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Hixon et al 91 MMS part 1  part 1, Hixon et al 91 MMS part 2 part 2, Hixon et al 91 MMS part 3 part 3, Hixon et al 91 MMS part 4 part 4:  Hixon, M.A., B.N. Tissot, and W.G. Pearcy. 1991. Fish Assemblages of Rocky Banks of the Pacific Northwest [Coquille, Daisy, and Heceta Banks]. A final report by the Department of Zoology and College of Oceanography of Oregon State University for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service Pacific OCS Office, Camarillo, CA. Contract No. 14-12-0001-30445. 410 pp.

Hixon, M.A., and B.N. Tissot. 1992. Fish Assemblages of Rocky Banks of the Pacific Northwest [Stonewall Bank]. A final report supplement by the Department of Zoology of Oregon State University for the U.S. Department of the Interior, Minerals Management Service Pacific OCS Office, Camarillo, CA. Contract No.14-12-0001-30445. 128 pp.

Hixon, M.A., M.H. Carr, and J.P. Beets. 1997. Comparing artificial reef and natural reef communities. Pages 51-59 in W. Seaman (ed.) Future Artificial Reefs in the U.S. Coastal Ocean: Can Science Resolve the Biological Enhancement Question? Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission, Washington, D.C., Special Report 64.

Stoner et al 99 Bahamas marine reserve network  Stoner, A.W., M.A. Hixon, and C.P. Dahlgren. 1999. Scientific Review of the Marine Reserve Network Proposed for the Commonwealth of the Bahamas by the Bahamas Department of Fisheries. Report to the Bahamas Ministry of Agriculture and Fisheries. 59 pp.

Koltes, K.H, J. Bohnsack, M. Crosby, M. Hixon, T. Hourigan, J. Maragos, J. Tilmant, and A. Simons. 1999. Building a National System of Marine Protected Areas for Coral Reefs. Report to the U.S. Coral Reef Task Force. 31 pp.

Carr, M., P. Dayton, S. Gaines, M. Hixon, G. Leonard, S. Palumbi, and R. Warner. 2002. Comments on ASA report, entitled "No take marine protected areas (nMPAs) as a fishery management tool: a pragmatic perspective" by Robert L. Shipp, Ph.D. Report to the California Fish and Game Commission.

Hixon, M.A. 2002. Fishery effects of existing West Coast marine reserves: the scientific evidence. Report to the Oregon Ocean Policy Advisory Council and the California Fish and Game Commission.

Bromley, D., B. McCay, M. Hixon, and 27 others. 2005. Protecting America's marine environment: a report of the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee on establishing and managing a national system of marine protected areas. Official report to the U.S. Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior.

Hixon, M.A., and 29 others. 2008. Toward a national system of marine protected areas: a report of the Marine Protected Areas Federal Advisory Committee -- Recommendations from 2006-2007. Official report to the U.S. Secretaries of Commerce and the Interior.