Fish Bulletin No. 108. The Marine Fish Catch of California For the Years 1957 and 1958

Catch bulletins provide records of fishery landings and their value to the fishermen during one or more years. This bulletin covering 1957 and 1958 is the 18th of a series reporting the commercial fish catch of California. Prior records have been published regularly in this form beginning with the 1926 and 1927 landings. The statistical system and methods were fully described in Fish Bulletin 86, catch bulletin for 1950.California's commercial fishery records system contains enumeration of the catch based on receipts completed by the dealer at the time he receives fish. Numerous fishery biologists, wardens and clerical personnel make every effort to insure that the basic catch record reported from the field is complete. Published figures are of national and international interest to fisheries biologists, legislators, chambers of commerce, members of the fishing industry, educators and other individuals

Fish Bulletin No. 121. The California Marine Fish Catch For 1961 and Catch Localities for Dover Sole, Microstomus pacificus (Lockington), Landed in California, 1950 through 1959

Catch Bulletins provide records of California's commercial fisheries and their value to fishermen. They also summarize the marine party boat anglers' sport catch.This report for 1961 is the 21st in the series. Prior records have been published regularly beginning with those for 1926 and 1927. In recent years, a need for faster publication of catch statistics has made it desirable to publish annually instead of biennially.There has been a change in the title of the bulletin series from The Marine Fish Catch of California to The California Marine Fish Catch.Each wholesale fish dealer or processor completes a record in quadruplicate of all fish received. The triplicate copy of these receipts is sent to the Department of Fish and Game. Party-boat operators record each trip's catch and these records are also sent to the Department. These data are edited and subsequently processed by electric accounting machines.Published figures are of national and international concern, but they are used primarily by fisheries scientists and legislators to manage and regulate California's important fisheries. Chambers of commerce, members of the fishing industry, educators, and others also find the catch statistics of value in meeting their respective needs

Fish Bulletin No. 111. The Marine Fish Catch of California For the Year 1959

Catch Bulletins provide records of California's commercial fishery landings and their value to fishermen. This report for 1959 is the 19th in the series. Prior records have been published regularly beginning with those for 1926 and 1927.Bulletin titles have varied slightly through the years, reflecting the increasing importance of marine species as fresh water catches dropped to insignificance. The first 15 bulletins, for the years 1926 through 1952, were entitled, "The Commercial Fish Catch of California" but since 1953 they have been entitled, "The Marine Fish Catch of California."In recent years, a need has arisen for faster publication of catch statistics. Consequently, figures will henceforth be published annually instead of biennially.The statistical system and methods used to collect the records were fully described in Fish Bulletin 86, which reported the catch for 1950. In the intervening 10 years, methods and equipment have been modified to accelerate production but the basic principles have remained unchanged.California's commercial fishery records system is based on complete enumeration of the catch. Each fish dealer makes a quadruplicate record of every catch he receives from fishermen and one of these is promptly sent to the Department of Fish and Game. This insures greater accuracy than any known sampling plan. Within the department, many individuals expend considerable effort to insure completeness of basic records. Published figures are of national and international concern and are used by fisheries scientists, legislators, chambers of commerce, members of the fishing industry, educators and others

Fish Bulletin No. 117. The Marine Fish Catch of California For the Year 1960

Catch Bulletins provide records of California's commercial fisheries and their value to fishermen. They also summarize the marine party boat anglers' sport catch.This report for 1960 is the 20th in the series. Prior records have been published regularly beginning with those for 1926 and 1927. In recent years, a need for faster publication of catch statistics has made it desirable to publish annually instead of biennially.Bulletin titles have varied slightly through the years. The first 15, for the years 1926 through 1952, were entitled "The commercial fish catch of California" but since 1953 bulletins have been entitled "The marine fish catch of California". Addition of marine sport catch information to bulletins influenced this title change to more accurately describe the bulletins' scope.Each commercial fish dealer makes a quadruplicate record of every catch he receives from fishermen, and one copy is promptly sent to the Department of Fish and Game. Each party-boat operator records each trip's catch and these records are also sent to the Department. This complete enumeration of the catch insures greater accuracy than any known sampling plan. After several intermediate steps, basic data are summarized with the Department's I.B.M. punch card facilities into essentially the same form as the tables published in this bulletin.Published figures are of national and international concern, but they are used primarily by fisheries scientists and legislators to effectively manage and regulate California's important fisheries. Chambers of commerce, members of the fishing industry, educators, and others also find the catch statistics of considerable value in meeting their respective needs

Evaluation of the Pairwise Approach for Fitting Joint Linear Mixed Models: A Simulation Study

A mixed model is a flexible tool for joint modelling purposes, especially when the gathered data are unbalanced. However, computational problems due to the dimension of the joint covariance matrix of the random effects arise as soon as the number of outcomes and/or the number of used random effects per outcome increases. We propose a pairwise approach in which all possible bivariate models are fitted, and where inference follows from pseudo-likelihood arguments. The approach is applicable for linear, generalised linear and nonlinear mixed models, or for combinations of these. This paper evalu-ates the performance of the pairwise approach for joint linear mixed models using a set of simulation studies

Recovery ability of common carp (Cyprinus carpio) after a short-term exposure to terbuthylazine

Effects of a high terbuthylazine concentration (3.3 mg/l) on Cyprinus carpio were studied using a commercial herbicide formulation Click 500 SC (terbuthylazine 500 g/l). The fish were exposed to the pesticide for 24 h and allowed to recover for 6 days. Biometric parameters, plasma biochemical parameters and biomarkers of oxidative stress as well as histopathological changes in selected tissues were assessed on day 1 and 7. After a 24-h exposure, there were significant alterations found in the activities of alanine aminotransferase (ALT) and aspartate aminotransferase (AST) as well as in the plasma concentrations of glucose, natrium, chlorides, calcium and phosphorus. Hepatosomatic index, plasma albumin and lactate reflected the treatment with a delay. Ion levels and ALT were found to be restored after a 6-day recovery period, which was too short for AST activity and glucose to diminish to the control levels. The histopathological examination revealed disorders in the gills of the exposed fish, however, the changes were not detected after a 6-day recovery period. The study shows high regeneration potential of the fish