Development and Use of a Novel Main Hawaiian Islands Bathymetric and Backscatter Synthesis
September 13, 2019
TM on the NOAA PIFSC Stock Assessment Program responsible for regularly assessing this stock, requiring reliable time-series of catch, abundance, and life history demographics to estimate trends and to evaluate sustainability benchmarks.
Commercial and recreational fishing are extremely important to the economy and culture of Hawaii (Haight et al. 1993) and the “Deep7” bottomfish stock, comprising six snapper and one grouper species, represents one of the more important insular fisheries in the region (Western Pacific Regional Fishery Management Council 2010).
The NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) Stock Assessment Program (SAP) is responsible for regularly assessing this stock, requiring reliable time-series of catch, abundance, and life history demographics to estimate trends and to evaluate sustainability benchmarks.
Richards BL, Smith JR, Smith SG, Ault JS, Kelley CD, Moriwake VN. 2019. Development and Use of a Novel Main Hawaiian Islands Bathymetric and Backscatter Synthesis in a Stratified Fishery-Independent Bottomfish Survey. U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-87, 48 p. https://doi.org/10.25923/bh8v-0184.