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Volume 120 
Number 2 
April 2022 
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Articles 
99-112 
113-124 
125-137 
138-149 
150-161 
Fishery 
Bulletin 
Contents 
Daniel Pauly, Nicola Smith, and Mark Butler 
Growth and related traits of the sheepswool sponge (Hippospongia /achne): 
practical and theoretical considerations 
Sergei A. Evseenko, Dmitry V. Bolshakov, Yana Yu. Bolshakova, 
Yuri O. Kopylov-Guskov, Natalya V. Gordeeva, Evgeniia P. Karpova, 
and Alexander R. Boltachev 
New data on the morphology of the Mekong blind sole (7yph/achirus 
e/ongatus) indicating the need for a revision of the genus 
Lotfi Rabaoui, Lamia Yacoubi, Yu-Jia Lin, Thadickal V. Joydas, 
Mohammad A. Qurban, Panickan Premlal, Jinoy Gopalan, Zahid Nazeer, 
Manambrakat Vijayakumaran, Syed Ajmal Khan, and Rubén H. Roa-Ureta 
Ecology, life history, and fisheries potential of the flathead lobster 
(Thenus orientalis) in the Arabian Gulf 
Ross Cooper, Heidi Dewar, Barbara A. Muhling, Steven L. H. Teo, 
John Hyde, and Keith Bigelow 
Spatiotemporal catch patterns and population distributions of bigeye Pacific 
opah (Lampris megalopsis) and smalleye Pacific opah (L. incognitus) in the 
eastern North Pacific Ocean 
Jonathan J. Scordino, Cydni Marshall, Adrianne M. Akmajian, Daniel Shay, 
and Randall James 
Consumption of Pacific salmon (Oncorhynchus spp.) by California sea lions 
(Zalophus californianus) and Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in northwest 
Washington during 2010-2013 
