Science & Data

Note: In accordance with the approved schedule, no assessment was conducted for this stock this year, however, a full stock assessment will be conducted in 2018.

The National Standard Guidelines for Fishery Management Plans published by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) require that a stock assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) report be prepared and reviewed annually for each fishery management plan (FMP). The SAFE reports are intended to summarize the best available scientific information concerning the past, present, and possible future condition of the stocks and fisheries under federal management. The FMPs for the groundfish fisheries managed by the Council require that drafts of the SAFE reports be produced each year in time for the December North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) meetings.

The 2017 Spring California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations survey is scheduled for March 28 through April 29, 2017, aboard the NOAA Ship Bell M. Shimada.

Multi-species statistical catch-at-age models are an example of a class of multi-species ‘Models with Intermediate Complexity for Ecosystem assessments’, which have particular utility in addressing both strategic and tactical EBFM questions.

The 2017 Coastal Pelagic Species Survey for Daily Egg Production Method will run between San Diego, CA, and Cape Mendocino, CA, from March 21 through April 22, 2017.

Bottomfishing has a unique tradition in Hawai'i that dates back to ancient times.

Investigation and description of the foraging behavior of monk seals in the main Hawaiian Islands, including a metric to classify foraging behavior from telemetry instruments.

A scientific paper was recently published in NOAA’s Fishery Bulletin that provides abundance estimates of whales and dolphins in Hawaiian waters using data from a ship-based survey that took place in 2010.

By Samantha Zeman

To assess the efficacy of translocating seals to areas of greater prey availability, 12 weanling monk seals were translocated with pre-release health screening and post-release monitoring.