Editor-in-Chief:

Carl J. Walters
Fisheries Centre
University of British Columbia
Canada

Co-Editor:

Masashi Sekino
Tohoku National Fisheries Research Institute
Shiogama, Japan

Associate Editors:

M.S. Allen (USA)
C.S. Guy (USA)

Section Editor:

Section: Science for ecosystem based fisheries management

James H. Cowan, Jr
Department of Oceanography and Coastal Sciences
2191 Energy, Coast and Environment Bldg.
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA 70803-7503,USA

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