Research Activities for July-September 2003

Red and white bubblegum coral

FEATURE

• Research at the Auke Bay Laboratory on Benthic Habitat

AUKE BAY LABORATORY (ABL)

• Mussel Physiology as Sewage Bioindicator
• Substrate Preferences of Juvenile Tanner and Red King Crabs
• Steller Sea Lion Prey Study
• 2003 Sablefish Longline Survey Completed
• Electronic Tagging of Juvenile Sablefish in Southeast Alaska
• ABL Scientists Present Results at Deep-Sea Coral Symposium
• GLOBEC Research in the Gulf of Alaska
• Sea Lice Infection of Juvenile Salmon in the Northern Region of Southeastern Alaska
• Auke Creek Weir Studies
  

NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY (NMML)

• California Current Program:
       - Harbor Porpoise Surveys
       - Gray Whale Surveys
       - Steller Sea Lion Branding
       - Harbor Seal Branding
       - California Sea Lion Population Assessment
       - Northern Fur Seal Population Assessment
• Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program:
       - Cetacean Survey
• Polar Ecosystems Program:
       - Census of Harbor Seals in Southern Southeast Alaska
       - Marine Mammal Surveys in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas
  

RESOURCE ASSESSMENT & CONSERVATION ENGINEERING DIVISION (RACE)

• Groundfish Assessment:
       - 2003 Gulf of Alaska Biennial Groundfish Assessment Survey
       - 2003 Eastern Bering Sea Shelf Crab-Groundfish Bottom Trawl Survey
       - Bottom Trawl Survey Protocol Experiments
• Midwater Assessment & Conservation Engineering (MACE) Program:
       - Preliminary Results of the Gulf of Alaska EIT Pollock Survey
       - Trawl Modifications To Reduce Salmon Bycatch In Pollock Trawls
• Recruitment Processes:
       - Staff Volunteer at Fishermen’s Festival
  

RESOURCE ECOLOGY & FISHERIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION (REFM)

• Resource Ecology and Ecosystems Modeling Program:
       - Fish Stomach Collection and Laboratory Analysis
       - PICES Ecosystem Status Report Workshop
       - Ecosystem Assessment Strategy
       - Climate and Food Web Models Workshop
• Age and Growth Program (Production Figures)
• U.S. North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program:
       - Safety Conference
       - Observer Sampling Manual and At-sea Data Messaging System
• Economic and Social Sciences Program:
       - Economic Data Collection Programs
       - Groundfish SAFE
       - Steller Sea Lion Research
       - National Bycatch Strategy
       - Fishing Communities
       - Our Living Oceans
       - Data Requests
       - Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea
• Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program:
       - Atka Mackerel Tagging