Publications

This report presents trends in economic performance indicators for small boat fisheries in American Samoa, Guam, and the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands (CNMI) from 2009 to 2017.

The eastern Bering Sea was characterized by anomalously warm conditions in 2018. Over the northern shelf, an unprecedented near-complete lack of sea ice occurred; the southeastern shelf had no sea ice and no cold pool (footprint of winter sea ice persisting as cold bottom water the following summer, less than

After the 3-year program to explore deep-sea coral and sponge ecosystems research ended, PIFSC and DSCRTP sponsored a workshop to review its accomplishments and suggest improvements for future work.

Coastal regions around Alaska are experiencing the most rapid and extensive onset of ocean acidification (OA) compared to anywhere else in the United States. By integrating observational data with species response studies, OA forecast models, and human impact assessments, it has been determined that Alaskan coastal communities and the vast fisheries that support them, have varying degrees of vulnerability to OA, ranging from moderate to severe. Areas that are most vulnerable are located in regions where fisheries are vital for the state and national economy, providing over $3 billion annually to the U.S. gross domestic product (GDP). Even a relatively small decline in one or more of the fisheries in the Gulf of Alaska or Bering Sea could have cascading economic impacts that could dwarf the combined impacts of other regions around the Nation.

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s (NOAA) Alaska Fisheries Science Center and the Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory collaborate to form the Alaska Ocean Acidification (OA) Enterprise. This collaboration combines the scientific disciplines of chemical and biological oceanography, fish and crab physiology, and population and bioeconomic modeling. This report describes proposed research pending support from the NOAA Ocean Acidification Program.

This booklet provides an overview of key findings on corals, reef fish, and ocean conditions in the Pacific Remote Islands Marine National Monument (PRIMNM) collected during ten research missions from 2000–2016.

This booklet provides an overview of key findings on corals, reef fish, and ocean conditions around the islands of the Mariana Archipelago collected during research missions in 2003, 2005, and 2007.

This booklet provides an overview of key findings on corals, reef fish, and ocean conditions around the islands and atolls of American Samoa collected during research missions in 2002, 2004, 2006, 2008, and 2010.

This report provides data and information on corals, reef fish, and ocean conditions around the islands of the Mariana Archipelago collected during research missions in 2003, 2005, and 2007.

This report provides data and information on corals, reef fish, and ocean conditions around the islands and atolls of American Samoa collected during research missions in 2002, 2004, and 2006.