A spaghetti-tagged salmon shark (see base of the dorsal fin). Scientists at the AFSC's Auke Bay Laboratories use visual tags such as spaghetti tags to attain information on the movements and habitat use of sharks in Alaska. Photo by Dave Clausen. More>

RESEARCH FEATURE

   Research, Biology, and Management of Sharks and Grenadiers in Alaska
 

DIVISION and LABORATORY RESEARCH REPORTS

  Auke Bay Laboratories

  Auke Bay Laboratories

Office of the Division Director

• Education and Public Outreach Opportunities are Expanded by New Facilities at Auke Bay Laboratories
   

Marine Ecology & Stock Assessment Program

• Maternal Age Effects on Larval Viability - Southeast Alaska Rockfish
   
• Competition for Hooks on the AFSC Longline Survey
   
• Juvenile Sablefish Tagging
   

Habitat Assessment & Marine Chemistry Program

• Parasites of the Fishes of Alaska
   

Marine Salmon Interactions Program

• Southeast Alaska Coastal Monitoring
   
• Environmental Monitoring at Auke Bay
   

  Fisheries Monitoring & Analysis Division

  Fisheries Monitoring & Analysis Division

• FMA's Safety Training for North Pacific Groundfish Observers
   

  National Marine Mammal Laboratory

  National Marine Mammal Laboratory

Cetacean Assessment & Ecology Program

• Laser Morphometrics of Alaska Killer Whales
   

Alaska Ecosystems Program

• AFSC Molecular Ecology Research Laboratory
   

Polar Ecosystems Program

• Abundance and Distribution Surveys for Ice Seals Conducted from the USCG Icebreaker
  Polar Sea, 6–27 April 2008
   

  Resource Assessment & Conservation Engineering Division

  Resource Assessment & Conservation Engineering Division

Groundfish Assessment Program

• Acoustic Backscatter Measurements of Walleye Pollock: Comparisons Between a Trawling and a Free-running Vessel
   
• Habitat-Specific Production of Pacific Ocean Perch in the Aleutian Islands
   

Shellfish Assessment Program - Kodiak Laboratory

• The Kodiak Laboratory Dive Program
   

Fisheries Behavioral Ecology Program - Newport Laboratory

• Temporal and Ontogenetic Shifts in Habitat Use by Juvenile Pacific Cod (Gadus macrocephalus)
   

  Resource Ecology & Fisheries Management Division

  Resource Ecology & Fisheries Management Division

Resource Ecology & Ecosystem Modeling Program

• Fish Stomach Collection and Lab Analysis
   
• Ecosystem Modeling
   
• Seabird Integrated Studies: Seabird Necropsies
   

Economics & Social Sciences Research Program

• Amendment 80 Head and Gut Catcher/Processor Sector Economic Data Collection
   
• BSAI Crab Economic Data Quality Review
   
• Alaska Fisheries and Global Trade
   
• Integrating Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska Climate Data in Socioeconomic Research
   
• Regional Economic Data Collection Projects
   

Status of Stocks & Multispecies Assessment Program

• NMFS National Stock Assessment Workshop
   
• Atka Mackerel Research Symposium
   

Age & Growth Program

• Production Figures
   
• Committee of Age Reading Experts (CARE) Turns 25
   

  Items

  Items

• The NOAA Ship John N. Cobb Leaves a Rich Legacy
   
• Dick Wilmot Retires After 37 Years of Federal Service
   
• Jerry Taylor Retires After 37 Years of Federal Service
   

AFSC QUARTERLY REPORT ARCHIVES

   Quarterly Report Index
 
   Quarterly Report Homepage