May 2005   [Original paper]   Changes in behavioral characteristics, in relation to salinity selection and vertical movement at different growth stages of the planktonic larvae of the Japanese littleneck clam, Ruditapes philippinarum Motoo Ishida, Momoko Ogasawara, Chisato Murakami, Mikio Momoi, Tetsuya Ichikawa and Teruaki Suzuki Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 69(2), Page 73-82, 2005   Seasonal distribution of Abyssicola macrochir (Günter) on the upper continental slope off the southern Tohoku coast, northeastern Japan, in relation to their life history Kunihiro Fujiwara, Satoshi Katayama, Michio Omori and Daiji Kitagawa Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 69(2), Page 83-90, 2005   Characteristics of a red tide due to the harmful dinoflagellate Karenia mikimotoi occurred in Usuki Bay, Oita Prefecture, in 2003 Kazuyoshi Miyamura, Takafumi Mikajiri and Ken Kanazawa Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 69(2), Page 91-98, 2005   [Commentary]   Relationship between anchovy (Engraulis japonicus) larval recruitment in Ise Bay and the western Enshu-Nada, and reproduction of sardine (Sardinops melanostictus) along the Pacific coast of Japan Motohiko Nakamura, Masashi Uchiyama and Shigeo Funakoshi Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 69(2), Page 99-106, 2005   [Symposium]   The symposium on strong year class occurrence in 2001 of Ishikari Bay herring Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 69(2), Page 107-127, 2005   [Information]   The 10th Uda Award and the 7th Best Paper Award Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 69(2), Page 128-131, 2005   Book review  Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 69(2), Page 132, 2005   Minutes of the executive committee Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 69(2), Page 133-141, 2005   Regulations of the Society Bull. Jpn. Soc. Fish. Oceanogr. 69(2), Page 142, 2005