Vol 39 1998

CalCOFI Reports, Vol. 39, 1998 (complete report pds; individual pdf links below)
Symposium of the CalCOFI Conference, 1997: MARKET SQUID: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT

I. Reports, Review, and Publications 

• The State of the California Current, 1997-1998: Transition to El Nino Conditions. Ronald J. Lynn, Tim Baumgartner, Joaquin Garcia, Curtis A. Collins, Thomas L. Hayward, K. David Hyrenbach, ArnoldW. Mantyla, Tom Murphree, Amy Shankle, Franklin B. Schwing, Keith M. Sakuma, and Mia J. Tegner
• Report of the CalCOFI Committee
• Review of Some California Fisheries for 1997
• Publications

II. Symposium of the CalCOFI Conference, 1997:

• MARKET SQUID: WHAT WE KNOW AND WHAT WE NEED TO KNOW FOR EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT
• The California Fishery for Market Squid (Loligo opalescens). Marija Vojkovich
• Revised Biology and Management of Long-Finned Squid (Loligo pealei) in the Northwest Atlantic.  Jon Brodziak
• Fisheries Biology, Stock Assessment, and Management of the Chokka Squid (Loligo Vulgaris reynaudii) in South African Waters: An Overview. C. Johann Augustyn and Beatriz A. Roel
• Fisheries Management and Research for Loligo gahi in the Falkland Islands. Emma Hatfield and Sophie des Clers
• Mating Systems and Sexual Selection in the Squid Loligo: How Might Commercial Fishing on Spawning Squids Affect Them? Roger T Hanlon
• Research into the Life History of Loligo opalescens: Where to from Here? George D. Jackson
• Information Needs for Effective Management of the California Market Squid Fishery: The Role of Social Science Research. Caroline Pomeroy and Margaret Fitzsimmons

III. Scientific Contributions

• Biomasses of Large-Celled Phytoplankton and Their Relation to the Nitricline and Grazing in the California Current System off Southern California, 1994-1996. Michael M. Mullin
• The Phytoplankton of the Santa BarbaraBasin: Patterns of Chlorophyll and Species Structure and Their Relationships with Those of Surrounding Stations. Elizabeth L. Venrick
• Algorithms for SeaWiFS Standard Products Developed with the CalCOFI Bio-Optical Data Set. B. Greg Mitchell and Mati Kahru
• Photosynthetic Parameters of Phytoplankton in the California Current System.  J. Eduardo Valdez-HoIguin, Saul Alvarez-Borrego, and B. Greg Mitchell
• Variations in Specific Absorption Coefficients and Total Phytoplankton in the Gulf of California. Eduardo Millan-Nunez, J. Ruben Lara-Lara, and Joan S. Cleveland
• Spawning Habitat of the Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) in the Gulf of California: Egg and Larval Distribution 1956-1957 and 1971-1991. M. Gregory Hammann, Manuel O. Nevarez-Martinez, and Yanira Green-Ruiz
• A Severe Decline in the Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel Rockfish (Sebastes spp.) Catch in the Southern California Bight, 1980-1996. Milton S. Love, Jennifer E. Caselle, and Wade Van Buskirk
• Reproductive Modality and Batch Fecundity of the European Hake (Merluccius merluccius L.) in the Bay of Biscay. Hilario Murua, Lorenzo Motos, and Paulino Lucio
• The Biological Characteristics of the MontereyBay Squid Catch and the Effect of a Two-Day-per-Week Fishing Closure. Robert R. Leos
• Management Strategy for the Giant Squid (Dosidicus gigas) Fishery in the Gulf of California,Mexico. Augustin Hernandez-Herrera, Enrique Morales-Bojorquez, Miguel A. Cisneros-Mata, Manuel 0. Nevarez-Martinez, and Gabriel I. Rivera-Parra
• Early Stages of the Bloody Frogfish, Antennarius sanguineus, and the Bandtail Frogfish, Antennatus strigatus (Pisces: Antennariidae). William Watson
• Seasonality and Abundance of Blue Whales off Southern California. Victoria E. Larkman and Richard R. Veit