U.S. Department 
of Commerce 
Seattle, Washington 
Volume 96 
Number 2 
April 1998 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
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Articles 
1 85 Campana, Steven E., and Cynthia M. Jones 
Radiocarbon from nuclear testing applied to age validation of 
black drum, Pogonias cromis 
1 93 de Silva, Janaka A., and Richard E. Condrey 
Discerning patterns in patchy data: a categorical approach 
using gulf menhaden, Brevoortia patronus, bycatch 
210 Edwards, Elizabeth F., and Peter C. Perkins 
Estimated tuna discard from dolphin, school, and log sets in 
the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean, 1989-1992 
223 Farley, Jessica H., and Tim L.O. Davis 
Reproductive dynamics of southern bluefin tuna, 
Thunnus maccoyii 
237 Fiedler, Paul C, Jay Barlow, and Tim Gerrodette 
Dolphin prey abundance determined from acoustic backscatter 
data in eastern Pacific surveys 
248 Grover, Jill J. 
Feeding habits of pelagic summer flounder, 
Paralichthys dentatus, larvae in oceanic and estuarine habitats 
258 Hymdes, GSenn A., Margaret E. PSateSS, 
San C Potter, and Rodney C. J. Lenanton 
Age composition, growth, reproductive biology, and 
recruitment of King George whiting, Sillaginodes punctata, 
in coastal waters of southwestern Australia 
271 Julian, Fred, and Marilyn Beeson 
Estimates of marine mammal, turtle, and seabird mortality for 
two California gillnet fisheries: 1 990-1 995 
285 Landingharm, Joyce H., Molly V Sturdevant, and 
Richard D. Brodeur 
Feeding habits of juvenile Pacific salmon in marine waters of 
southeastern Alaska and northern British Columbia 
