February 2006

**CURRICULUM VITAE**

**NAME:** GARY T. SAKAGAWA

**ORGANIZATION:** National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration

National Marine Fisheries Service

Southwest Fisheries Science Center

8604 La Jolla Shores Drive

La Jolla, California 92037-1508

Phone: (858) 546‑7177

Fax: (858) 546-5656

E-mail: Gary.Sakagawa@noaa.gov

**PRESENT**

**POSITION:** Assistant Center Director, Fishery Management Programs

**DISCIPLINE:** Fishery Biology

> Specialty: Population Biology and Stock Assessment of highly migratory
> species

**EDUCATION:** B.A., Zoology, University of Hawaii, Honolulu, 1963

M.S., Fisheries, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 1967

Ph.D., Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle, 1972

**EXPERIENCE:** 2004-present Assistant Center Director, Fishery
Management Programs

National Marine Fisheries Service

La Jolla, CA

1998-2004 Senior Scientist for Highly Migratory Species

National Marine Fisheries Service

La Jolla, CA

1986‑1998 Chief, Pelagic Fisheries Resources Division

National Marine Fisheries Service

La Jolla, CA

1979‑1986 Chief, Oceanic Fisheries Resources Division

National Marine Fisheries Service

La Jolla, CA

1977‑1979 Leader, Tuna Resources Program

National Marine Fisheries Service

La Jolla, CA

1971‑1977 Fishery Biologist (Research)

National Marine Fisheries Service

La Jolla, CA

1967‑1971 Predoctoral Research Associate

Fisheries Research Institute

University of Washington

Seattle, WA

**RESEARCH**

**INTERESTS:** Population dynamics of tuna and tuna‑like fishes

**HONORS AND**

**AWARDS:** NMFS Special Achievement Award, 1972, 1974, 1975

Best Paper Award, Fishery Bulletin (Vol. 72), 1974

Director, AIFRB, Southern California District, 1977‑1979

President, AFS Marine Fisheries Section, 1981‑1982

Honorable Mention, Best Paper award, Marine Fisheries Review (Vol. 49),
1987

President, AFS International Fisheries Section, 1991-1993

President, AIFRB, 1998-2001

Member, Board of Directors, Japan Society of San Diego and Tijuana,

1998-present

Guest Lecture, Korean Societies on Fisheries Science meeting, 2000

Award of Excellence, AFS Western Division, 2003

Silver medal, NOAA, 2005

Chairman, International Science Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species
in the North Pacific, 2005-2008

**FORMAL TRAINING RECEIVED FROM THE FEDERAL GOVERNMENT:**

Introduction to Supervision, 1971

Network Techniques for Project Management, 1974

NOAA Counseling Workshop, 1975

Department of Commerce Advanced Management Seminar, 1976

Department of Commerce Exceptional Management Practices Seminar, 1979

Executive Leadership Development Workshop, 1979

**PROFESSIONAL**

**AFFILIATIONS:** American Fisheries Society (AFS, Life Member)

American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists (AIFRB, Fellow, 1987)

Sigma Xi (Member, 1986)

Graduate student advisor, Dept. Fisheries and Wildlife, Michigan State
University, E. Lansing, MI (2003-present)

**SERVICE ON SCIENTIFIC COMMITTEES:**

> Scientific Advisor, U.S. delegation to Annual Meeting of the
> International Commission for Conservation of Atlantic Tunas (ICCAT),
> 1972, 1975‑1986
>
> Scientific Advisor, U.S. delegation to Annual Meeting of the
> Inter‑American Tropical Tuna Commission (IATTC), 1973, 1979‑1983,
> 1987, 1989, 1996, 1998 (CA), 1999 (Ecuador), 2000 (Costa Rica), 2001
> (El Salvador), 2002 (Mexico), 2003 (Guatemala), 2004 (Peru)
>
> District Director, American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists,
> 1977‑1979
>
> Member, Atlantic Menhaden Subcommittee on Population Dynamics,
> Atlantic Marine Fisheries Commission, 1977‑1980
>
> Member, Pacific Billfish Fishery Management Plan Development Team,
> Pacific Fishery Management Council, 1978‑1979
>
> Convener, Subcommittee on Skipjack of the Standing Committee on
> Research and Statistics, ICCAT, 1978‑1984
>
> Research Associate, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of
> California, San Diego, 1980‑82
>
> President, Marine Fisheries Section, American Fisheries Society,
> 1981-82
>
> Judge, NOAA Awards at 34^th^ International Science and Engineering
> Fair, 1983 (Albuquerque, NM)
>
> Member, Review Panel for Stock Assessment Collaborative Research
> Support Program, U.S. Agency for International Development, 1984
>
> Representative, Western Region, Marine Fisheries Section, American
> Fisheries Society, 1984‑1986
>
> Member, Program Committee, 116^th^ Annual Meeting of the American
> Fisheries Society, 1986
>
> Moderator, \"Population modeling and statistical approaches,\" 116^th^
> annual meeting of the American Fisheries Society, 1986 (Providence,
> RI)
>
> Participant, Expert Consultation on Stock Assessment of Tunas in the
> Indian Ocean, Indo‑Pacific Tuna Development and Management Programme,
> FAO (IPTP), 1986 (Sri Lanka); 1988 (Mauritius); 1990 (Thailand); 1993
> (Seychelles)
>
> Representative, U.S. delegation, Committee for the Management of
> Indian Ocean Tuna, IOC, 9^th^ session 1986 (Sri Lanka), 10^th^ session
> 1988 (Mauritius), 11^th^ session 1990 (Thailand)
>
> Associate editor, Transactions of the American Fisheries Society,
> 1986-88
>
> Convener, \"Managing Fisheries‑‑Lessons from Abroad\", 117^th^ Annual
> Meeting of the American Fisheries Society, 1987 (Winston-Salem, NC)
>
> Chairman, Publications Award Committee, American Fisheries Society,
> 1987‑88
>
> Member, Steering Committee, World Fisheries Congress, 1987‑1992
>
> Chairman, Professionalism Committee, American Fisheries Society,
> 1988‑89, 1989-90
>
> Participant, The Third Southwest Asian Tuna Conference, 1989
> (Indonesia)
>
> Convener, \"Fisheries management controversies: Your professional
> ethics can be an underlying issue\", 119^th^ Annual Meeting of the
> American Fisheries Society, 1989 (Anchorage, AK)
>
> Participant, South Pacific Albacore Research (SPAR) Workshop, 2^nd^
> session 1989 (Fiji); 3^rd^ session 1990 (New Caledonia); 4^th^ session
> 1991 (Taiwan); 5^th^ session 1993 (French Polynesia); 6^th^ session
> 1996 (Cook Is.)
>
> Scientific Advisor, U.S. delegation to Consultation on Arrangements
> for South Pacific Albacore Fisheries Management, 1990 (Solomon
> Islands)
>
> President, International Fisheries Section, American Fisheries
> Society, 1991-1993
>
> Chairman, Western Pacific Yellowfin Tuna Research Group, 1991-94,
> 1996-97
>
> Scientific Advisor, U.S. delegation, U.S.-Japan Consultative Committee
> on Fisheries, 1^st^ meeting 1992 (Japan); 2^nd^ meeting 1993 (U.S.);
> 4^th^ meeting 1996 (U.S.); 5^th^ meeting 1997 (Japan); 7^th^ meeting
> 1999 (Japan)
>
> Member, Steering Committee for Pelagic Fisheries Research Program,
> Joint Institute for Marine and Atmospheric Research, University of
> Hawaii, 1992-99
>
> Scientific Advisor, U.S. delegation to U.S.-FFA Consultation on South
> Pacific Tuna Treaty (SPTT), 1993 (Fiji); 1995 (Fiji); 1996 (Fiji);
> 1997 (Vanuatu); 1998 (Tonga); 1999 (Palau); 2000 (Niue); 2001 (Samoa
> and Fiji); 2002 (Kiribati); 2003 (Marshall Is.); 2004 (Tuvalu)
>
> Technical consultant, Magic School Bus food chain script, Scholastic
> Productions, Inc., New York, 1993
>
> Scientific Advisor, U.S. delegation, Multilateral High Level
> Conference on the Conservation and Management of Highly Migratory Fish
> Stocks in the Western and Central Pacific (MHLC), 1^st^ meeting 1994
> (Solomon Islands); 2^nd^ meeting 1997 (Marshall Is.); 3^rd^ meeting
> 1998 (Japan); 4^th^ meeting 1999 (Hawaii); 5^th^ meeting 1999
> (Hawaii); 6^th^ meeting 2000 (Hawaii); 7^th^ meeting 2000 (Hawaii)
>
> Scientific Advisor, U.S. delegation to Preparatory Conference for
> Western-Central Pacific HMS Convention (PrepCon) 1^st^ meeting 2001
> (New Zealand); 2^nd^ meeting 2002 Papua New Guinea); 3^rd^ meeting
> 2002 (Philippines); 4^th^ meeting 2003 (Fiji); 5^th^ meeting 2003
> (Cook Is.)
>
> Member, Sullivan Fishery Conservation Award Committee, American
> Fisheries Society, 1993-94
>
> Member, Organizing Committee, Second FAO Expert Consultation on
> Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries, Shimizu, Japan, 1995
>
> Member, External Review Committee for Environmental Science Curriculum
> Program, California State University, Los Angeles, 1995-96
>
> Member, O.E. Sette Outstanding Marine Fishery Biologist Award
> Committee, American Fisheries Society, 1997-98
>
> Chairman, Yellowfin Tuna Research Group, Standing Committee on Tuna
> and Billfish, 1997-2000
>
> President, American Institute of Fishery Research Biologists,
> 1998-2002
>
> Participant, Interim Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like
> Species in the North Pacific Ocean (ISC), 1^st^ meeting 1996 (Japan);
> 2^nd^ meeting 1999 (Hawaii); 3^rd^ meeting 2002 (Japan); 4^th^ meeting
> 2003 (Hawaii); 5^th^ meeting 2005 (Japan).
>
> Participant, North Pacific Albacore Workshop (NPALB), 13^th^ meeting
> 1993 (CA); 14^th^ meeting 1995 (Taiwan); 16^th^ meeting 1999 (Japan);
> 17^th^ meeting 2000 (Taiwan); 18^th^ meeting 2002 (CA); 19^th^ meeting
> 2004 (Canada).
>
> Participant, Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish of the
> Secretariat of the Pacific Community (SCTB) 1991 (Vanuatu); 1992
> (Hawaii): 1993 (Federated States of Micronesia); 1994 (Palau); 1995
> (New Caledonia); 1996 (New Caledonia); 1997 (Fiji); 1998 (Hawaii);
> 1999 (Tahiti); 2000 (New Caledonia); 2001 (New Caledonia); 2002
> (Hawaii); 2003 (Australia).
>
> Scientific Advisor, U.S. delegation, U.S.-Canada Albacore Treaty;
> 2002-present

Chairman, North Pacific Albacore Workshop, 2001-2003

> Chairman, Skipjack Research Group, Standing Committee on Tuna and
> Billfish, 2001-2003.
>
> Participant, WCPFC Science Committee 2005 (New Caledonia)
>
> Chairman, International Scientific Committee on Tuna and Tuna-like
> Species in the North Pacific, 2005-2008.
>
> Scientific Advisor, U.S. delegation to Western and Central Pacific
> Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) 2^nd^ meeting 2005 (FSM)

**PUBLICATIONS ‑ GARY T. SAKAGAWA**

Sakagawa, G. T. 1967. An analysis of catch per unit effort as used to
determine abundance, with particular reference to the lake trout,
*Salvelinus namaycush*, of Lake Superior, 1939‑45. Master\'s thesis,
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, 123 p.

Sakagawa, G. T., and R. L. Pycha. 1971. Population biology of lake trout
(*Salvelinus namaycush*) of Lake Superior before 1950. **J. Fish. Res.
Bd. Can.** 28(1):65‑71.

Sakagawa, G. T., and W. H. Lenarz. 1972. American participation in tuna
fishery of eastern tropical Atlantic. **Mar. Fish. Rev.**
34(11‑12):55‑65.

Kimura, M., and G. T. Sakagawa. 1972. Observations on scale patterns and
growth of the Pacific sardine reared in the laboratory. **Fish. Bull.,
U.S.** 1043‑1052.

Sakagawa, G. T. 1972. The dynamics of juvenile salmon, with particular
emphasis on pink salmon (*Oncorhynchus gorbuscha*), during their early
marine life. Ph.D. dissertation, University of Washington, 352 p.

Le Guen, J. C., and G. T. Sakagawa. 1973. Apparent growth of yellowfin
tuna from the eastern Atlantic Ocean. **Fish. Bull., U.S.**
71(1):175‑187.

Lenarz, W. H., W. W. Fox, Jr., G. T. Sakagawa, and B. J. Rothschild.
1974. An examination of the yield per recruit basis for a minimum size
regulation for Atlantic yellowfin tuna, *Thunnus albacares*. **Fish.
Bull., U.S.** 72(1):37‑61.

Wares, P. G., and G. T. Sakagawa. 1974. Some morphometrics of billfishes
from the eastern Pacific Ocean. Proceedings of the International
Billfish Symposium, Kailua‑Kona, Hawaii, 9‑12 August 1972, Part 2.
Review and Contributed Papers. U.S. Dep. Comm., **NOAA Tech. Rep., NMFS
SSRF**‑675:107‑120.

Sakagawa, G. T. 1974. Participation by Panamanian and U.S. seiners in
1972 tuna fishery of the eastern tropical Atlantic. **Mar. Fish. Rev.**
36(3):10‑13.

Sakagawa, G. T. 1975. The purse‑seine fishery for bluefin tuna in the
Northwestern Atlantic Ocean. **Mar. Fish. Rev.** 37(3):1‑8.

Sakagawa, G. T., and M. Kimura. 1976. Growth of laboratory‑ reared
northern anchovy, *Engraulis mordax*, from southern California. **Fish.
Bull., U.S.** 74(2):271‑279.

Sakagawa, G. T., A. L. Coan, and E. P. Holzapfel. 1976. Length
composition of yellowfin, skipjack and bigeye tunas caught in the
eastern tropical Atlantic by American purse seiners. U.S. Dep. Comm.,
**NOAA Tech. Rep., NMFS SSRF**‑702, 22 p.

Sakagawa, G. T., A. L. Coan, and T. C. Murphy. 1977. A review of the
yellowfin‑skipjack tuna fishery of the Atlantic Ocean and American
participation, 1956‑75. **Mar. Fish. Rev.** 39(12):1‑10.

Perrin, W. F., T. D. Smith, and G. T. Sakagawa. 1982. Status of
populations of spotted dolphin, *Stenella attenuata*, and spinner
dolphin, *Stenella longirostris*, in the eastern tropical Pacific, p.
67‑83. Proceedings of the Mammals in the Sea, Vol. 4, FAO.

Sakagawa, G. T., and P. E. K. Symons. 1982. The international skipjack
year program of the International Commission for the Conservation of
Atlantic Tunas. **Fisheries** 7(3):12‑17.

Symons, P. E. K., P. M. Miyake, and G. T. Sakagawa (eds.). 1986.
Proceedings of the ICCAT Conference on the International Skipjack Year
Program. Int. Comm. Conserv. Atlantic Tunas, Madrid, 388 p.

Sakagawa, G. T., and A. Coan. 1986. Some recent changes in the Atlantic
skipjack tuna fishery (Abstract), p. 104. **In:** P. E. K. Symons, P. M.
Miyake, and G. T. Sakagawa (eds.), Proceedings of the ICCAT Conference
on the International Skipjack Year Program. Int. Comm. Conserv. Atlantic
Tunas, Madrid.

Sakagawa, G. T. 1986. Skipjack fisheries in the western Atlantic, p.
99‑103. **In:** P. E. K. Symons, P. M. Miyake, and G. T. Sakagawa
(eds.), Proceedings of the ICCAT Conference on the International
Skipjack Year Program. Int. Comm. Conserv. Atlantic Tunas, Madrid.

Sakagawa, G.T., A.L. Coan and N.W. Bartoo. 1987. Patterns in longline
fishery data and bigeye tuna catches. **Mar. Fish. Rev.** 49(4):57‑77.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1987. Effects of tropical tuna fisheries on non‑target
species. U.S. Dept. Comm, **NOAA‑TM‑NMFS‑SWFC**‑69. 29 p.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1988. The First Asian Fisheries Forum. Book review.
**Trans. Amer. Fish. Soc.**, 117:418-420.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1989. Trends in fisheries for swordfish in the Pacific
Ocean, pp. 61-79. **In:** R.H. Stroud (ed.) Planning the future of
billfishes. Proceedings of the Second International Billfish Symposium.
Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, 1-5 August 1988. Marine Recreational Fisheries 13.
National Coalition for Marine Conservation, Inc., Savannah, GA.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1990. Wahoo, Vol. 21, p. 6. **In:** The World Book
Encyclopedia, World Book Publishing, Chicago.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1990. Mackerel, Vol. 13, pp. 23-24. **In:** The World
Book Encyclopedia, World Book Publishing, Chicago.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1991. Are U.S. regulations on dolphin-tuna fishing
driving U.S. seiners to foreign-flag registry? **N. Amer. J. of Fish.
Mgmt.**, 11(3):241-252.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1991. Stonefish, Vol. 18, pp. 904. **In:** The World Book
Encyclopedia, World Book Publishing, Chicago.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1993. Yellowfin tuna, dolphins and the eastern tropical
Pacific fishery: Is it safe? pp. 111-118. **In:** 120 Semana das Pescas
dos Acores, 16-20 March 1992, Horta-Faial, Azores, Portugal. Secretaria
Regional da Agriculture e Pescas, Rua Consul Dabney, 9-900 Horta-Faial,
Azores.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1994. Theme 5: Assessment methodologies and fisheries
management. pp. 194-196. **In:** C.W. Voigtlander (ed.) The status of
the world\'s fisheries resources. Proceedings of the World Fisheries
Congress, Plenary Sessions. Oxford & IBH Publishing Co. Pvt., Ltd., New
Delhi.

Sakagawa, G. 1996. Western Pacific Yellowfin Tuna Research
Group\--Findings on tuna fisheries interactions, pp. 306-313.
Proceedings of the Second FAO Expert Consultation on Pacific Tuna
Fisheries. **FAO Fisheries Technical Paper** 365: Status of Interactions
of Pacific Tuna Fisheries in 1995.

Shomura, R, R. Harman and G. Sakagawa. 1996. Human Interaction in Tuna
Fishery Management, pp. 530-537. Proceedings of the Second FAO Expert
Consultation on Pacific Tuna Fisheries. **FAO Fisheries Technical
paper** 365: Status of Interactions of Pacific Tuna Fisheries in 1995.

Coan, A.L., Jr., G. T. Sakagawa, D. Prescott, and G. Yamasaki. 1997. The
1996 U.S. purse seine fishery for tropical tunas in the central-western
Pacific Ocean. **Mar. Fish. Rev.** 59(3):34-40.

Sakagawa, G.T. 2000. The impact of FAD innovation on the performance of
US tuna purse seine operations in the Pacific Ocean, pp. 371-388.
**In:** J.-Y. Le Gall, P. Cayré, and M. Taquet (eds). Pêche thonière et
dispostifs de concentration de poissons, October 15-19, 1999,
Trois-Îlets, Martiniques. Actes de Colloques n28 - 2000. Institut
français de recherche pour l\'exploitation de la mer (Ifremer),
Plouzané, France.

Sakagawa, G.T. 2000. The pelagic fisheries for Pacific tunas, pp. 45-53.
**In:** K. Hinman (ed). Getting ahead of the curve; conserving the
Pacific Ocean\'s tunas, swordfish, billfishes and sharks. Marine
Fisheries Symposium. No. 16. National Coalition for Marine Conservation,
Inc., Leesburg, VA.

**ADMINISTRATIVE REPORTS - GARY T. SAKAGAWA**

Sakagawa, G.T. 1967. Notes on equilibrium yield per recruitment for the
lake trout fishery of Lake Superior, prelamprey period. Great Lakes
Fish. Comm. (mimeo), 23 p.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1968. Racial analysis of juvenile pink salmon, p.8.
**In:** 1967 research in fisheries, College of Fisheries, University of
Washington, Seattle.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1969. Equilibrium yield per pre‑recruitment for the lake
trout fishery of Lake Superior prior to 1951, p. 34‑35. (Abstract)
**In:** Abstracts, papers presented at the American Fisheries Society
99th annual meeting, Sept. 10‑13, 1969, New Orleans.

Rothschild, B. J., A. C. Hartt, G. Lord, G.T. Sakagawa, M.B. Dell, and
D. Rogers. 1970. High seas salmon studies. Research in fisheries, 1969.
College of Fisheries, Univ. Wash., p. 5‑9.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1970. Field manual, scientific section. Data codes for
North Pacific tagging. Fish. Res. Inst., Univ. Wash., 65 p.

Rothschild, B.J., A.C. Hartt, G.T. Sakagawa, M.B. Dell, and D. Rogers.
1970. High seas salmon studies, p 5‑9. **In:** 1969 research in
fisheries, College of Fisheries, University of Washington, Seattle.

Rothschild, B.J., A.C. Hartt, G. Lord, G.T. Sakagawa, M.B. Dell, and
D.E. Rogers. 1971. High seas salmon studies, p. 7‑9. **In:** 1970
research in fisheries, College of Fisheries, University of Washington,
Seattle.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1971. Growth of Atlantic yellowfin, p. 4. (Abstract)
Proceedings of twenty‑second tuna conference, Oct. 11‑13, 1971, Lake
Arrowhead, CA. Scripps Institution of Oceanography, La Jolla, CA.

Lenarz, W.H., and G.T. Sakagawa. 1973. A review of the yellowfin tuna
fishery of the Atlantic Ocean. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap. 1:5‑58.

Lenarz, W.H., W.W. Fox, Jr., G.T. Sakagawa, and B.J. Rothschild. 1973.
An examination of the yield per recruit basis for a minimum size
regulation for Atlantic yellowfin tuna. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap.
1:101‑179.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1974. Status of the Atlantic bluefin tuna population ‑‑ a
review of the current knowledge, p. 3‑4. (Abstract) **In:** Proceedings
of twenty‑fourth tuna conference, Oct. 1‑3, 173, Lake Arrowhead, CA.
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, CA.

Sakagawa, G. 1974. Notes on the Spanish trap fishery for bluefin tuna
and the feasibility of compiling a time series on catch statistics.
Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑74‑34, 3 p.

Sakagawa, G.T., and A.L. Coan. 1974. A review of some aspects of the
bluefin tuna (*Thunnus thynnus thynnus*) fisheries of the Atlantic
Ocean. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap. 2:259-313.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1975. Preliminary 1974 U.S. fishery statistics on
Atlantic tunas. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Admin. Rep.
LJ‑75‑53, 6 p. (unnumbered tables)

Sakagawa, G.T. 1975. Status of the bigeye tuna stocks of the Atlantic
Ocean, 1957‑73, from production model analysis. Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑75‑79, 22 p.

Sakagawa, G.T., T.C. Murphy and A.L. Coan. 1975. Report on the sampling
of imports of Atlantic‑caught tunas in Puerto Rico, U.S.A. Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑75‑81, 49p.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1976. State of the bigeye tuna stocks of the Atlantic
Ocean from production model analysis, 1957‑1975. Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑76‑19, 14 p.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1976. Incidental catches made by American tuna seiners in
the Atlantic Ocean, 1968‑1975. Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
Admin. Rep. LJ‑76‑18, 10 p.

Sakagawa G.T., and A.L. Coan. 1976. State of the skipjack tuna stocks of
the Atlantic Ocean from production model analysis, 1969‑1975. Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑76‑25, 14 p.

Sakagawa, G.T., A. L. Coan, and E. P. Holzapfel. 1976. Size and species
composition of Atlantic tunas in import landings of Puerto Rico,
1975‑1976. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑76‑21, 16
p.

Sakagawa, G.T., A.L. Coan and E.P. Holzapfel. 1976. Length composition
of yellowfin, skipjack, and bigeye tunas caught in the eastern tropical
Atlantic by American purse seiners. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap.
5(1):48‑63.

Coan, A.L., and G.T. Sakagawa. 1976. Length and age composition of
yellowfin tuna from the Atlantic Ocean, 1966‑73. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci.
Pap. 6(1):31‑47.

Murphy, T. C., and G. T. Sakagawa. 1976. A review and evaluation of
estimates of natural mortality rates of tunas. Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑76‑23, 15 p.

Huppert, D.D., W.W. Fox, Jr, and G.T. Sakagawa. 1977. Tropical tuna
fisheries: a systems simulation approach to management strategy, p.
13‑15. (Abstract) **In:** Proceedings of twenty‑seventh tuna conference,
Sept. 26‑29, 1976, Lake Arrowhead, CA. Southwest Fisheries Science
Center, La Jolla, CA.

Sakagawa, G.T., A.L. Coan and E. P. Holzapfel. 1977. Size and species
composition of Atlantic tunas in import landings of Puerto Rico,
1975‑1976. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap. 6(1):99‑102.

Sakagawa, G.T., and J.H. Uchiyama. 1977. Age and growth of Atlantic
skipjack tuna (*Katsuwonus pelamis*) from daily growth increments in
otoliths ‑‑ a progress report. Southwest Fisheries Science Center,
Admin. Rep. LJ‑77‑26, 6 p.

Weber, E.C., and G.T. Sakagawa. 1978. Production model analysis of
bigeye tuna (*Thunnus obesus*) from the Atlantic Ocean, 1965‑1975.
ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap. 7(1):120‑125.

Bartoo, N.W., and G.T. Sakagawa. 1978. Size frequency of bigeye tuna
(*Thunnus obesus*) in the catch of the Atlantic surface fishery,
1967‑1975. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap. 7(1):97‑104.

Sakagawa, G.T., and A.L. Coan. 1979. Adjusted catches of yellowfin and
bigeye tunas for 1976 Atlantic fishery. ICCAT, Coll. Vol. Sci. Pap.
8(1):7‑14.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1979. Proceedings of the 30th Annual Tuna Conf. Southwest
Fisheries Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑79‑44, 62 p.

Sakagawa, G.T. 1981. The international skipjack year program of the
ICCAT, p. 38. (Abstract) **In:** Proceedings of the 32nd Annual Tuna
Conference, May 17‑20, 1981, Lake Arrowhead, CA., Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑81‑29.

Coan, A.L. Jr., and G.T. Sakagawa. 1983. An examination of single set
data for the U.S. tropical tuna purse seine fleet. ICCAT, Coll. Vol.
Sci. Pap. 18(1):83‑99.

Sakagawa, G.T., and A.L. Coan. 1987. Species composition of U.S. tuna
imports from the tema‑based pole‑and‑line fleet. Southwest Fisheries
Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ‑87‑13, 14 p.

Coan, A.L. Jr., N. Bartoo and G. Sakagawa. 1988. Plan for collection of
fisheries data from U.S. tuna purse seiners fishing in the South
Pacific. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ-88-19, 19 p.

Sakagawa, G.T., and P. Kleiber. 1991. Fisheries and stocks of yellowfin
tuna in the Pacific and Indian Oceans - Status and review of assessment
methods. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Admin. Rep. LJ-91-16, 28 p.

Coan, A.L., Jr., G. Sakagawa, D. Prescott, P. Williams, K. Staish, and
G. Yamasaki. 2000. The 1999 U.S. central-western Pacific tropical tuna
purse seine fishery. Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Admin. Rep.
LJ-00-10, 21 p.