1. A transdisciplinary research of coastal fisheries co-management: the case of the hairtail Trichiurus japonicus trolling line fishery around the Bungo Channel, Japan

   • Mitsutaku Makino
   • Shingo Watari
   • Hiroshi Horikawa

   Original Article Open access 01 November 2017 Pages: 853 - 864

   

2. Stock structure and resource management of hairtail Trichiurus japonicus based on seasonal broods around the Bungo Channel, Japan

   • Shingo Watari
   • Syunji Tokumitsu
   • Mitsutaku Makino

   Original Article Open access 01 November 2017 Pages: 865 - 878

   

3. Conservation of small hairtail Trichiurus japonicas by using hooks with large artificial bait: effect on the trolling line fishery

   • Taro Hirose
   • Masaki Sakurai
   • Mitsutaku Makino

   Original Article Open access 01 November 2017 Pages: 879 - 885

   

4. Estimation of the abundance of the sei whale Balaenoptera borealis in the central and eastern North Pacific in summer using sighting data from 2010 to 2012

   • Takashi Hakamada
   • Koji Matsuoka
   • Toshihide Kitakado

   Original Article Open access 28 August 2017 Pages: 887 - 895

   

5. Does trade openness reduce a domestic fisheries catch?

   • Keita Abe
   • Gakushi Ishimura
   • Ussif Rashid Sumaila

   Original Article 15 September 2017 Pages: 897 - 906

   

6. Effects of net height of crab entangling nets on the capture of targeted economically important portunid species and non-target species

   • Rizalyn M. Picoy-Gonzales
   • Harold M. Monteclaro

   Original Article 12 September 2017 Pages: 907 - 915

   

7. Body-length frequency and spatial segregation of the North Pacific spiny dogfish Squalus suckleyi in Tsugaru Strait, northern Japan

   • Toshikazu Yano
   • Tsutomu Hattori
   • Seiji Ohshimo

   Original Article 09 September 2017 Pages: 917 - 928

   

8. Development and testing of a separator frame in a Norway lobster Nephrops norvegicus fishery

   • Niels Madsen
   • René Holst

   Original Article 23 October 2017 Pages: 929 - 938

   

9. Phenology of the kelp Saccharina japonica and its effect on the gonad index of the sea urchin Mesocentrotus nudus across a depth gradient off the Sanriku coast, northeastern Japan

   • Kousuke Yatsuya
   • Yukio Matsumoto
   • Daisuke Muraoka

   Original Article 01 August 2017 Pages: 939 - 946

   

10. Age estimation of Antarctic minke whales Balaenoptera bonaerensis based on aspartic acid racemization technique

    • Genta Yasunaga
    • Luis A. Pastene
    • Yoshihiro Fujise

    Original Article Open access 16 August 2017 Pages: 947 - 954

    

11. Small-subunit ribosomal DNA sequencing analysis of dietary shifts during gonad maturation in wild black Amur bream (Megalobrama terminalis) in the lower reaches of the Pearl River

    • Yuguo Xia
    • Jie Li
    • Xinhui Li

    Original Article 16 August 2017 Pages: 955 - 965

    

12. Characterization of the melanocortin-4 receptor gene from Spinibarbus hollandi and the association between its polymorphisms and S. hollandi growth traits

    • Yang Yang
    • Qiang Li
    • Liping Hou

    Original Article 28 August 2017 Pages: 967 - 976

    

13. Growing depth limit of Zostera caulescens in coastal waters along the Japan Sea coast of Honshu, Japan

    • Yoshihiko Sakanishi
    • Teruhisa Komatsu

    Original Article 12 September 2017 Pages: 977 - 986

    

14. Growth rate characteristics of juvenile chum salmon Oncorhynchus keta originating from the Pacific coast of Japan and reaching Konbumori, eastern Hokkaido

    • Kentaro Honda
    • Tatsuya Kawakami
    • Toshihiko Saito

    Original Article 27 October 2017 Pages: 987 - 996

    

15. Effects of various wavelengths of light on physiological stress and non-specific immune responses in black rockfish Sebastes schlegelii subjected to water temperature change

    • Cheol Young Choi
    • Tae Hwan Kim
    • Bong-Seok Kim

    Original Article 23 October 2017 Pages: 997 - 1006

    

16. Microhabitat differences in crab assemblage structures in a subtropical mangrove estuary on Iriomote Island, southern Japan

    • Shun Kawaida
    • Kusuto Nanjo
    • Mitsuhiko Sano

    Original Article 23 October 2017 Pages: 1007 - 1017

    

17. Effects of glutamine and its precursors on the growth performance and relevant protein synthesis pathway of mirror carp Cyprinus carpio

    • Zhigang Zhao
    • Fangjie Song
    • Qiyou Xu

    Original Article 30 August 2017 Pages: 1019 - 1026

18. Undulated flooring in the rearing tank decreases hypermelanosis in Japanese flounder Paralichthys olivaceus

    • Kuniaki Nakata
    • Ikki Yamamoto
    • Masatomo Tagawa

    Original Article 23 October 2017 Pages: 1027 - 1035

    

19. Different carbon sources affects biofloc volume, water quality and the survival and physiology of African catfish Clarias gariepinus fingerlings reared in an intensive biofloc technology system

    • Akeem Babatunde Dauda
    • Nicholas Romano
    • Julie Ekasari

    Original Article 01 November 2017 Pages: 1037 - 1048

    

20. Reputational damage and the Fukushima disaster: an analysis of seafood in Japan

    • Hiroki Wakamatsu
    • Tsutom Miyata

    Original Article Open access 07 September 2017 Pages: 1049 - 1057

    

21. Erratum to: Reputational damage and the Fukushima disaster: an analysis of seafood in Japan

    • Hiroki Wakamatsu
    • Tsutom Miyata

    Erratum 23 November 2017 Pages: 1059 - 1060

22. Application of a bioeconomic model to Spanish mackerel in the seas of Korea

    • Sang-Don Yun
    • Jongoh Nam

    Original Article 12 September 2017 Pages: 1061 - 1076

    

23. Erratum to: Microbial decomposition process of organic matter in sinking particles, resuspendable particles, and bottom sediments at a coastal fish farming area

    • Takashi Yoshikawa
    • Kenichi Kanemata
    • Mitsuru Eguchi

    Erratum 15 September 2017 Pages: 1077 - 1077