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The Role of Small Pelagic Fish in Diverse Ecosystems: Knowledge Gleaned From Food-Web Models

Food-web models represent a synthesis of knowledge of these dependencies and are a platform for evaluating the consequences of change in small pelagic fish productivity.
December 01, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Four Decades of Hawaiian Monk Seal Entanglement Data Reveal the Benefits of Plastic Debris Removal

Large-scale and sustained removal of abandoned, lost, or otherwise discarded fishing gear meaningfully benefits marine ecosystems and has the potential to be transformational in restoration efforts.
September 30, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Incorporating Telemetry Information Into Capture-Recapture Analyses Improves Precision and Accuracy Ofabundance Estimates Given Spatiotemporally Biasedrecapture Effort

We demonstrate a simple technique to incorporate two additional streams of data on the same population.
September 18, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Bryde’s Whales Produce Biotwang Calls, Which Occur Seasonally in Long-Term Acoustic Recordings From the Central and Western North Pacific

Results provide evidence for a pelagic western North Pacific population of Bryde’s whales with broad distribution.
September 18, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Aligning Fisheries Terminology With Diverse Social Benefits

A systematic review of U.S. policy documents and peer-reviewed literature to identify potentially underrepresented fishing practices and communities associated with non-commercial fishing.
September 15, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Evaluation of the Data Available for Bottomfish Stock Assessments in Guam.

We find only 2 of the 13 Guam BMUS (Lethrinus rubrioperculatus and Pristipomoides auricilla) have sufficient data to run the more complex integrated or length-based assessment models.
August 13, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Long-Term Outcomes of Passive and Active Restoration Approaches Following a Vessel Grounding in Hawaii, USA

A rare assessment of coral restoration efforts and outcomes a decade after a vessel grounding on Oahu
August 05, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Dimensions of Cultural Ecosystem Service Contributions to Human Well-Being in Marine Environments

Using interviews with community members on Hawai‘i Island, to explore relationships between Cultural Ecosystem Services and human well-being.
July 25, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Abundance, Production, and Migrations of Nesting Green Turtles at Rose Atoll, American Samoa, a Regionally Important Rookery in the Central South Pacific Ocean

We provide the most comprehensive dataset on green turtle nesting, productivity, and spatial ecology for a data-poor population.
July 16, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Using Applied Social Science Disciplines To Implement Creative Outdoor Cat Management Solutions and Avoid the Trap of One-Size-Fits-All Policies

We suggest developing context-specific diagnostic frameworks that acknowledge the full social-ecological system to move towards implementable solutions for value-based conservation conflicts.
July 08, 2024 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands