Vol. 78 No. 4, JULY 2012 CONTENTS |
| Message from the President | |
| SHUGO WATABE | 653 |
| 2011 Awards of Excellence for Scientific Papers | |
| Effect of fish in rice-fish culture on the rice yield | |
| TETSUYA TSURUTA | 654 |
| First capture of post-spawning female of the Japanese eel Anguilla japonica at the southern West Mariana Ridge | |
| HIROAKI KUROGI | 655 |
| Vortex flow produced by schooling behavior of arabesque greenling Pleurogrammus azonus | |
| TAKASHI KITAGAWA | 656 |
| Widespread distribution of cellulase and hemicellulase activities among aquatic invertebrates | |
| HARUHIKO TOYOHARA | 657 |
| Growth dynamics of Chattonella antiqua in relation to nutrients in the Yatsushiro Sea | |
| TOMOYUKI SHIKATA | 658 |
| Purification of water contaminated with hexavalent chromium by carbonized seaweeds | |
| HARUHIKO TOYOHARA | 659 |
| Growth, stress tolerance and non-specific immune response of Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus to probiotics in a closed recirculating system | |
| YOUSUKE TAOKA | 660 |
| Achievement Award for Young Scientist in Fisheries Science 2011 | |
| Ecological study of aquatic organisms using molecular biological techniques | |
| SHIRO ITOI | 661 |
| Reproductive ecology in loliginid squids | |
| YOKO IWATA | 665 |
| Studies on fish muscle formation based on the expressional regulation of myosin heavy chain genes | |
| SHIGEHARU KINOSHITA | 669 |
| Establishment of spermatogonial cell transplantation technique in marine teleost | |
| YUTAKA TAKEUCHI | 673 |
| Diversity of fish skin mucus lectins | |
| SHIGEYUKI TSUTSUI | 677 |
| Originals | |
| Selectivity of experimental drift net for chub mackerel Scomber japonicus | |
| AYAKO YANO, TADASHI TOKAI AND ATSUSHI KAWABATA | 681 |
| Phenology and photosynthetic characteristics of a Japanese seagrass Zostera marina at the southern end of its distribution in the northwestern Pacific | |
| TAKASHI KAWANO, GREGORY N. NISHIHARA AND RYUTA TERADA | 692 |
| Effect of drifted sands on the establishment of stocked ayu Plecoglossus altivelis | |
| JUN-ICHI TSUBOI, AKIHIKO ASHIZAWA, NAO KUMADA, TOMOKO ARIMA AND SHINICHIRO ABE | 705 |
| Eradication of smallmouth bass Micropterus dolomieu illegally released into Lake Motosu | |
| HIDEKI OOHAMA, TAKUMI OKAZAKI, TOSHIHIRO AOYAGI AND KOICHI KAJI | 711 |
| Heterocapsa circularisquama coming up north—Mass mortality of Pacific oysters due to its blooming at Lake Kamo in Sado Island, Japan | |
| SHIN-ICHI KONDO, REIKO NAKAO, MITSUNORI IWATAKI, SETSUKO SAKAMOTO, SHIGERU ITAKURA, YUKIHIKO MATSUYAMA AND KEIZO NAGASAKI |
719 |
| Proteolytic process of two fish sauce mashes prepared from deepsea smelt and waste from kamaboko processing using soy sauce koji mold in the early stage of fermentation | |
| AYUMI FURUTANI, YASUHIRO FUNATSU, KEI-ICHI SHOZEN, YASUYUKI HARADA, TAKASHI TAKANO, YUTAKA YANO AND MASATAKA SATOMI |
726 |
| Influences of freshness and washing frequency on the quality of washed meat prepared from dark muscle of skipjack tuna | |
| KYOKO KOIZUMI, SEIICHI HIRATSUKA, SHUJI AOSHIMA AND NOBORU KATO | 736 |
| Financial and business analysis of fisheries cooperatives in Japan | |
| MASAHIKO ARIJI AND TAKAHIRO MATSUI | 742 |
| Characterization of vitamin B12 compound from Japanese common squid liver (Short Paper) | |
| YUKIO ISHIHARA, EMI MIYAMOTO, SHIGEO TAKENAKA, YUKINORI YABUTA AND FUMIO WATANABE |
749 |
| Featured Articles | |
| Current status and perspectives of alien species Part I | |
| Foreword | |
| MITSUHIRO NAGATA | 752 |
| Alien fish problems in Hokkaido (introduced salmonidae fishes) | |
| KAZUTAKA SHIMODA | 754 |
| The development of techniques for exterminating offspring of smallmouth bass | |
| Micropterus dolomieu in nests, using suction pump | |
| MASAHITO HIGUCHI, AKITO ITO, YUSUKE MAE AND NAOYA MORI | 758 |
| Recent problems on the invasive alien fish in Lake Kasumigaura, Ibaraki Prefecture: current states and reduction methods for channel catfish | |
| KAZUNORI ARAYAMA AND JUN IWASAKI | 761 |
| The effective strategy for complete removal of alien fish species in Lake Biwa | |
| TSUYOSHI YOSHIOKA, MASASHI UEGAKI AND TOYOZOU OHTA | 765 |
| Extermination of invasive alien species of fish and aquatic macrophytes in embayments of the Yodo River | |
| KAORU NAITO, KAZUHIKO UEHARA AND KOJI TSUJINO | 769 |
| Manual for eradication of harmful alien fish by Fisheries Agency of Japan | |
| OSAMU KATANO | 773 |
| Symposia | |
| The creation of probiotics for aquaculture | |
| HARUO SUGITA, TOMOO SAWABE, MAMORU YOSHIMIZU, TAKAHIRO MATSUKI, YASUO KOBAYASHI, SATOSHI NAKAGAWA, TOKO SAWABE, SHIRO ITOI, REIJI TANAKA, MASACHIKA MAEDA, KEN-ICHI WATANABE AND HISAE KASAI |
779 |
| Advancement of technology about heating and sterilization for food processing by using ohmic heating | |
| YUTAKA FUKUDA, SEIICHIRO ISOBE, EMIKO OKAZAKI, KUNIHIKO KONNO, HITOSHI FUNAHASHI, HIROSHI HOSHINO, TAKEYA YOSHIOKA, TAKASHI HOSHINO, HIDETO FUKUSHIMA, TOSHIMICHI MAEDA, TOMOAKI SUGAWARA, TAKASHI KOMUKAI, HISASHI MATUBARA, YUKITO NAGANE, YASUTO NAKAMURA, TOMOHIRO UEDA, TSUYOSHI TAKAGI AND SEIKO TAMOTSU |
790 |
| Studies on reproductive biology of fishery resources —progress by application of tank experiments and bio-logging | |
| YUTAKA KURITA, RYO KAWABE, MICHIYA MATSUYAMA, CHIKAKO WATANABE, SHIN-ICHI ITO, MICHIO YONEDA, HAJIME KITANO, SATOSHI SUYAMA, TOHYA YASUDA, SHINGO INO, YASUSHI MITSUNAGA |
801 |
| News | |
| Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Utilization of Marine Products | |
| 812 | |
| Steering Committee for the Colloquium on Aquaculture | |
| 815 | |
| Regional News | |
| 819 | |
| Highlights in Fisheries Science Research | |
| 823 | |
| New Books | |
| 826 | |
| Topics | |
| 828 | |
| Abstracts of Original Papers | |
| Nippon Suisan Gakkaishi Vol. 78, No. 4 | |
| 840 | |
| Fisheries Science Vol. 78, No. 3 | |
| 842 | |
| Letter from Board of Directors | |
| 847 | |
| Announcements | |
| 849 | |