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Acoustic Detection of the Critically Endangered North Pacific Right Whale in the Northern Bering Sea

The eastern population of the North Pacific right whale is one of the most endangered baleen whale populations in the world numbering in the tens of individuals due to historical whaling followed by illegal catches in the 1960s.
April 19, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Estimating Nearshore Coral Reef-Associated Fisheries Production From the Main Hawaiian Islands

This study estimates nearshore reef fish production for the main Hawaiian Islands at the island scale using commercial and non-commercial catch and characterizes the non-commercial fishery.
April 16, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Studies of Harbor Seals Using Glacial Ice in Disenchantment Bay, Alaska, 2016-2017

This summary will provide an update on NOAA-AFSC’s latest research on seal-vessel interactions jointly conducted with the National Park Service. This research builds on studies since 2002 on ice-associated harbor seals in Disenchantment Bay which have focused on proximate effects such as when, where, and at what distances vessels were causing a disturbance. By employing GPS satellite tracking (for both seals and ships), we aim to address broader population-level effects, and in particular to better understand how vessels entering glacial ice habitats may approach and alter the haul-out behavior of nursing pups, thus potentially increasing their energetic costs of thermoregulation in the water. There is concern that chronic disturbances could reduce body mass of pups at weaning and survival, and ultimately impact population stability.
April 12, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Validation of ATR FT-IR to Identify Polymers of Plastic Marine Debris, Including Those Ingested by Marine Organisms

The paper identifies plastic debris as a pelagic threat to marine turtles, allows identification of plastic type and origin, and the quantification of plastic type most ingested by protected marine turtles.
April 12, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

JABBA: Just Another Bayesian Biomass Assessment

JABBA is an open-source modeling framework for simplified, data-moderate stock assessments which has already been used in five assessments worldwide and will be applied to domestic and international stocks in 2018.
April 02, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Survey for Placental Disease and Reproductive Pathogens in the Endangered Hawaiian Monk Seal

The lack of reproductive pathogens identified in the sampled population indicates that factors other than reproductive pathology, such as resource limitation or other external stressors, may drive the observed variability in monk seal reproductive rates.
March 30, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Pilot Surveys to Improve Monitoring of Marine Recreational Fisheries in Hawaiʻi

In Hawaiʻi, where night fishing accounts for more than one third of the total shore fishing trips on Oʻahu, implementation of a fixed time-block sampling design for private boat survey is feasible.
March 21, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Vertical Distribution, Diet, and Reproduction of the Velvet Dogfish in Waters off Hawaii

A study on the velvet dogfish (Zameus squamulosus) shark species in the Hawaiian longline fisheries.
March 21, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,

Ocean Futures Under Ocean Acidification, Marine Protection, and Changing Fishing Pressures Explored Using a Worldwide Suite of Ecosystem Models

Scientists from Norway, the United States, France, and Australia evaluated the effects of ocean acidification, marine protected areas, and fishing pressure on eight different marine ecosystems.
March 01, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
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Evaluating Management Strategies to Optimize Coral Reef Ecosystem Services

Scientists from NOAA’s Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, Hawai‘i Division of Aquatic Resources, and The Nature Conservancy evaluated how different management strategies would benefit the coastal marine ecosystem and coral reef health at Puakō in Hawai‘i.
February 21, 2018 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,