CalCOFI Reports, Vol. 17, 1974
Contents
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I.  Review of Activities of 1 July 1971-30 June 1973	5
Report of the CaICOFI Committee	5
Agency Reports	6
Review of the Pelagic Wet Fisheries for 1971 and 1972	30
Publications	33
II.  Symposia of the CaICOFI Conference Goleta,California Nov 8-10, 1971
A. Large Scale Aperiodic Fluctuations in the Pacific Ocean	37
A Possible Explanation of Anomalous Events Observed in the Ocean/Atmosphere
System of the North Pacific 1955-1960. W. B. White and T. P. Barnett	39
The North Pacific's Role as a World Weather Factory. Abstract. Jerome Namias	48
Physical Oceanography of Coastal Upwelling: Present Knowledge--
Future Plans.  Abstract.  Robert L. Smith and J. J. O'Brien	49
B. New Challenges to Accepted Dogmas About Productivity in the Sea	51
Review and Critique of Primary Productivity Measurements.           Osmund Holm Hansen	53
Evidence for and Implications of Stochastic Food Chains. Abstract.           John D. Isaacs	57
III. Symposium of the CaICOFI Conference Yosemite Park, California Nov 12-15, 1972
Oceanography and Fisheries of Baja California Waters	59
Introduction. The Californias and Some Fishes of Common Concern.              Philip M. Roedel	61
Institute of Oceanological Investigations Work Program 1972-1973.
Katsuo Nishikawa K.	66
Notas Sobre el Crucero del ALEJANDRO DE HUMBOLDT en la Parte Norte del
Golfo de California, durante Septiembre de 1971.
Jose Ma. Robles Pacheco and Richard A. Schwartzlose	69
Cruceros del JORDAN y del HUMBOLDT in Enero y Febrero de 1972.
Richard A. Schwartzlose and Jose Ma. Robles Pacheco	86
Investigaciones Biologico Pesqueras de los Peces Pelagicos del
Golfo de California.  V. A. Sokolov	92
Biologia de la Sardina del Golfo de California. Myrna Wong	97
Results of the Exploratory Cruises of the ALEJANDRO DE HUMBOLDT
in the Gulf of California.  C. P. Mathews, J. L. Granados and J. Arvizu	101
Distribution and Abundance of Fish Eggs and Larvae in the Gulf of California.
H. Geoffrey Moser, Elbert H. Ahlstrom, David Kramer, and Elizabeth G. Stevens	112
IV. Scientific Contributions
The Mortality Rate of Engraulis mordax in Southern California. Alec D. MacCall	131
Exploitation and Recruitment of Pacific Mackerel, Scomber japonicus, in the
Northeastern Pacific. Richard H. Parrish	136
Southern California's Inshore Demersal Fishes: Diversity, Distribution, and Disease
as Responses to Environmental Quality.  Alan J. Mearns	141