHWADA |
40 |
| Role of shaded area under squid jigging boat formed by shipboard fishing light in the processes of gathering and capturing Japanese common squid, Todarodes pacificus | |
| TAKAFUMI SHIKATA, TOSHIAKI SHIMA, HIROSHI INADA, IKUO MIURA, NOZOMU DAIDA, KAZUHIRO SADAYASU AND TOSHIHIRO WATANABE |
53 |
| Burrowing behavior of daggertooth pike conger Muraenesox cinereus in captivity in relation to grain size of bottom sediment | |
| YUKIO UETA AND TAKAHIRO OKAZAKI | 61 |
| Improvement of the production of high-quality pearls by keeping post-operative pearl oysters Pinctada fucata in low-salinity seawater | |
| TAKASHI ATSUMI, TAKASHI ISHIKAWA, NARIAKI INOUE, RYO ISHIBASHI, HIDEO AOKI, HISAYO NISHIKAWA, NAOAKI KAMIYA AND AKIRA KOMARU |
68 |
| Assessing the effects of starvation on freshwater carp Cyprinus carpio L. by 1H-NMR metabolomics approach | |
| EMIKO KOKUSHI, SEIICHI UNO AND JIRO KOYAMA | 75 |
| Simple method to identify two dried capelinoids, Mallotus villosus and Spirinchus lanceolatus | |
| MASAKI KONISHI, HIROAKI TAKEUCHI, YOSHIKAZU KUBO AND KAZUMI HOSOYA | 84 |
| Effects of soaking conditions on water release from thawed jack mackerel meat | |
| ERIKA ICHISAKI, KOICHI KUWAHARA, AKIRA OKAMOTO AND EMIKO OKAZAKI | 89 |
| Absorbability of bacteria isolated from active sludge of fish rearing waste water treatment facilities (Short Paper) | |
| NATSUKO YOSHIDA, KAZUAKI ISHIDA, HISAE KASAI AND MAMORU YOSHIMIZU | 94 |
| Symposium | |
| Value enhancement of marine products from fish caught in Japan —promotion and development of processing technology for global marketing of Pacific saury— | |
| MASAKAZU MURATA, MASAKI KANENIWA, MASAHIKO KITAGAWA, EMIKO OKAZAKI, IKUO KIMURA, YASUHIRO UENO, TOMOYORI TSUKAGOSHI, HIROFUMI TAKEDA, KENJI NAKANISHI, HISASHI MURATA, KOJI TSUJI, HIROSHI NOMATA, HISANORI NOZAWA, RYUSUKE TANAKA, YOSHINOBU HIRAOKA, MEIKO KIMURA, KIMINORI SUGIYAMA AND TAISEI KUMAZAWA |
97 |
| Mini-Symposia | |
| Oligotrophication in the Seto Inland Sea —usability of riverine nutrient— | |
| TATEKI FUJIWARA, YASUNORI WATANABE, SHUZO TAKAGI, MUNEHIRO FUJIWARA, YASUKO SHIMIZU AND MINORU TANDA |
110 |
| Advanced topics for shoaling behaviors of marine animals with special reference to sociality, ecology and genetics | |
| YUZURU IKEDA, REIJI MASUDA, MAI SAKAI, TAEKO KIMURA AND EIJI INOUE | 116 |
| Competition between marine top predators and fisheries —sharing of knowledge on depredation— | |
| HIROSHI OHIZUMI, YOSHIHIRO HORII, TOSHIHIDE IWASAKI, TSUTOMU NISHIDA, KAORU HATTORI, TAKEOMI ISONO, ORIO YAMAMURA AND ATSUKO YAMAGUCHI |
122 |
| News | |
| The Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Aquaculture | |
| 128 | |
| Regional News | |
| 132 | |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | |
| 134 | |
| New Books | |
| 137 | |
| Topics | |
| 140 | |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 77, No. 1 | |
| 153 | |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 76 No. 6 | |
| 155 | |
| Letter from Board of Directors | |
| 158 | |
| Announcements | |
| 159 | |