Fishery Bulletin articles from October 2001

Fishery Bulletin archives from October 2001

Seasonal occurrence and site-utilization patterns of adult tautog, Tautoga onitis (Labridae), at manmade and natural structures in lower Chesapeake Bay *.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract--Ultrasonic transmitters were surgically implanted into adult tautog (n=27,400-514 mm TL) to document seasonal occurrence and site utilization at four sites situated within known tautog habitat near Cape Charles, Virginia, in lower...

Phylogeographic analysis of mitochondrial DNA variation in Alaskan coho salmon, Oncorhynchus kisutch.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract--Mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) haplotypes of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) sampled from northern Pacific Ocean and Bering Sea drainages formed two monophyletic clades between which nucleotide divergences averaged 2.95 substitutions...

Diet and consumption rates of overwintering YOY striped bass, Morone saxatilis, in the Hudson River *.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract--Starvation is often proposed as the mechanism of size-dependent mortality of overwintering temperate fishes, yet little is known about the energetics of fish at low temperatures. Young-of-the-year (YOY) Hudson River striped bass...

Use of a continuous egg sampler for ichthyoplankton surveys: application to the estimation of daily egg production of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) off California.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract-In 1996, using the continuous underway fish egg sampler (CUFES), we carried out a preliminary study with the daily egg production method (DEPM) for estimating fish biomass of Pacific sardine, Sardinops sagax. Full-water-column...

Growth of juvenile red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in Bristol Bay (Alaska) elucidated from field sampling and analysis of trawl-survey data.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract--An analysis of in situ growth rate was conducted for juvenile red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) in Bristol Bay, Alaska. Growth of early juveniles (~2-40 mm CL; age 0-3 yr) was determined by fitting seasonalized Gompertz...

Age, growth, and mortality of California halibut, Paralichthys californicus, along southern and central California.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract--California halibut, Paralichthys californicus, collected by a 400-mesh eastern trawl in southern (Mexican border to Point Conception) and central (Point Conception to Tomales Bay) California were aged by using whole and sectioned...

Morphological development and growth of laboratory-reared larval and juvenile Thunnus thynnus (Pisces: Scombridae).(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract--Morphological development and growth of larval and juvenile Pacific bluefin tuna, Thunnus thynnus, were studied from laboratory-reared specimens. Average body length (BL) of newly hatched larvae was 2.83 mm and larvae grew on average...

Age and growth of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, from an artificial reef area off Alabama in the northern Gulf of Mexico.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract--Age and growth were examined of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, captured in an extensive (3100 [km.sup.2]) artificial reef area off Alabama in the northern Gulf of Mexico. Sagittal otoliths were removed from individuals (n=1755)...

A comparison of calcified structures for aging summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus *.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract--Calcified structures of summer flounder, Paralichthys dentatus, were evaluated to identify the best age determination method. Scales, the currently preferred structure, were compared with opercular bones and to right and left whole...

Bridle efficiency of a survey trawl for flatfish.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Abstract--A bottom trawl catch of flatfish is composed of fish that were initially in the path of the trawl net and fish that were initially in the path of the bridles and were subsequently herded into the net path. Bridle efficiency (i.e. the...

Age and growth of red snapper, Lutjanus campechanus, from the Northern Gulf of Mexico off Louisiana *.
October 1, 2001... Abstract--The red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is currently under rigorous federal and state management in the Gulf of Mexico because of apparent overfishing. Management strategies implemented to promote recovery of the species are dependent...

Stomach content analysis of cobia, Rachycentron canadum, from lower Chesapeake Bay *.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Cobia (Rachycentron canadum) is a migratory pelagic species that is found in tropical and subtropical seas of the world, except in the central and eastern Pacific Ocean. The United States ranks third in total commercial production of cobia,...

Preliminary genetic population structure of southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, along the Atlantic Coast and Gulf of Mexico.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Southern flounder, Paralichthys lethostigma, inhabit coastal waters from Albemarle Sound, North Carolina to the Baja Laguna Madre del Sur in northern Mexico, but they are apparently absent from southern Florida (Ginsburg, 1952). This species...

Age determined from the daily deposition of concentric rings on common octopus (Octopus vulgaris) beaks.
October 1, 2001... The common octopus (Octopus vulgaris Cuvier, 1797) is an Atlantic and Mediterranean species (Guerra, 1992; Mangold, 1998). It is one of the most important target species of the Northwest African fisheries (Hernandez and Bas, 1993; Foucher et...

Reproduction of female spiny dogfish, Squalus acanthias, in the Oslofjord.
October 1, 2001... The spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) is a relatively small shark with a characteristic spine in front of each dorsal fin. Its dorsal side is grayish and has sporadic white spots. Although it may reach a length of 160 cm, most individuals in...

Estimating live standard length of net-caught walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) larvae using measurements in addition to standard length *.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... Accurate measurement of larval fish lengths from ichthyoplankton samples is critical in the estimation of growth, birthdate and mortality. It is well known that larvae shrink in length 1) when caught in plankton nets (Theilacker, 1980; Hay,...

Preliminary study of albacore (Thunnus alalunga) stock differentiation inferred from microsatellite DNA analysis.(Statistical Data Included)
October 1, 2001... The albacore (Thunnus alalunga) is a highly migratory large pelagic tuna, common from tropical to temperate areas of all oceans, including the Mediterranean Sea. Although albacore populations of each ocean or each hemisphere have been managed...

Erratum.(Brief Article)(Correction Notice)
October 1, 2001... Effect of the salt-box catch-bycatch separation procedure, as used by the Texas shrimp industry, on short-term survival of bycatch Erratum. Page 400, left column, last four lines. The sentence "For each species, probit analysis was...