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  • Seung, C. K. 2026. MEY and MSY in a general equilibrium. Environmental and Resource Economics, 89(1), 7.   Online.  (added 1-13-26).
     
  • Grüss, A., Allyn, A. J., Thorson, J. T., Mills, K. E., Yasumiishi, E., Pinkerton, M. H., Parsons, D. M., and Sibanda, N. 2025. Probabilistic forecasts of fish abundances With spatio-temporal models to support fisheries management. Fish and Fisheries, 26(6), 1180-1197.   Online.  (added 1-7-26).
     
  • Lindmark, M., Anderson, S. C., and Thorson, J. T. 2026. Estimating scale-dependent covariate responses using two-dimensional diffusion derived from the stochastic partial differential equation method. Methods in Ecology and Evolution, 17(1), 207-218.   Online.  (added 1-7-26).
     
  • Nielsen, J. M., Lomas, M. W., Eisner, L. B., Pelland, N. A., Hospital, S. B., Lange, P. K., Mordy, C. W., Gann, J. C., Stabeno, P. J., Tabisola, H. M., & Sullivan, M. E. 2026. Transient shifts in Bering Sea shelf phytoplankton size structure in response to wind-induced mixing. Limnology and Oceanography Letters, 11(1), e70084.   Online.  (added 1-7-26).
     
  • Chinn, S. M., Mahoney, P. J., Jaime, E., and Melin, S. R. 2025. Abundance and distribution of northern elephant seals in California. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-504, 24 p.   Online.  (added 1-5-26).
     
  • Kearney, K. A., Cheng, W., and Hermann, A. J. 2025. A biogeochemical model intercomparison for the eastern Bering Sea shelf. Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans, 130(12), e2025JC022634. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1029/2025JC022634   Online.  (added 1-5-26).
     
  • DeFilippo, L. B., Larson, W. A., Barry, P. D., Cunningham, C. J., Langan, J. A., Garcia, S., Howard, K. G., Ianelli, J. N., and Stram, D. L. 2025. Drivers and dynamics of salmon bycatch in the eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery. Fish and Fisheries, 26(6), 1107-1121.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Ledger, K. J., Everett, M., Nichols, K. M., Larson, W. A., and Baetscher, D. S. 2025. Development and validation of an eDNA primer set for rockfishes in the Alaska Current provides a new tool for fisheries management. Environmental DNA, 7(4), e70176. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/edn3.70176   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Singh, W., Trochta, J. T., Murphy, H. M., McGowan, D. W., Adamack, A. T., Arimitsu, M. L., Barðarson, B., Björnsson, H., Bogstad, B., Boudreau, M., Chambers, C., Gjøsæter, H., Jansen, T., Jónsson, S. Þ., Kvamsdal, S., Lewis, R. S., Mikkelsen, N., Pedersen, T., Olafsdottir, A. H.,…Subbey, S. 2025. Small fish, big implications: considerations for an ecosystem approach to capelin fisheries management. Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries, 35(4), 1899-1934.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Ferguson, M. C., Conn, P. B., and Thorson, J. T. 2025. Spatially explicit models of density improve estimates of Eastern Bering Sea beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) abundance and distribution from line-transect surveys. PeerJ 13:e20077   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Peñaherrera-Palma, C., McClintock, B. T., Dudgeon, C. L., Frusher, S., Hearn, A. R., Hobday, A. J., Espinoza, E., and Semmens, J. 2025. Short-term fluctuations in hammerhead shark numbers at an aggregation site based on visual census and telemetry data. Environmental Biology of Fishes, 108(11), 1873-1890.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Chamberlin, D. W., Siders, Z. A., Potts, J. C., Rogers, W. D., Taylor, M. A., & Patterson, W. F. 2025. Bayesian estimation of von Bertalanffy growth parameters for gray triggerfish, Balistes capriscus, incorporating multiple readers and ageing structures. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, 1-12.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Lemagie, E., Farley, E., Langan, J. A., amd Stabeno, P. J. 2025. Mapping suitable thermal migration corridors for western Alaska chum salmon in the North Pacific. Deep Sea Research Part I: Oceanographic Research Papers, 222, 104531.   Online.  (added 12-17-25).
     
  • Kwan, G. T., Walsh, K. A., Thompson, A. R., Ben‐Aderet, N. J., Fennie, H. W., Semmens, B. X., & Swalethorp, R. 2025. Trophic level influences larval shortbelly rockfish development. Marine and Coastal Fisheries, 16(6). https://doi.org/10.1002/mcf2.10319   Online.  (added 12-16-25).
     
  • Stevenson, D. E., Kotwicki, S., Norcross, B., and Majewski, A. 2025. Implications of gear selection for monitoring benthic fish communities in the Beaufort Sea. Deep Sea Research Part II: Topical Studies in Oceanography, 224, 105561.   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Punt, A. E., Dalton, M. G., Long, W. C., Cheng, W., Hermann, A. J., and Holsman, K. K. 2025. Identifying and reducing climate uncertainty in fisheries management reference points. Fisheries Research, 291, 107523.   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Stone, S. E., Wise, S., Harte, M., Holsman, K., and Ciannelli, L. 2025. Socioeconomic risk of coastal Alaskan fishing communities to climate-driven changes in Pacific cod distributions. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(7).   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Navarro, D., Latch, E. K., Tallon, A. K., Ott-Conn, C. N., DeYoung, R. W., Walsh, D. P., Euclide, P. T., R G, C., Larson, W. A., Seetharam, A. S., Severin, A. J., Reecy, J. M., Hu, Z. L., Cantrell, J. R., Carstensen, M., Caudell, J. N., Killmaster, C. H., Lockwood, M. L., McKinley, W. T., Norton, A. S., … Blanchong, J. A. 2026. Development of high-throughput genomic resources to inform white-tailed deer population and disease management. Molecular Ecology Resources, 26(1), e70085.   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Long, W. C. 2026. Ocean acidification reduces juvenile snow crab, Chionoecetes opilio, survival but does not affect growth or morphometrics. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology, 594, 152153.   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Warlick, A. J., Fadely, B. S., Mahoney, P., Melin, S. R., Gelatt, T., Raum-Suryan, K., and Converse, S. J. 2025. Evaluating mark–resight survey design performance using simulation: A case study of endangered Steller sea lions. Ecosphere, 16(6), e70269.   Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Carroll, E., Sprogis, K.R., Harcourt, R., Andrews-Goff, V., Button, T., Childerhouse, S., Cole, R., Constantine, R., Goetz, K.T., Lierich, D, Lundquist, D., Ogle, M., Raudino, H., Stuck, E., Sutton, G., Waples, K., Zerbini, A.N., and Riekkola, L. 2025. Behavioural responses of southern right whales to satellite tag deployment, with a comparison to biopsy sampling. Journal of Cetacean Research and Management Special Issue 5, 127-147.  Online.  (added 12-15-25).
     
  • Slesinger, E., Thuesen, E. V., and Hurst, T. P. 2025. Ontogenetic and environmental responses in metabolic enzyme activity of Pacific Arctic larval gadids. Conservation Physiology, 13(1).   Online.  (added 12-12-25).
     
  • Porter, S. M. 2025. Condition of larval walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the southeastern Bering Sea in relation to their environment and size. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 123(4): 207-220.  Online.  (added 12-2-25).
     
  • Tenbrink, T. T. 2025. Reproductive biology and age at maturity of shortspine thornyhead (Sebastolobus alascanus) in Alaska. Fishery Bulletin, U.S. 123(4): 235-250.  Online.  (added 12-2-25).
     
  • Conn, P. B. 2025. Simulation-based inference for close-kin mark-recapture: Implications for small populations and nonrandom mating. Environmetrics, 36(8), e70049. https://doi.org/https://doi.org/10.1002/env.70049   Online.  (added 12-1-25).
     
  • Spencer, L. H., Slesinger, E., Spies, I., Laurel, B. J., and Hurst, T. P. 2025. Molecular indicators of warming and other climate stressors in larval Pacific cod. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Early Online.   Online.  (added 11-26-25).
     
  • Thorson, J. T., Aydin, K. Y., Cheng, M. L. H., Dias, B. S., Kimmel, D. G., and Kristensen, K. 2025. Bottom-up interactions in state-space age-structured models using mass-balance dynamics. Fish and Fisheries, 26(6), 1048-1064.   Online.  (added 11-26-25).
     
  • Correa, G. M., Monnahan, C. C., Miller, T. J., and Sullivan, J. Y. 2025. Performance of age-only state-space assessment models under diverse somatic growth scenarios. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, 82, 1-17.   Online.  (added 11-26-25).
     
  • Goldstein, E. D., Matta, M. E., Waters, C. D., Fulton-Bennett, H. K., Hsieh, B. C., Kastelle, C. R., Vollenweider, J. J., Sliwinski, J. T., and Helser, T. E. 2025. Advancing fish early life-history research: daily age determination of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) with Fourier transform–near-infrared spectroscopy. Marine & Freshwater Research, 76(10), MF25053.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • Chenoweth, E. M., Shelden, K. E. W., Christianson, R. M., and Johnson, W. R. 2025. First bowhead whale (Balaena mysticetus) sighting in Southeast Alaska: an extralimital southern excursion of this Arctic-adapted species. Aquatic Mammals 51(4): 311-318.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • Cheng, M. L. H., Goethel, D. R., Hulson, P.-J. F., Wilberg, M. J., Marsh, C., and Cunningham, C. J. 2025. Misspecifying sex-structured dynamics in stock assessment models. Fish and Fisheries, 26(3), 454-472.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • Cheng, M. L. H., Marsh, C. A., Goethel, D. R., Hulson, P.-J. F., Echave, K., Williams, B. C., Berger, A. M., and Cunningham, C. J. 2025. Panmictic panacea? Demonstrating good practices for developing spatial stock assessments through application to Alaska sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). Fish and Fisheries, 26(5), 825-847.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • Drakard, V. F., Hollarsmith, J. A., and Stekoll, M. S. 2025. Impact of multiple climate stressors on early life stages of North Pacific kelp species. Ecology and Evolution, 15(6), e71661.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • Dawant, T., Gerhold, R., Scott, D., Su, C., Divine, L., Williams, M., Ream, R., Gelatt, T., and Duncan, C. 2025. Toxoplasma gondii infection in domestic cats and northern fur seals of the Pribilof Islands, Alaska. International Journal for Parasitology: Parasites and Wildlife, 27, 101096.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • King, J., Fergusson, E., Somov, A., Miller, T., Pakhomov, Evgeny A., Baker, Matthew R., and Flynn, K. 2025. Winter diets of Pacific salmon in the North Pacific. Fisheries Oceanography, 34(6), 118-138.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • VanCompernolle, M., Morris, J., Calich, H. J., Rodríguez, J. P., Marley, S. A., Pearce, J. R., Abrahms, B., Abrantes, K., Afonso, A. S., Aguilar, A., Agyekumhene, A., Akamatsu, T., Åkesson, S., Alawa, N. G., Alfaro-Shigueto, J., Anderson, R. C., Anker-Nilssen, T., Arata, J. A., Araujo, G.,…Sequeira, A. M. M. 2025. Vulnerability of marine megafauna to global at-sea anthropogenic threats. Conservation Biology, Early Online, e70147.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • Laurel, B. J., Miller, J. A., Copeman, L. A., Abookire, A. A., Spencer, L. H., Schaal, S. M., Hicks, M. B. R., Strait, N., Rogers, L. A., and Spies, I. 2025. First evidence of genetically distinct winter- and spring-spawning components of Pacific cod in the Gulf of Alaska. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Early Online.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • Laurel, B. J., Hicks, M. B. R., Barbeaux, S., Stowell, M. A., and Copeman, L. A. 2025. The interplay of fall and winter environments on overwintering potential in age-0 Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus). Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Early Online.   Online.  (added 11-25-25).
     
  • Stewart, I. J., and Monnahan, C. C. 2025. Diagnosing common sources of lack of fit to composition data in fisheries stock assessment models using One-Step-Ahead (OSA) residuals. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Early Online.  Online.  (added 11-13-25).
     
  • Fedewa, E., Copeman, L. A., and Litzow, M. A. 2025. Energetic limitations and mass mortality of Bering Sea snow crab: Interacting effects of warming and density on collapse and recovery. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences, Early Online.   Online.  (added 11-13-25).
     
  • Rooper, C., Williams, K., Towler, R., Malecha, P., Goddard, P., Jones, D., and Sigler, M. 2025. Lessons learned from testing the predictions of species distribution models for deep-sea corals and sponges in the Gulf of Alaska with comparisons to other Alaska ecosystems. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82.   Online.  (added 11-13-25).
     
  • Killeen, H., Sydeman, W. J., Hoover, B., Thompson, S. A., Kristiansen, T., García-Reyes, M., Koval, G., Ceballos, E., Heal, M., Anker-Nilssen, T., Barrett, R., Becker, P., Berglund, P.-A., Birkhead, T., Boulinier, T., Bouwhuis, S., Daunt, F., Dehnhard, N., Diamond, A.,…Young, L. 2025. Ecosystems mediate climate impacts on northern hemisphere seabirds. Communications Earth & Environment, 6(1), 804.   Online.  (added 11-13-25).
     
  • Rea, L. D., Taras, B. D., Crawford, S. G., Gastaldi, A. R., Castellini, J. M., Rehberg, M., Fadely, B. S., Loomis, T. M., and O'Hara, T. M. 2025. Predatory fish consumption by adult female Steller sea lions is positively related to mercury contamination of pups. Canadian Journal of Zoology, 103, 1-16.   Online.  (added 11-13-25).
     
  • Zahner, J. A., Goethel, D. R., Cunningham, C. J., Cheng, M., Williams, B. C., Kapur, M. S., and Lunsford, C. C. 2025. Comparing alternative harvest strategies to address robustness to recruitment variability and uncertainty: Implications for Alaska sablefish tested with management strategy evaluation. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences. Early Online.   Online.  (added 11-13-25).
     
  • Seung, C. K. 2025. Who benefits from Alaska fisheries? U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-AFSC-502, 31 p.  Online.  (added 11-13-25).
     
  • Porter, D., and Pinger, C. 2025. Measuring thiaminase activity in fish extracts using fluorescence spectrophotometry. ACS Measurement Science Au. Early Online.   Online.  (added 9-29-25).
     
  • Wilson, K. C., Lurbur, M., and Yochum, N. 2025. Automated fish detection in videos to support commercial fishing sustainability and innovation in the Alaska walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) trawl fishery. ICES Journal of Marine Science, 82(9).   Online.  (added 9-29-25).
     
  • Wright, D. L., Braen, E., Crance, J., and Berchok, C. 2025. Recent acoustic detection of Eubalaena japonica south of the Bering Strait. Marine Mammal Science, e70054.   Online.  (added 9-29-25).
     
  • Planas, J. V., Jasonowicz, A. J., Simeon, A., Simchick, C., Timmins-Schiffman, E., Nunn, B. L., Kroska, A. C., Wolf, N., and Hurst, T. P. 2025. Molecular mechanisms underlying thermally induced growth plasticity in juvenile Pacific halibut. J Exp Biol. Early Online.   Online.  (added 9-29-25).
     
  • Korabik, A. R., Drakard, V. F., Baetscher, D., and Hollarsmith, J. A. 2025. Addressing the misidentification of sporangia as “embryonic sporophytes” in Nereocystis luetkeana (Mertens) Postels & Ruprecht. Algae, 40(2), 117-125.   Online.  (added 9-29-25).
     
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