U.S. Department 
of Commerce 
Seattle, Washington 
Volume 95 
Number 2 
April 1997 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
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Articles 
187 Alvarez, Federico, and Francisco Alemany 
Birthdate analysis and its application to the study of recruitment 
of the Atlanto-lberian sardine Sardina pilchardus 
195 Barber, Willard E., Ronald L. Smith, 
Mark Vallarino, and Robert M. Meyer 
Demersal fish assemblages of the northeastern Chukchi Sea, 
Alaska 
209 Broadhurst, Matt K., Steven J. Kennelly, 
John W. Watson, and Ian K. Workman 
Evaluations of the Nordmore grid and secondary bycatch- 
reducing devices (BRD's) in the Hunter River prawn-trawl 
fishery, Australia 
219 Gunderson, Donald R. 
Spatial patterns in the dynamics of slope rockfish stocks and 
their implications for management 
231 Johnson, Lyndal L., Sean Y. Sol, Daniel R Lomax, 
Gregory M. Nelson, Catherine A. Sloan, and 
Edmundo Casillas 
Fecundity and egg weight in English sole, Pleuronectes 
vetulus, from Puget Sound, Washington: influence of 
nutritional status and chemical contaminants 
250 Lamkin, John 
The Loop Current and the abundance of larval Cubiceps 
pauciradiatus (Pisces: Nomeidae) in the Gulf of Mexico: 
evidence for physical and biological interaction 
267 Leber, Kenneth M., H. Lee Blankenship, 
Steve M. Arce, and Nathan R Brennan 
Influence of release season on size-dependent survival of 
cultured striped mullet, Mugil cephalus, in a Hawaiian estuary 
