U.S. Department 
of Commerce 
Seattle, Washington 
Volume 107 
Number 3 
July 2009 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
Articles 
265-277 Chiang, Wei-Chuan, Chi-Lu Sun, Sheng-Ping Wang, 
Su-Zan Yeh, Yong Chen, Wei-Cheng Su, Don-Chung Liu, 
and Wen-Yie Chen 
Analysis of sex-specific spawning biomass per recruit 
of the sailfish Ustiophorus platypterus) in the waters 
off eastern Taiwan 
278-285 Boldt, Jennifer L , and Christopher N. Rooper 
Abundance, condition, and diet of juvenile Pacific 
ocean perch ( Sebastes alutus) in the Aleutian Islands 
286-297 Broadhurst, Matt K., Russell B. Millar, Craig P. Brand, 
and Sebastan S. Uhlmann 
Modified sorting technique to mitigate the collateral mortality 
of trawled school prawns (Metapenaeus macleayi) 
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298-307 Brill, Richard, Peter Bushnell, Leonie Smith, Coley Speaks, 
Rumya Sundaram, Eric Stroud, and John Wang 
The repulsive and feeding-deterrent effects of electropositive 
metals on juvenile sandbar sharks (Carcharhinus plumbeus) 
308-317 Grizzle, Raymond E., Larry G. Ward, Larry A. Mayer, 
Mashkoor A. Malik, Andrew B. Cooper, Holly A. Abeels, 
Jennifer K. Greene, Melissa A. Brodeur, and 
Andrew A. Rosenberg 
Effects of a large fishing closure on benthic communities in 
the western Gulf of Maine: recovery from the effects 
of gillnets and otter trawls 
318-328 Riley, Kenneth L., Charles R. Weirich, and David Cerino 
Development and growth of hatchery-reared larval 
Florida pompano ( Trachinotus carolinus) 
