U.S. Department 
of Commerce 
Seattle, Washington 
Volume 112 
Number 4 
October 2014 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
Articles 
243-252 Lovell, Sabrina J., and David W. Carter 
The use of sampling weights in regression models of recreational fishing- 
site choices 
253-260 Conrath, Christina L., and M. Elizabeth Conners 
Aspects of the reproductive biology of the North Pacific giant octopus 
(Enteroctopus dofleini) in the Gulf of Alaska 
261-273 Saari, Courtney R., James H. Cowan Jr., and Kevin M. Boswell 
Regional differences in the age and growth of red snapper ( Lutjanus 
campechonus ) in the U.S. Gulf of Mexico 
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274-282 Baremore, Ivy E., and J. Drew Rosati 
A validated, minimally deleterious method for aging sturgeon 
283-296 Campbell, Matthew D., William B. Driggers III, Beverly Sauls, 
and John F. Walter 
Release mortality in the red snapper ( Lutjanus campechonus) fishery: 
a meta-analysis of 3 decades of research 
297-310 Horning, Markus, and Jo-Ann E. Mellish 
In cold blood: evidence of Pacific sleeper shark (Somniosus pacificus) preda- 
tion on Steller sea lions ( Eumetopias jubatus) in the Gulf of Alaska 
311-321 Condini, Mario V., Cristiano Q. Albuquerque, and Alexandre M. Garcia 
Age and growth of dusky grouper (Epinephelus marginatus) (Perciformes: 
Epinephelidae) in the southwestern Atlantic, with a size comparison of off- 
shore and littorai habitats 
