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Editor's Note Ask one hundred people who are actively involved in the subject how they would define fisheries science and you will probably get a wide variety of answers (perhaps as many as one hundred). Some would undoubtedly place fairly narrow limits on their definition while others might be somewhat constrained. The approach taken by this journal is to accept the broadest possible definition of the subject. Reviews in Fisheries Science will view as appropriate nearly any topic involving fish and shellfish. We will deal with the subject from embryology to food science, from taxonomy to biochemical genetics, from basic biology through fishery management to aquaculture, and from disease to socio-economics. A distinguished group of fisheries scientists serve on the Editorial Board of Reviews in Fisheries Science. Their job is to suggest potential authors and subject matter for the journal. Sometimes they also review papers, but more often, external reviewers are selected from experts who are not members of the Editorial Board. Readers who have ideas for review papers need not wait for a letter or telephone call from the editor. If you have a good idea for a paper, please do not hesitate to submit it. Unsolicited manuscripts also will be given every consideration. Our goal is to seek out the most qualified and knowledgeable authors to prepare papers that review the most significant aspects of fisheries science. Reviews can be very broad or quite narrow in terms of subject matter. Manuscripts may be as long as 50 printed pages, but many are considerably shorter. The diversity of subject matter in each issue of the joumal should provide something of interest to every fisheries scientist, regardless of his or her particular interest and specialty. While most of the papers published in the journal will be detailed, scientific reviews, we also intend to publish experiential papers and those that have a lighter side. Case histories, the trials and tribulations associated with fisheries development projects, historical reviews, and related subject matter will be appropriate for this journal. We also want to evaluate some of the social and economic issues associated with fisheries science, as well as the development of policy and conflict resolution. Those of us who have been involved in launching this journal are excited about the project and pleased with the quality of the material that we have received thus far. We hope that you, the reader, also will be excited about the journal and consider contributing your manuscripts to Reviews in Fisheries Science.