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Effects of Altered Stock Assessment Frequency on the Management of a Large Coastal Shark

We conducted a Stock Synthesis–based management strategy evaluation with a threshold harvest rate control rule within the southeastern USA to assess the impact of stock assessment frequency for the slow-growing sandbar shark.
November 07, 2022 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Southeast

Examining Distribution Patterns of Foraging and Non-Foraging Sperm Whales in Hawaiian Waters Using Visual and Passive Acoustic Data

Further understanding the distribution patterns of sperm whale populations in Hawaiʻi and contributing methods for building species distribution models.
October 07, 2022 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Five decades of change in somatic growth of Pacific hake from Puget Sound and Strait of Georgia

Pacific hake from the Salish Sea have experienced substantial changes in body size over the last several decades, despite fishery closures.
July 14, 2022 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
West Coast
otolith or ear bone, shown under a microscope, with layers of dark concentric lines

Exploitation Drives Changes in the Population Connectivity of Queen Conch (Aliger gigas)

We assessed how the population connectivity of conch changes with spatially variable patterns of fishing exploitation.
June 30, 2022 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Southeast

An Assessment of Sampling Approaches for Estimating Growth From Fishery-Dependent Biological Samples

We test the suitability of otolith sampling approaches for fisheries age and growth studies. 
May 06, 2022 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Quantifying Mesophotic Fish Assemblages of Hawai‘i’s Au‘au Channel: Associations With Benthic Habitats and Depth

We survey the mesophotic reef fish assemblages and benthic substrates of the Au‘au Channel to find associations with benthic habitats and depth.
January 05, 2022 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands

Species and Population Specific Gene Expression in Blood Transcriptomes of Marine Turtles

We generated high quality blood transcriptome assemblies for hawksbill (Eretmochelys imbricata), loggerhead (Caretta caretta), green (Chelonia mydas), and leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) turtles.
May 13, 2021 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
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No Rest for the Weary: Restricted Resting Behavior of Green Turtles (Chelonia mydas) at a Deep-Neritic Foraging Area Influences Expression of Life History Traits

In this study, we fitted 18 green turtles (Chelonia mydas) with detachable time-depth recorder (systems to obtain and analyze fine-scale dive behavior and daily activity – with a focus on resting dive bouts.
April 30, 2021 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
West Coast

Long-Term Changes in the Distributions of Larval and Adult Fish in the Northeast U.S. Shelf Ecosystem

Changes in the northeast shelf ecosystem are resulting in changes in timing of when fish reproduce and were they live. Management of marine fish requires long-term data of eggs, larvae, and adults to understand the past, present, and future of marine fisheries.
February 25, 2020 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
New England/Mid-Atlantic

El Niño-Associated Catastrophic Coral Mortality at Jarvis Island, Central Equatorial Pacific

Observing how a remote ecosystem responds to the 2014–2017 Global Coral Bleaching Event being the longest, most widespread, and impactful on record.
July 01, 2019 - Peer-Reviewed Research ,
Pacific Islands