August 2012   [Original paper]   Hybrid method for estimating the number of components in a finite mixture of normal distribution from length frequency data to age composition Hiroshi Shono Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 115-122, 2012   Realationship between drift speed of drift fishery gear and catch of giant Pacific octopus, Enteroctopus dofleini, in the Soya/La Pérouse Strait Minoru Sano, Tadao Bando, Naoto Ebuchi and Shiro Takayanagi Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 123-130, 2012   Determining the features of meteorological conditions inducing Kyucho around the Noto Peninsula, aiming to prevent the Kyucho disasters Noriyuki Okei, Junichi Okuno, Toshihiro Tsuji and Tomoharu Senjyu Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 131-140, 2012   [Fisheries Oceanography Workshop]   Natural disasters: Actual situation and future measures (The 35th workshop on environmental conservation and fisheries promotion in Sagami Bay) Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 141-156, 2012   Subjects of the fisheries oceanography for revival and recovery after the disaster at the Tohoku coast, Japan Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 157-172, 2012   [Information]   “Chirimen Monsters” a new educational tool for Fisheries Oceanography Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 173-175, 2012   Reports by overseas meeting participants aided by the Matsumiya Fund Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 176, 2012   Book review Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 177, 2012   Abstracts of papers in Fisheries Oceanography 21(2-3, 4) Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 178-182, 2012   Minutes of the Executive Committee Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 76(3), Page 183-185, 2012