1. Baseline assessment of total fisheries-related biomass removal from Japan’s Exclusive Economic Zones: 1950–2010

   • Wilf Swartz
   • Gakushi Ishimura

   Original Article 15 May 2014 Pages: 643 - 651

   

2. A predator–prey model for evaluating the spatial behaviour of fishing fleets: a case study of the red grouper Epinephelus morio fishery of Yucatan, Mexico

   • Jorge A. López-Rocha
   • Rafael Solana-Sansores
   • Juan Antonio de Anda-Montañez

   Original Article 17 June 2014 Pages: 653 - 664

   

3. Growth and age composition of northern shrimp Pandalus eous estimated by multiple length frequency analysis

   • Hiroshi Yamaguchi
   • Yoko Goto
   • Kazushi Miyashita

   Original Article 31 May 2014 Pages: 665 - 678

   

4. Age, growth, maturity, and sex changes of monogrammed monocle bream Scolopsis monogramma in the waters around Okinawa-jima Island, Japan

   • Yuichi Akita
   • Katsunori Tachihara

   Original Article 03 May 2014 Pages: 679 - 685

   

5. Distribution and movement between habitats with growth of the hard clam Meretrix lusoria in the Shirakawa–Midorikawa estuary of the Ariake Sea

   • Masahiro Hashiguchi
   • Junpei Yamaguchi
   • Yasuhisa Henmi

   Original Article 03 May 2014 Pages: 687 - 693

   

6. The effect of irradiance and temperature on the photosynthesis of two agarophytes Gelidium elegans and Pterocladiella tenuis (Gelidiales) from Kagoshima, Japan

   • Midori Fujimoto
   • Gregory N. Nishihara
   • Ryuta Terada

   Original Article 11 May 2014 Pages: 695 - 703

   

7. Recruitment and movement of the hard clam Meretrix lusoria in a tidal river of northern Kyushu, Japan

   • Yasuhisa Henmi
   • Satoshi Kobayashi
   • Masahiro Hashiguchi

   Original Article 08 May 2014 Pages: 705 - 714

   

8. Molecular cloning and dimorphic expression of growth hormone (gh) in female and male spotted scat Scatophagus argus

   • Si-Ping Deng
   • Bo Wu
   • Guang-Li Li

   Original Article 18 June 2014 Pages: 715 - 723

   

9. Improved growth of flathead flounder Hippoglossoides dubius in hypoxic waters in Funka Bay, Japan

   • Yuta Inagaki
   • Tetsuya Takatsu
   • Tatsuaki Maeda

   Original Article 18 June 2014 Pages: 725 - 734

   

10. Gonadal maturation and spawning migration of stocked female barfin flounder Verasper moseri off the Pacific coast of northern Japan

    • Takaaki Kayaba
    • Toshihiro Wada
    • Shinsaku Fukuda

    Original Article 18 June 2014 Pages: 735 - 748

    

11. Assessment of recapture rates after hatchery release of Chinese shrimp Fenneropenaeus chinensis in Jiaozhou Bay and Bohai Bay in 2012 using pedigree tracing based on SSR markers

    • Weiji Wang
    • Kai Zhang
    • Xianshi Jin

    Original Article 01 May 2014 Pages: 749 - 755

    

12. Characterization of bacterial community composition in rotifer cultures under unexpected growth suppression

    • Tomoko Sakami
    • Masahiko Koiso
    • Takuma Sugaya

    Original Article 26 April 2014 Pages: 757 - 765

    

13. Transgene manipulation in rainbow trout using Cre recombinase

    • Sachi Kume
    • Naoto Katayama
    • Goro Yoshizaki

    Original Article 18 May 2014 Pages: 767 - 773

    

14. Optimal stocking density of juvenile red king crabs Paralithodes camtschaticus under cannibalism consideration

    • Fumio Takeshita
    • Ryoichi Tamura

    Original Article 23 May 2014 Pages: 775 - 783

    

15. Effects of time and duration of rearing with bottom sand on the occurrence and expansion of staining-type hypermelanosis in the Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

    • Toshinori Isojima
    • Naoshi Makino
    • Masatomo Tagawa

    Original Article 22 May 2014 Pages: 785 - 794

    

16. Rapid estimation of species-specific DNA digestibility based on differential qPCR

    • Shozo Sugiura

    Original Article 07 June 2014 Pages: 795 - 801

    

17. Identification and expression analysis of two HSP70 isoforms in mandarin fish Siniperca chuatsi

    • Pengfei Wang
    • Shuang Zeng
    • Guifeng Li

    Original Article 01 May 2014 Pages: 803 - 817

    

18. Effects of immersion salinity on the food properties of shucked oysters

    • Masatomi Hosoi
    • Seiya Sugihara
    • Yoshihiro Yokoyama

    Original Article 01 May 2014 Pages: 819 - 825

    

19. Discrimination of excellent-grade ‘nori’, the dried laver Porphyra spp., with analytical methods for volatile compounds

    • Taiko Miyasaki
    • Hideo Ozawa
    • Ken’ichi Hanaoka

    Original Article 21 May 2014 Pages: 827 - 838

    

20. Autolysis of krill protein from North Pacific krill Euphausia pacifica during protein recovery via isoelectric solubilization/precipitation

    • Le-Chang Sun
    • Yong-Lin Chen
    • Kazufumi Osako

    Original Article 06 May 2014 Pages: 839 - 847

    

21. Analysis of plasmids encoding the tyrosine decarboxylase gene in Tetragenococcus halophilus isolated from fish sauce

    • Masataka Satomi
    • Kei-ichi Shozen
    • Yutaka Yano

    Original Article 27 May 2014 Pages: 849 - 858

    

22. Development of a rapid and accurate PCR-based detection method for commercially valuable green algal species

    • Yuumi Kawashima
    • Tetsuya Akasaki
    • Satoshi Shimada

    Original Article 11 June 2014 Pages: 859 - 867