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American Somoa as a Fishing Community
From abstract: Monitoring the institutional, socioeconomic, and cultural aspects of fishing is just as important as monitoring fish populations and habitat in ensuring American Samoa's ability to sustain itself as a fishing community.
Clinical Observations of Ocular Disease in Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi)
From abstract: In 1995, 12 undersized, weaned female Hawaiian monk seal pups were captured at French Frigate Shoals in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands... Eleven of the pups developed clinical signs of an eye disease between 12 and 46 days after capture... The cause of the eye disease and the site where it originated remain unknown.
Demand for Hawaii Bottomfish Revisited: Incorporating Economics into Total Allowable Catch Management
Report on the biological availability of Hawaii bottom fish and the corresponding economic demand for said fish.
Fisheries Ecosystem Model of the Chesapeake Bay: Methodology, Parameterization, and Model Exploration
Report on the construction of a model to manage fisheries in the Chesapeake Bay region, to see how stocks affect the food web and provide quantified estimations. "This report describes an ecosystem model of the Chesapeake Bay, the Chesapeake Bay Fisheries Ecosystem Model (CBFEM), prepared using the Ecopath with Ecosim approach and software" (p. 5).
North Pacific Blue Shark Stock Assessment
From abstract: A stock assessment of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) population in the North Pacific was conducted using catch and effort data from commercial longline and large mesh driftnet from the years 1971 through 2002.
Use of Productivity and Susceptibility Indices to Determine Stock Vulnerability, with Example Applications to Six U.S. Fisheries
From introduction: The objective of this report is to explain the methodology developed for determining the vulnerability of data-poor stocks and present six example applications to U.S. fisheries.
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