Estimated production figures for 1 January – 31 March 2010.
Total production figures were 9,346 with 1,965 test ages
and 91 examined and determined to be unageable.
Species
Specimens Aged
Arrowtooth flounder
792
Atka mackerel
105
Dusky rockfish
606
Giant grenadier
784
Northern rock sole
1,305
Northern rockfish
498
Pacific cod
1,413
Pacific ocean perch
581
Rougheye rockfish
150
Southern rock sole
509
Walleye pollock
1,845
Yellowfin sole
758
Ocean Sciences Meeting
At the 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Portland, Oregon, (22-26 February 2010), Thomas Helser of the Age and Growth (A&G) Program and Bryan Black of Oregon State University convened a session entitled "Growth Increments and the Environment: Multidecadal Perspectives on Climate and Ecology in Marine Systems."
Papers presented by A&G Program staff included "Climate-driven Synchrony in Otolith Growth-increment Chronologies for Three Bering Sea Flatfish Species" by Beth Matta, Byran Black, and Tom Wilderbuer and "Validation of Crossdated Age Estimates with Bomb-produced Radiocarbon for Pacific Geoduck (Panopea abrupta)" by Craig Kastelle, Thomas Helser, and Bryan Black.
