1. In Memoriam: Professor Tamotsu Tamura (1917–2009)

   Obituary 04 July 2009 Pages: 817 - 817

2. In search of the Kumamoto oyster Crassostrea sikamea (Amemiya, 1928) based on molecular markers: is the natural resource at stake?

   • Masashi Sekino

   Review Article 24 April 2009 Pages: 819 - 831

   

3. The effect of Danish seine selectivity and retention on growth estimates of tiger flathead Platycephalus richardsoni

   • Vladimir S. Troynikov
   • Matthew T. Koopman

   Original Article 08 May 2009 Pages: 833 - 838

   

4. Modelling of common European cockle Cerastoderma edule fishing grounds aimed at sustainable management of traditional harvesting

   • Alain Ponsero
   • Laurent Dabouineau
   • Jeremy Allain

   Original Article 30 May 2009 Pages: 839 - 850

   

5. Reproductive potential and recruitment of sand lance Ammodytes personatus in Ise Bay, central Japan

   • Hirokatsu Yamada

   Original Article 06 June 2009 Pages: 851 - 861

   

6. Longline hook selectivity for red tilefish Branchiostegus japonicus in the East China Sea

   • Hideyuki Yamashita
   • Daisuke Shiode
   • Tadashi Tokai

   Original Article 13 June 2009 Pages: 863 - 874

   

7. Interannual variation in quantitative relationships among egg production and densities of larvae and juveniles of the Japanese mantis shrimp Oratosquilla oratoria in Tokyo Bay, Japan

   • Keita Kodama
   • Masaaki Oyama
   • Toshihiro Horiguchi

   Original Article 12 May 2009 Pages: 875 - 886

   

8. In vivo and in vitro effect of recombinant salmon growth hormone treatment on IGF-I and IGFBPs in yellowtail Seriola quinqueradiata

   • Fiona L. Pedroso
   • Haruhisa Fukada
   • Toshiro Masumoto

   Original Article 15 May 2009 Pages: 887 - 894

   

9. Age and growth of the lizardfish Saurida elongata from the Tsushima/Korea Strait

   • Takeshi Sakai
   • Michio Yoneda
   • Michiya Matsuyama

   Original Article 30 May 2009 Pages: 895 - 902

   

10. Phylogeography of the Japanese eight-barbel loach Lefua echigonia from the Yamagata area of the Tohoku district, Japan

    • Hiroshi Aiki
    • Katsuhiko Takayama
    • Hitomi Hirose

    Original Article 26 May 2009 Pages: 903 - 908

    

11. Wild stock structure of Girella punctata in Japan revealed shallow genetic differentiation but subtle substructure in subsidiary distributions

    • Tetsuya Umino
    • Teruyuki Kajihara
    • Kenichi Ohara

    Original Article 05 June 2009 Pages: 909 - 919

    

12. Temperature characteristics in seed germination and growth of Zostera japonica Ascherson & Graebner from Ago Bay, Mie Prefecture, central Japan

    • Mahiko Abe
    • Keigo Yokota
    • Miyuki Maegawa

    Original Article 19 June 2009 Pages: 921 - 927

    

13. Changes in growth of marbled sole Pseudopleuronectes yokohamae between high and low stock-size periods in Tokyo Bay, Japan

    • Jeong-Hoon Lee
    • Keita Kodama
    • Toshihiro Horiguchi

    Original Article 10 June 2009 Pages: 929 - 935

    

14. Small-scale variation in feeding environments for the Manila clam Ruditapes philippinarum in a tidal flat in Tokyo Bay

    • Satoshi Watanabe
    • Satoshi Katayama
    • Masaaki Fukuda

    Original Article 09 June 2009 Pages: 937 - 945

    

15. Swimming depths of the giant jellyfish Nemopilema nomurai investigated using pop-up archival transmitting tags and ultrasonic pingers

    • Naoto Honda
    • Toshihiro Watanabe
    • Yoshiki Matsushita

    Original Article 23 June 2009 Pages: 947 - 956

    

16. Spatiotemporal change in growth of two populations of Asian chum salmon in relation to intraspecific interaction

    • Hyunju Seo
    • Hideaki Kudo
    • Masahide Kaeriyama

    Original Article 25 June 2009 Pages: 957 - 966

    

17. Utilization of genetically modified soybean meal in Nile tilapia Oreochromis niloticus diets

    • Indra Suharman
    • Shuichi Satoh
    • Takashi Aoki

    Original Article 14 May 2009 Pages: 967 - 973

    

18. Effect of cultivation methods on nutritional enrichment of euryhaline rotifer Brachionus plicatilis

    • Tomonari Kotani
    • Teruhisa Genka
    • Patrick Sorgeloos

    Original Article 12 May 2009 Pages: 975 - 984

    

19. Estimation of the period sensitive for the development of abnormal morphology in brown sole Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini fed live food enriched with docosahexaenoic acid

    • Nobukazu Satoh
    • Toshio Takeuchi

    Original Article 23 June 2009 Pages: 985 - 991

    

20. Artificially induced tetraploid masu salmon have the ability to form primordial germ cells

    • Suzu Sakao
    • Takafumi Fujimoto
    • Katsutoshi Arai

    Original Article 19 June 2009 Pages: 993 - 1000

    

21. The effect of docosahexaenoic and eicosapentaenoic acids in live food on the development of abnormal morphology in hatchery-reared brown sole Pseudopleuronectes herzensteini

    • Nobukazu Satoh
    • Yoshiyuki Takaya
    • Toshio Takeuchi

    Original Article 26 June 2009 Pages: 1001 - 1006

    

22. Marine mucilage in Ariake Sound, Japan, is composed of transparent exopolymer particles produced by the diatom Coscinodiscus granii

    • Tsuyoshi Fukao
    • Katsunori Kimoto
    • Yuichi Kotani

    Original Article 10 June 2009 Pages: 1007 - 1014

    

23. Isolation and characterization of the rbcS genes from a sterile mutant of Ulva pertusa (Ulvales, Chlorophyta) and transient gene expression using the rbcS gene promoter

    • Makoto Kakinuma
    • Masaki Ikeda
    • Hideomi Amano

    Original Article 28 April 2009 Pages: 1015 - 1028

    

24. Thermal stability of the synthetic peptides with the sequence of fish fast skeletal muscle tropomyosin

    • Hideo Ozawa
    • Shugo Watabe
    • Yoshihiro Ochiai

    Original Article 28 April 2009 Pages: 1029 - 1037

    

25. Liquid-chromatographic hybrid triple–quadrupole linear-ion-trap MS/MS analysis of fatty-acid esters of dinophysistoxin-1 in bivalves and toxic dinoflagellates in Japan

    • Toshiyuki Suzuki
    • Takashi Kamiyama
    • Masaki Kaneniwa

    Original Article 02 June 2009 Pages: 1039 - 1048

    

26. Characterization of a new hemolytic protein toxin from the sea anemone Anthopleura asiatica

    • Yuuki Kohno
    • Hiroshi Satoh
    • Hiroshi Nagai

    Original Article 02 June 2009 Pages: 1049 - 1054

    

27. Lipid characteristics of coastal migratory Sarda orientalis tissues

    • Kazufumi Osako
    • Hiroaki Saito
    • Munehiko Tanaka

    Original Article 25 June 2009 Pages: 1055 - 1066

    

28. Influence of recooking on volatile and non-volatile compounds found in silver carp Hypophthalmichthys molitrix

    • Jing-Ke Liu
    • Si-Ming Zhao
    • Sheng-Hua Zhang

    Original Article 18 June 2009 Pages: 1067 - 1075