U.S. Department 
of Commerce 
Seattle, Washington 
Volume 110 
Number 1 
January 2012 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
Articles 
1-20 Marancik, Katrin E., David E. Richardson, Joanne Lyczkowski-Schultz, 
Robert K. Cowen, and Malgorzata Konieczna 
Spatial and temporal distribution of grouper larvae 
(Serramdae: Epinephelinae: Epinephelim) in the Gulf of Mexico 
and Straits of Florida 
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21-35 Rooper, Christopher N., and Michael H. Martin 
Comparison of habitat-based indices of abundance 
with fishery-independent biomass estimates 
from bottom trawl surveys 
36-45 Rodgveller, Cara J., Chris R. Lunsford, and Jeffrey T. Fujioka 
Effects of maternal age and size on embryonic energy reserves, 
developmental timing, and fecundity in quillback rockfish 
( Sebastes maliger) 
46-51 Loher, Timothy, and Jessica C. Hobden 
Length and sex effects on the spatial structure of catches 
of Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) on longline gear 
Companion article with Zwoiinski et al. (next page) 
52-70 Demer, David A., Juan P. Zwoiinski, Kyle A. Byers, 
George R. Cutter, Josiah S. Renfree, Thomas S. Sessions, 
and Beverly J. Macewicz 
Prediction and confirmation of seasonal migration of Pacific sardine 
(Sardinops sagax) in the California Current Ecosystem 
71-84 Martinho, Fiiipe, Catia Sa, Joana Falcao, Henrique Nogueira Cabral, 
and Miguel Angelo Pardal 
Comparative feeding ecology of two elasmobranch species, 
Squalus blainville and Scyliorhmus canicula, off the coast of Portugal 
