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NOAA Technical Reports NMFS published from March to December 1986. 



Technical Report NMFS 



37. A Histopathic evaluation of gross lesions excised from commercially 

 important North American marine fishes. By Robert A. Murchelano, 

 Linda Despres-Patanjo, and John Ziskowski. March 1986, iii + 14 p., 

 13 figs., 4 tables. 



38. Fishery atlas of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. By Richard N. 

 Uchida and James H. Uchiyama (editors). September 1986, v + 142 p., 

 75 figs., 5 tables. 



40. The potential impact of ocean thermal energy conversion on fisheries. 

 By Edward P. Myers, Donald E. Hoss, Walter M. Matsumoto, David S. 

 Peters, Michael P. Seki, Richard N. Uchida, John D. Ditmars, and Robert 

 A. Paddock. June 1986, iii + 33 p., 11 figs., 8 tables. 



41. A stationary visual census technique for quantitatively assessing com- 

 munity structure for coral reef fishes. By James A. Bohnsack and Scott 

 P. Bannerot. July 1986, iii + 15 p., 13 figs., 3 tables. 



42. Effects of temperature on the biology of the northern shrimp, Pandalus 

 borealis, in the Gulf of Maine. By Spencer Apollonio, David K. Steven- 

 son, and Earl E. Dunton, Jr. September 1986, iii -i- 22 p., 25 figs., 7 

 tables. 



43. Environment and resources of seamounts in the North Pacific. By 

 Richard N. Uchida, Sigeiti Hayasi, and George W. Boehlert (editors). 

 September 1986, v -i- 105 p. 



Foreword. By Richard N. Uchida, Sigeiti Hayasi, and George W. 



Boehlert, p. v. 

 Seamounts: A biological concourse in the open sea. An introductory 



statement. By Richard S. Shomura, p. 1-2. 

 Aspects of oceanic flow and thermohaline structure in the vicinity of 



seamounts. By Gunnar I. Roden, p. 3-12, 12 figs. 

 Oceanographic studies of seamounts. By Hajime Yamanaka, p. 13-17. 

 Session 1. Summary. By Richard N. Uchida and Sigeiti Hayasi, p. 19. 

 Development and present status of Japanese trawl fisheries in the 



vicinity of seamounts. By Takashi Sasaki, p. 21-30, 8 figs., 3 tables. 

 Review and present status of handline and bottom longline fisheries 



for alfonsin. By Michael P. Seki and Darryl T. Tagami, p. 31-35, 



4 figs., 1 table. 

 Albacore, Thunniis alalunga, pole-and-line fishery around the Emperor 



seamounts. By Minato Yasui, p. 37-40, 1 fig., 1 table. 

 Session 2. Review of seamount fisheries. By Richard N. Uchida and 



Sigeiti Hayasi, p. 41. 

 Precious corals: An important seamount fisheries resource. By Richard 



W. Grigg, p. 43-44, 1 table. 

 Fish and crab populations of Gulf of Alaska seamounts. By Miles S. 



Alton, p. 45-51, 6 figs., 4 tables. 

 Session 3. Summary. By Richard N. Uchida and Sigeiti Hayasi, p. 53. 

 Review and current status of research on the biology and ecology of 



the genus Pseudopentaceros. By Robert L. Humphreys, Jr. and 



Darryl T. Tagami, p. 55-62, 5 figs., 2 tables. 

 A seamount survey around Izu Islands. By Hiroyo Koami, p. 63-66, 



4 figs. 

 Zoogeographical features of fishes in the vicinity of seamounts. By 



Eiichi Fujii, p. 67-69, 2 figs., 1 table. 

 Session 4. Summary. By Richard N. Uchida and Sigeiti Hayasi, p. 71. 

 Problems in assessing the pelagic armorhead stock on the central North 



Pacific seamounts. By Jerry A. Wetherall and Marian Y. Y. Yong, 



p. 73-85, 7 figs., 1 table. 



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