U.S. Department 
of Commerce 
Seattle, Washington 
Volume 96 
Number 3 
July 1998 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
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Contents 
Articles 
395-414 
415-427 
428-437 
438-450 
Ault, Jerald S., James A. Bohnsack, and 
Geoffrey A. Meester 
A retrospective ( 1 979-1996) multispecies assessment of coral reef 
fish stocks in the Florida Keys 
Collins, L. Alan, Allyn G. Johnson, 
Christopher C. Koenig, and M. Scott Baker Jr. 
Reproductive patterns, sex ratio, and fecundity in gag, 
Mycteroperca microlepis (Serranidae), a protogynous grouper 
from the northeastern Gulf of Mexico 
Gannon, Damon P., James E. Craddock, and 
Andrew J. Read 
Autumn food habits of harbor porpoises, Phocoena phocoena, 
in the Gulf of Maine 
Gorfine, Harry K., David A. Forbes, and Anne S. Gason 
A comparison of two underwater census methods for estimating 
the abundance of the commercially important blacklip abalone, 
Haliotis rubra 
451-461 
462-481 
482-491 
492-501 
502-515 
Jones, Cynthia ML, and Brian Wells 
Age, growth, and mortality of black drum, Pogonias cromis, 
in the Chesapeake Bay region 
Kimura, Daniel K., Allen M. Shimada, and 
Franklin R. Shaw 
Stock structure and movement of tagged sablefish, Anoplopoma 
fimbria, in offshore northeast Pacific waters and the effects of 
El Nino-Southern Oscillation on migration and growth 
Liu, Kwang-Ming, Po-Jen Chiang, and Che-Tsung Chen 
Age and growth estimates of the bigeye thresher shark, 
Alopias supercihosus, in northeastern Taiwan waters 
Love, Mlilton S., Jennifer E. Case He, and Kevin Herbinson 
Declines in nearshore rockfish recruitment and populations in the 
southern California Bight as measured by impingement rates in 
coastal electrical power generating stations 
Lowe, Sandra A., Donald M. Van Doornik, and Gary 
A.Winans 
Geographic variation in genetic and growth patterns of Atka 
mackerel Pleurogrammus monopterygius (Hexagrammidae), in 
the Aleutian archipelago 
