AFSC Research Activities for July-Aug-Sept 2001

FEATURE

• The Exxon Valdez Oil Spill: How Much Oil Remains?
    

AUKE BAY LABORATORY (ABL)

• Workshop on Role of Contaminants in Steller Sea Lion Decline
• Second Frederick Sound Cruise of Southeast Alaska Steller Sea Lion Prey Study Completed
• Sleeper Shark - Steller Sea Lion Predation Cruise Completed
• Sablefish Longline Survey Completed
• Tags From Seamount Sablefish Appear in Commercial Fishery
• Trawl Survey Design for Rockfish Studied
• Multibeam Echosounder Surveys Conducted in Gulf of Alaska
• Auke Creek 2001 Pink Salmon Return
• Habitat Use and Early Marine Ecology of Juvenile Salmon Studied
• Eastern Bering Sea Coastal Research (August-September 2001) on Juvenile Salmon
• Gulf of Alaska Coastal Research on Juvenile Salmon
• Chinook Salmon Data Storage Tag Studies in Southeast Alaska, 2001
• Assessment of Spot Shrimp Abundance in Prince William Sound
    

NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY (NMML)

• Beluga Tagging in Cook Inlet, August 2001
• Instrument Testing on Northern Fur Seals
• California Current Research: Harbor Seals
• Gray Whales
• Steller Sea Lions
• California Sea Lions and Northern Fur Seals
• Killer Whales in Central and Western Alaska: Population Size and Stock Structure Background
• Harbor Seal Survey in Gulf of Alaska
    

RESOURCE ASSESSMENT & CONSERVATION ENGINEERING DIVISION (RACE)

• Eastern Bering Sea Crab-Groundfish Survey
• West Coast Team Completes Triennial Bottom Trawl Survey of Groundfish Resources
• 2001 Gulf of Alaska Biennial Groundfish Assessment Survey
• Midwater Assessment & Conservation Engineering: Triennial Pacific Whiting Survey
• Gulf of Alaska Steller Sea Lion/Fishery Interaction Study
• Shellfish Assessment: Kodiak Laboratory 2001 NMFS Bering Sea Crab Survey Results:
  Red king crab (Paralithodes camtschaticus) Bristol Bay
  Red king crab (P. camtschaticus) Pribilof District
  Pribilof Islands blue king crab (P. platypus) Pribilof District
  St. Matthew blue king crab (P. platypus) Northern District
  Tanner crab (Chionoecetes bairdi) Eastern District
  Snow crab (C. opilio) All districts combined
  Hair crab (Erimacrus isenbeckii) All districts combined
• Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI): 
  Gulf of Alaska Juvenile Pollock and Forage Fish Study
• Oshoro Maru Visits
    

RESOURCE ECOLOGY & FISHERIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION (REFM)

• Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program: Development of New Age-Structured Stock Assessment Model
• Atka Mackerel Tagging
• Trawl Data Retrospective Study
• Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Program
• Canadian Workshop on Objectives and Indicators for Ecosystem-based Management
• Socioeconomic Assessments Program: Measuring Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance
• Foregone Catch and Gross Product Value in 2000 Due to Steller Sea Lion Protection
• Age and Growth Program
• U.S. North Pacific Groundfish Observer
• Groundfish Program Third Quarter Highlights
    

ITEMS

• DeMaster Named Center Director