1. Stock assessment of Japanese eels using Japanese abundance indices

   • Eiji Tanaka

   Original Article Open access 19 September 2014 Pages: 1129 - 1144

   

2. The effect of lunar cycle, tidal condition and wind direction on the catches and profitability of Japanese common squid Todarodes pacificus jigging and trap-net fishing

   • Daisaku Masuda
   • Shuya Kai
   • Petri Suuronen

   Original Article 12 September 2014 Pages: 1145 - 1157

   

3. A client/server architecture remote fish finder system for a set net fishery

   • Jianfeng Tong
   • Yoshinori Miyamoto
   • Jun Han

   Original Article 29 August 2014 Pages: 1159 - 1167

   

4. Fishery characteristics of barfin flounder Verasper moseri in southern Tohoku, the major spawning ground, after the start of large-scale stock enhancement in Hokkaido, Japan

   • Toshihiro Wada
   • Kyoichi Kamiyama
   • Takaaki Kayaba

   Original Article 11 September 2014 Pages: 1169 - 1179

   

5. Spatiotemporal catch distribution of age-0 Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis caught by the Japanese troll fishery in relation to surface sea temperature and seasonal migration

   • Momoko Ichinokawa
   • Hiroshi Okamura
   • Yukio Takeuchi

   Original Article 18 September 2014 Pages: 1181 - 1191

   

6. Genetic population structure of the Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis and the yellowfin tuna Thunnus albacares in the North Pacific Ocean

   • Shohei Nomura
   • Toru Kobayashi
   • Naoki Yagishita

   Original Article 24 August 2014 Pages: 1193 - 1204

   

7. Differential growth rates related to initiation of piscivory by hatchery-reared larval Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis

   • Yosuke Tanaka
   • Hiroshi Minami
   • Satoshi Shiozawa

   Original Article 28 August 2014 Pages: 1205 - 1214

   

8. Larval fish fauna of a sandy beach and an estuary on Okinawa Island, focusing on larval habitat utilization by the suborder Gobioidei

   • Ken Maeda
   • Katsunori Tachihara

   Original Article 29 August 2014 Pages: 1215 - 1229

   

9. Utilization patterns of estuarine and marine habitats by the halfbeak Zenarchopterus dunckeri at Iriomote Island, southern Japan, evaluated from otolith microchemistry

   • Takahiro Kanai
   • Kusuto Nanjo
   • Mitsuhiko Sano

   Original Article 11 September 2014 Pages: 1231 - 1239

   

10. Temperature effect on heart rate of jack mackerel Trachurus japonicus during swimming exercise

    • Mochammad Riyanto
    • Takafumi Arimoto

    Original Article 18 September 2014 Pages: 1241 - 1248

    

11. Identification, cDNA cloning, and expression analysis of dermatopontin in the goldfish Carassius auratus

    • Norihiko Komatsu
    • Nobuhiro Ogawa
    • Yasuaki Takagi

    Original Article 15 October 2014 Pages: 1249 - 1256

    

12. The development of oocyte cryopreservation techniques in blue mussels Mytilus galloprovincialis

    • Hanru Wang
    • Xiaoxu Li
    • Mark Gluis

    Original Article 28 August 2014 Pages: 1257 - 1267

    

13. Integrated application of two different screening strategies to select potential probiotics from the gut of channel catfish Ictalurus punctatus

    • Zhang Luo
    • XiaoHui Bai
    • ChangFu Chen

    Original Article 28 August 2014 Pages: 1269 - 1275

    

14. Genotype and virulence of Streptococcus iniae isolated from diseased olive flounder Paralichthys olivaceus in Korea

    • Myoung Sug Kim
    • Ji Woong Jin
    • Ji Young Cho

    Original Article 12 September 2014 Pages: 1277 - 1284

    

15. Prey availability and daily growth rate of juvenile Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus at a sandy beach in the central Seto Inland Sea, Japan

    • Masayuki Yamamoto
    • Osamu Tominaga

    Original Article 12 September 2014 Pages: 1285 - 1292

    

16. Ontogeny of swim bladder inflation and caudal fin aspect ratio with reference to vertical distribution in Pacific bluefin tuna Thunnus orientalis larvae

    • Yoshiaki Ina
    • Wataru Sakamoto
    • Tsutomu Takagi

    Original Article 18 September 2014 Pages: 1293 - 1299

    

17. Glycoproteins isolated from scallop shells inhibit differentiation of 3T3-L1 preadipocyte cells

    • Kohji Takahashi
    • Yasushi Hasegawa

    Original Article 28 August 2014 Pages: 1301 - 1310

    

18. Evaluation of antioxidant properties and biofunctions of polar, nonpolar, and water-soluble fractions extracted from gonad and body wall of the sea urchin Tripneustes gratilla

    • Yu-Chun Chen
    • Deng-Fwu Hwang

    Original Article 18 September 2014 Pages: 1311 - 1321

    

19. Identification and primary structures of eel type I collagen proα1, proα2 and proα3

    • Masataka Saito
    • Tomoyuki Higuchi
    • Naoyuki Uchida

    Original Article 18 September 2014 Pages: 1323 - 1335

    

20. Structural changes and imperfect competition in the supply chain of Japanese fisheries product markets

    • Toru Nakajima
    • Takahiro Matsui
    • Nobuyuki Yagi

    Original Article 28 August 2014 Pages: 1337 - 1345

    

21. Price integration in the farmed and wild fish markets in Uganda

    • James O. Bukenya
    • Maurice Ssebisubi

    Original Article 10 October 2014 Pages: 1347 - 1358