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Fish Stock Assessment 101: Part 2—A Closer Look at Stock Assessment Models

Catch, abundance, and biology data feed into mathematical models that represent the factors causing changes in harvested fish stocks.
October 10, 2012 - Feature Story ,
National
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Attributes of the Eastern Chukchi Sea Food Web With Comparisons to Three Northern Marine Ecosystems

Alaska Fisheries Science Center Quarterly Report
October 01, 2012 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Genetic Diversity of Captive Broodstock Program for Redfish Lake Sockeye

Despite an extreme bottleneck that nearly decimated the Redfish Lake sockeye population in the early 1990s, the captive broodstock program retained 95% of the population’s genetic diversity.
August 08, 2012 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Raising Pacific Lamprey Eggs at Mukilteo Research Station

Scientists, tribes collaborate to propagate the declining Pacific lamprey species
July 23, 2012 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Ocean Acidification: Monitoring and Measuring the Physiological and Population Response of Living Marine Resources in Alaska

Alaska Fisheries Science Center Quarterly Report.
July 01, 2012 - Feature Story ,
Alaska

Fish Stock Assessment 101 Series: Part 1—Data Required for Assessing U.S. Fish Stocks

A biological fish stock is a group of fish of the same species that live in the same geographic area and mix enough to breed with each other when mature.
May 23, 2012 - Feature Story ,
National
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New Biomarker Discovered for Low Levels of Domoic Acid

Scientists discovered new way to detect chronic, low-level exposure to a seafood toxin in marine animals.
May 02, 2012 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
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Seeing the Sea Unseen: Where Science and Art Intersect

Stunning microscopic images of aquatic life can be captured by a scanning electron microscope.
April 18, 2012 - Feature Story ,
West Coast
Surface of zebrafish skin Thumbprint-like microridges are present on the surface of individual skin cells of this newly hatched zebrafish. Openings for three goblet cells that produce mucus can also be seen between skin cells.

A Tale of Two Stocks: Studies of Northern Fur Seals Breeding at the Northern and Southern Extent of the Range

Alaska Fisheries Science Center Quarterly Report
April 01, 2012 - Feature Story ,
Alaska

A Day in the Life of an Observer

Fisheries observers, like fishermen, work hard at a job they believe in—making sure the nation’s seafood supply is sustainable.
February 21, 2012 - Feature Story ,
National
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