U.S. Department 
of Commerce 
Seattle, Washington 
Volume 112 
Number 1 
January 2014 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
Articles 
FEB 1 2 2014 
£/BRAR\£S 
1-23 Byrd, Barbie L., Aleta A. Hohn, Gretchen N. Lovewell, Karen M. Altman, 
Susan G. Barco, Ari Friedlaender, Craig A. Harms, William A. McLellan, 
Kathleen T. Moore, Patricia E. Rosel, and Victoria G. Thayer 
Strandings as indicators of marine mammal biodiversity and human inter- 
actions off the coast of North Carolina 
24-35 Darden, Tanya L., Matthew J. Walker, Karl Brenkert, Justin R. Yost, and 
Michael R. Denson 
Population genetics of Cobia (Rachycentron canadum): implications for fish- 
ery management along the coast of the southeastern United States 
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36-48 Heery, Eliza, and Jason M. Cope 
Co-occurrence of bycatch and target species in the groundfish demersal 
trawl fishery of the U.S. west coast; with special consideration of rebuilding 
stocks 
49-70 Munyandorero, Joseph 
In search of climate effects on Atlantic Croaker C Micropogonias undulatus ) 
stock off the U.S. Atlantic coast with Bayesian state-space biomass dynamic 
models 
71 -81 Anderson, Joel D., and William J. Karel 
Limited genetic structure of Gulf Menhaden ( Brevoortia patronus) as 
revealed by microsatellite markers developed for the genus Brevoortia 
(Clupeidae) 
