CalCOFI Reports Vol. 60, 2019

I. Reports and Reviews

• State Of The California Current 2018–19: A Novel Anchovy Regime And A New Marine Heat Wave? Andrew R. Thompson, Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, Andrew Leising, Brian K. Wells, John L. Largier, Jennifer L. Fisher, Kym C. Jacobson, Samantha M. Zeman, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Roxanne R. Robertson, Mati Kahru, Ralf Goericke, Clare E. Peabody, Timothy R. Baumgartner, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Luis E. Miranda, Eliana Gomez-Ocampo, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Toby D. Auth, Elizabeth A. Daly, Cheryl A. Morgan, Brian J. Burke, John C. Field, Keith M. Sakuma, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Jessica M. Porquez, Jane Dolliver, Donald E. Lyons, Rachel A. Orben, Jeannette E. Zamon, Pete Warzybok, Jaime Jahncke, Jarrod A. Santora, Sarah Ann Thompson, Brian Hoover, William Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin

II. Scientific Contributions

• Modeling Growth of the Pacific Sardine, Sardinops caeruleus, in the Gulf of California, Mexico, Using the Multimodel Inference Approach. Manuel Otilio Nevárez-Martínez, Edgar Arnoldo Arzola-Sotelo, Juana López-Martínez, José Pablo Santos-Molina, María De Los Ángeles Martínez-Zavala
• Dynamic Habitat Use of Albacore and Their Primary Prey Species in the California Current. Barbara Muhling, Stephanie Brodie, Owyn Snodgrass, Desiree Tommasi, Heidi Dewar, John Childers, Michael Jacox, Christopher Edwards, Yi Xu, Stephanie Snyder
• Distribution of Pelagic Thaliaceans, Thetys vagina and Pyrosoma atlanticum, During a Period of Mass Occurrence within the California Current. Rebecca R. Miller, Jarrod A. Santora, Toby D. Auth, Keith M. Sakuma, Brian K. Wells, John C. Field, Richard D. Brodeur
• Spatial Patterns in Nearshore Juvenile Fish Abundance throughout the California Network of Marine Protected Areas as Revealed by Seabird Foraging Rates. Dan P. Robinette, Nadav Nur, Jaime Jahncke
• Rearing and Inducing Spawning in Captive Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax). Emmanis Dorval, Beverly Macewicz, Patrick Appel, Megan Human, William Watson

Instructions to Authors

CalCOFI Reports Vol. 59, 2018

I. Reports and Reviews

• State Of The California Current 2017–18: Still Not Quite Normal In The North And Getting Interesting In The South. Andrew R. Thompson, Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, Andrew Leising, Brian K. Wells, John L. Largier ,Jennifer L. Fisher, Kym Jacobson, Samantha Zeman, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Roxanne R. Robertson, Francisco P. Chavez, Mati Kahru, Ralf Goericke, Sam Mcclatchie, Clare E. Peabody, Timothy R. Baumgartner, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Richard D. Brodeur, Elizabeth A. Daly, Cheryl A. Morgan, Toby D. Auth, Brian J. Burke, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Julia Coates, Ryan Schoenbaum, Laura Rogers-Bennett, Robert M. Suryan, Jane Dolliver, Stephanie Loredo, Jeannette E. Zamon, Stephanie R. Schneider, Richard T. Golightly, Pete Warzybok, Jaime Jahncke, Jarrod A. Santora, Sarah Ann Thompson, William Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin

II. Scientific Contributions

• Evaluation Of The Influence Of Age And Length On Pacific Sardine(Sardinops Sagax) Maturation And Characterization Of Its Temporal Variability. Kevin Piner, Jenny Mcdaniel, Hui-Hua Lee, Kevin Hill, And Beverly Macewicz
• Spring Spawning Distribution Of Pacific Sardine In Us And Mexican Waters. J. A. Valencia-Gasti, E. D. Weber, T. Baumgartner, R. Durazo, S. Mcclatchie, C. E. Lennert-Cody
• Population Dynamics Of The Bigeye Croaker Micropogonias Megalops In The Northern Gulf Of California. Edgar Arnoldo Arzola-Sotelo, Juana López-Martínez, Carlos Hiram Rábago-Quiroz,  Jesús Guadalupe Padilla-Serrato, Enrique Morales-Bojórquez
• Reproductive Tactics Of California Halibut (Paralichthys Californicus): Combining Spawning Season, Interspawning Interval, And Batch Fecundity To Estimate Annual Reproductive Output For A Multiple-Batch Spawning Fish. Cheryl L. Barnes, And Richard M. Starr

Instructions to Authors

CalCOFI Reports Vol. 58, 2017 (Complete Volume PDF)

I. Reports and Reviews

State of the California Current 2016-2017: Still Anything but “Normal” in the North. Brian K.Wells, Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox,Andrew Leising, Nathan Mantua, Jarrod A. Santora, Jennifer Fisher,William.T. Peterson, Eric Bjorkstedt, Roxanne R. Robertson, Francisco  P. Chavez, Ralf Goericke, Raphael Kudela, Clarissa Anderson, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Richard D. Brodeur, Elizabeth A. Daly, Cheryl A. Morgan, Toby D.Auth, John C. Field, Keith Sakuma, Sam McClatchie, Andrew R.Thompson, Edward D.Weber, William Watson, Robert M. Suryan,  Julia Parrish, Jane Dolliver, Stephanie Loredo, Jessica M. Porquez, Jeannette E. Zamon, Stephanie R. Schneider, Richard T. Golightly, Pete Warzybok, Russell Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, William Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin, John A. Hildebrand, Amanda J. Debich, and Bruce Thayre

II. Scientific Contributions

• Are There Temporal or Spatial Gaps in Recent Estimates of Anchovy off California?  P. C. Davison,W. J. Sydeman, and J.A.Thayer
• California Anchovy Population Remains Low, 2012–16. J.A.Thayer, A. D. Maccall,W. J. Sydeman, and P. C. Davison
• Trends in the Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) Metapopulation in the California Current Ecosystem. Sarah Ann Thompson, William J. Sydeman, Julie A.Thayer, Anna Weinstein, Katherine L. Krieger, and Doug Hay
• Composition and Interannual Variability in Trace Element Profiles of Pacific Sardine Otoliths. Barbara J. Javor and Emmanis Dorval
• Biological Indicator of 2014–15 Warming Conditions: Presence of the Mexican Lookdown (Selene brevoortii), Pacific Tripletail (Lobotes pacificus) and Cortez Bonefish (Albula gilberti) in the Temperate Eastern Pacific of Mexico. Jorge A. Rosales-Casián
• Correcting for Bias in CalCOFI Ichthyoplankton Abundance Estimates Associated with the 1977 Transition from Ring to Bongo Net Sampling. Andrew R.Thompson, Sam McClatchie, Edward D.Weber, William Watson and Cleridy E. Lennert-Cody

Instructions to Authors

CalCOFI Reports Vol. 57, 2016 (click link for complete volume pdf)

I. Reports and Reviews

• State of the California Current 2015-16: Comparisons with the 1997–98 El Niño. Sam McClatchie, Ralf Goericke, Andrew Leising, Toby D. Auth, Eric Bjorkstedt, Roxanne R. Robertson, Richard D. Brodeur, Xiuning Du, Elizabeth A. Daly, Cheryl A. Morgan, Francisco P. Chavez, Amanda J. Debich, John Hildebrand, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Michael G. Jacox, Mati Kahru, Raphael Kudela, Clarissa Anderson, John Largier, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Jose Gomez-Valdes, S. Patricia A. Jimenez-Rosenberg, Ryan McCabe, Sharon R. Melin, Mark D. Ohman, Linsey M. Sala, Bill Peterson, Jennifer Fisher, Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Elliot L. Hazen, Stephanie R. Schneider, Richard T. Golightly, Robert M. Suryan, Amanda J. Gladics, Stephanie Loredo, Jessica M. Porquez, Andrew R. Thompson, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Vera Trainer, Pete Warzybok, Russell Bradley, and Jaime Jahncke

II. Scientific Contributions

• Gopher Rockfish (Sebastes carnatus) Life History in South-Central California. Natasha L. Meyers-Cherry, Royden Nakamura, Benjamin I. Ruttenberg, and Dean E. Wendt
• Seasonal and Ontogenetic Movements of Lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) in Central California, with Implications for Marine Protected Area Management. Ashley Greenley, Kristen Green, and Richard M. Starr
• Biogeography of the Trawl-Caught Fishes of California and an Examination of the Point Conception Faunal Break. John S. Stephens, Jr., Daniel J. Pondella II, John Steinbeck, Jay Carroll, and Milton Love
• Stability of Trace Elements in Otoliths of Juvenile Pacific Sardine Sardinops sagax. Barbara J. Javor and Emmanis Dorval
• Bio-Economic Assessment of a Green Crab Fishery in Baja California South, Mexico. Ernesto A. Chávez
• Seasonal Variability of Pelagic Amphipods off Baja California during La Niña 2011 and Comparison with a “Neutral Year” (2005). Lady Liliana Espinosa-Leal and Bertha E. Lavaniegos
• Joint Likelihood Function Based on Multinomial and Normal Distributions for Analyzing the Phenotypic Growth Variability of Geoduck Clam Panopea Globosa. Marlene Anaid Luquin-Covarrubias, Enrique Morales-Bojórquez, Sergio Scarry González-Peláez, and Daniel Bernardo Lluch-Cota
• Anomalous Epipelagic Micronekton Assemblage Patterns in the Neritic Waters of the California Current in Spring 2015 During a Period of Extreme Ocean Conditions. Keith M. Sakuma, John C. Field, Nathan J. Mantua, Stephen Ralston, Baldo B. Marinovic, and Cynthia N. Carrion

Instructions to Authors

CalCOFI Reports Vol. 56, 2015  (complete pdf volume)

I. Reports and Reviews

• Review Of Selected California Fisheries For 2014: Coastal Pelagic Finfish, Market Squid, Groundfish, Pacific Herring, Dungeness Crab, Ocean Salmon, True Smelts, Hagfish, And Deep Water ROV Surveys Of MPAs And Surrounding Nearshore Habitat. California Department Of Fish And Wildlife
• State of the California Current 2014-15: Impacts of the Warm-Water “Blob”. Andrew W. Leising, Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Jeffrey Abell, Reginaldo Durazo, Gilberto Gaxiola-Castro, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Roxanne R. Robertson, Ralf Goericke, William T. Peterson, Ric Brodeur, Caren Barceló, Toby D. Auth, Elizabeth A. Daly, Robert M. Suryan, Amanda J. Gladics, Jessica M. Porquez, Sam McClatchie, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Jarrod A. Santora, William J. Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin, Francisco P. Chavez, Richard T. Golightly, Stephanie R. Schneider, Jennifer Fisher, Cheryl Morgan, Russell Bradley, and Peter Warybok

II. Symposium Of The 2014 Calcofi Conference: Predicting The California Current System

• Abstract from the Symposium Of The 2014 Calcofi Conference: Predicting The California Current System. Dave Checkley

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CalCOFI Report Vol. 55, 2014 (complete pdf; individual pdf links below)

I. Reports, Reviews, and Publications

• Report Of The Calcofi Committee 2013
• Review Of Selected California Fisheries For 2013: Coastal Pelagic Finfish, Market Squid, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species, Dungeness Crab, Basses, Surfperch, Abalone, Kelp And Edible Algae, And Marine Aquaculture. California Department of Fish & Wildlife
• State of The California Current 2013-2014: El Niño Looming . Andrew Leising, Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Eric Bjorkstedt, John Field, Keith Sakuma, Jeffrey Abell, Roxanne R. Robertson, Joe Tyburczy, William Peterson, Richard D. Brodeur, Caren Barcelo, Toby D. Auth, Elizabeth A. Daly, Gregory S. Campbell, John A. Hildebrand, Robert M. Suryan, Amanda J. Gladics, Cheryl A. Horton, Mati Kahru, Marlene Manzano-Sarabia, Sam McClatchie, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Jarrod A. Santora, William J. Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin, Robert L. DeLong, John Largier, Sung Yong Kim, Francisco P. Chavez, Richard T. Golightly, Stephanie R. Schneider, Pete Warzybok, Russell Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, Jennifer Fisher, and Jay Peterson
• State of the California Current: Live Supplement - updated figures
• Publications - 1 January–31 December 2013

II. Symposium of the CalCOFI Conference, 2013: Forage species and assemblages in the California Current System

• Diet Of A Piscivorous Seabird Reveals Spatiotemporal Variation In Abundance Of Forage Fishes In The Monterey Bay Region. Lisa A. Webb And James T. Harvey
• Pelagic And Demersal Fish Predators On Juvenile And Adult Forage Fishes In The Northern California Current: Spatial And Temporal Variations. Richard D. Brodeur And John C. Buchanan, Robert L. Emmett

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