U.S. Department 
of Commerce 
Seattle, Washington 
Volume 108 
Number 2 
April 2010 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
Articles 
119-135 Tribuzio, Cindy A., Gordon H. Kruse, and Jeffrey T. Fujioka 
Age and growth of spiny dogfish (Squalus acanthias) 
in the Gulf of Alaska: analysis of alternative growth models 
Companion articles 
136-144 Rose Craig S., Carwyn F. Hammond, and John R. Gauvin 
Effective herding of flatfish by cables with minimal seafloor contact 
145-154 Ryer, Clifford H., Craig S. Rose, and Paul J. Iseri 
Flatfish herding behavior in response to trawl sweeps: 
a comparison of diel responses to conventional sweeps 
and elevated sweeps 
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155-161 Mateo, Ivan, Edward G. Durbin, David A. Bengtson, 
Richard Kingsley, Peter K. Swart, and Daisy Durant 
Spatial and temporal variation in otolith chemistry for tautog 
( Toutoga onitis) in Narragansett Bay and Rhode Island coastal ponds 
162-173 Masuda, Reiji, Masami Shiba, Yoh Yamashita, Masahiro Ueno, 
Yoshiaki Kai, Asami Nakanishi, Masaru Torikoshi, 
and Masaru Tanaka 
Fish assemblages associated with three types of artificial reefs: density 
of assemblages and possible impacts on adiacent fish abundance 
174-192 Lo, Nancy C. H., Beverly J. Macewicz, and David A. Griffiths 
Biomass and reproduction of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) 
off the Pacific northwestern United States, 2003-2005 
193-207 Hernandez Jr., Frank J., Sean P. Powers, and William M .Graham 
Seasonal variability in ichthyoplankton abundance and assemblage 
composition in the northern Gulf of Mexico off Alabama 
