U.S. Department 

 of Commerce 



Seattle, Washington 



Volume 97 

 Number 4 

 October 1999 



Fishery 

 Bulletin 



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Contents 



NOV 2 1999 



y/o~ 



738-745 



746-757 



758-775 



776-785 



786-801 



802-811 



812-827 



828-841 



Anides 



Aceves-Medina, Gerardo, Enrique A. Gonzalez, and 

 Ricardo J. Saldierna 



Larval development of Symphurus williamsi 



(Cynoglossidae: Pleuronectiformes) from the Gulf of California 



Arreguin-Sanchez, Francisco, and Tony J. Pitcher 



Catchability estimates and their application to the red grouper 

 (Epinephelus morio) fishery of the Campeche Bank, Mexico 



Buckel, Jeffrey A., Michael J. Fogarty, and 

 David O. Conover 



Foraging habits of bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, on the 

 U.S. east coast continental shelf 



Buckel, Jeffrey A., Michael J. Fogarty, and 

 David O. Conover 



Mutual prey of fish and humans; a comparison of biomass consumed 

 by bluefish, Pomatomus saltatrix, with that harvested by fisheries 



Friedlander, Alan M., George W. Boehlert, 

 Michael E. Field, Janet E. Mason, James V. Gardner, 

 and Peter Dartnell 



Sidescan-sonar mapping of benthic trawl marks on the shelf and 

 slope off Eureka, California 



Gabr, Howaida R., Roger T. Hanlon, Salah G. El-Etreby, 

 and Mahmoud H. Hanafy 



Reproductive versus somatic tissue growth during the life cycle of 

 the cuttlefish Sepia pharaonis Ehrenberg, 1831 



Gillanders, Bronwyn M., Douglas J. Ferrell, and 

 Neil L. Andrew 



Aging methods for yellowtail kingfish, Seriola iaiandi, and results 

 from age- and size-based growth models 



Hood, Peter B., and Andrea K. Johnson 



Age, growth, mortality, and reproduction of vermilion snapper, 

 Rhomboplites aurorubens, from the eastern Gulf of Mexico 



