Fishery Bulletin 



 Marine Biolomlil^Z^ 

 CONTENTS / LIBRARY 



JUL 6 ma 



Vol. 86, No. 1 I January 1988 



LOEB, VALERIE J., and OMAR ROJAS. Interannual variation oPrc'Sfhj^^k^k-Mass. 

 ton composition and abundance relations off northern Chile, 1964-85 



VETTER, E. F. Estimation of natural mortality in fish stocks: A review 25 



NOTARBARTOLO-DI-SCIARA, GUISEPPE. Natural history of the rays on the 



genus Mobula in the Gulf of California 45 



WILLIAMS, AUSTIN B. Notes on decapod and euphausiid crustaceans, continen- 

 tal margin, western Atlantic, Georges Bank to western Florida, USA 67 



WARLEN, STANLEY M. Age and growth of larval gulf menhaden, Brevoortia 

 patronus , in the northern Gulf of Mexico 77 



O'BRIEN, LORETTA, and RALPH K. MAYO. Sources of variation in catch per 

 unit effort of yellowtail flounder, Limanda ferruginea (Storer), harvested off the 

 coast of New England 91 



McEACHRON, LAWRENCE W., JEFF F. DOERZBACHER, GARY C. MATLOCK, 

 ALBERT W. GREEN, and GARY E. SAUL. Reducing the bycatch in a commer- 

 cial trotline fishery 109 



BRUCE, B. D. Larval development of blue grenadier, Macruronus nouaezelandiae 



(Hector), in Tasmanian waters 119 



COWAN, JAMES H., JR., and RICHARD F. SHAW. The distribution abundance, 

 and transport of larval sciaenids collected during winter and early spring from the 

 continental shelf waters off west Louisiana 129 



HAMNER, WILLIAM M., GREGORY S. STONE, and BRYAN S. OBST. Behavior 

 of southern right whales, Eubalaena australis, feeding on the Antarctic krill, 

 Euphausia superba 143 



Notes 



PENSON, JOHN B., JR., ERNEST O. TETTY, and WADE L. GRIFFIN. An econo- 

 metric analysis of net investment in Gulf shrimp fishing vessels 151 



SHIRLEY, SUSAN M., and THOMAS C. SHIRLEY. Appendage injury in Dunge- 



ness crabs, Cancer magister, in southeastern Alaska 156 



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