Improving Fish Stock Assessments


Book Description

Ocean harvests have plateaued worldwide and many important commercial stocks have been depleted. This has caused great concern among scientists, fishery managers, the fishing community, and the public. This book evaluates the major models used for estimating the size and structure of marine fish populations (stock assessments) and changes in populations over time. It demonstrates how problems that may occur in fisheries dataâ€"for example underreporting or changes in the likelihood that fish can be caught with a given type of gearâ€"can seriously degrade the quality of stock assessments. The volume makes recommendations for means to improve stock assessments and their use in fishery management.




Northern Southeastern Pink Salmon Tagging Investigations, 1980


Book Description

"Present[s] the results of a major adult pink salmon tagging investigation by the Southeast Alaska Stock Separation Research Project during 1980 in the Chatham Strait and Frederick Sound, northern Southeast Alaska."--Leaf 1.










Operational Plan: Reproductive and Biological Sampling of Yelloweye Rockfish (Sebastes Ruberrimus) and Black Rockfish (Sebastes Melanops) from Southeast Alaska Sport and Commercial Fisheries


Book Description

There is a limited understanding of the reproductive biology of yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) and black rockfish (S. melanops) in Alaskan waters. The purpose of this project is to sample yelloweye and black rockfish in order to estimate maturity schedules (length and age at maturity) and fecundity (both absolute and relative) in Southeast Alaska. An understanding of the reproductive biology of these rockfish species is necessary for science-based management and population dynamics modeling for stock assessment purposes. This project will estimate important life history parameters for these rockfish in Southeast Alaska.