Jurisdictional Fish Life History Sample Inventory 2023

Biological sampling of commercial, recreational, and subsistence-valued fish species for life history research is an important component of sustainable fisheries management. To achieve this, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center’s Life History Program samples insular fish species in the U.S. Pacific jurisdictions via the Commercial Fisheries Biosampling Programs (CFBS) and NOAA Life History Program research surveys. The purpose of this document is to provide background information on the CFBS including a shift in priorities, published life history research available in each jurisdiction, and jurisdiction- and species-specific summarizations of sample collections (otoliths and gonads) to guide future sample collection and life history research.

Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center administrative reports are issued to promptly disseminate scientific and technical information to marine resource managers, scientists, and the general public. Their contents cover a range of topics, including biological and economic research, stock assessment, trends in fisheries, and other subjects. Administrative reports typically have not been reviewed outside the Center; therefore, they are considered informal publications. The material presented in administrative reports may later be published in the formal scientific literature after more rigorous verification, editing, and peer review. Other publications are free to cite PIFSC administrative reports as they wish, provided the informal nature of the contents is clearly indicated and proper credit is given to the author(s).

Schemmel E 2023. Jurisdictional Fish Life History Sample Inventory 2023 Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Administrative Report, H-23-06, 129 p.
https://doi.org/10.25923/0t8w-6964