I 
U.S. Department 
of Commerce 
Seattle, Washington 
Volume 11 7 
Numbers 1-2 
January-April 2019 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
Short contributions 
1 -7 Sean P. Powers and Kevin Anson 
Compression and relaxation of fishing effort in response to changes in 
length of fishing season for red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) in the 
northern Gulf of Mexico 
8-14 Duane E. Stevenson, Gerald R. Hoff, James W. Orr, Ingrid Spies, and 
Christopher N. Rooper 
Interactions between fisheries and early life stages of skates in nursery 
areas of the eastern Bering Sea 
Articles 
15-23 Eric S. Orbesen, Craig A. Brown, Derke Snodgrass, Joseph E. Serafy, and 
John F. Walter III 
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NMFS, in any advertising or sales 
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product to be used or purchased be¬ 
cause of this NMFS publication. 
The NMFS Scientific Publications 
Office is not responsible for the con¬ 
tents of the articles. 
At-vessel and postrelease mortality rates of bluefin tuna ( Thunnus thynnus) 
associated with pelagic longline gear in the northern Gulf of Mexico 
24-36 Ryo Misawa, Yoji Narimatsu, Hiromitsu Endo, and Yoshiaki Kai 
Population structure of the ocellate spot skate (Okamejei kenojei) inferred 
from variations in mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) sequences and from 
morphological characters of regional populations 
37-49 Nancy J. Brown-Peterson, Christopher R. Peterson, and Gary R. Fitzhugh 
Multidecadal meta-analysis of reproductive parameters of female red 
snapper ( Lutjanus campechanus ) in the northern Gulf of Mexico 
c,vJ\\"^ H S ON 
JUL 1 6 2019 
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