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The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1998

Description: The following report provides the findings of a 1998 field study over the Hawaiian monk seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. These studies evaluate the status and trends of monk seal populations, natural history traits (survival, reproduction, growth, behavior, and feeding habits), and the success of various activities designed to facilitate population growth.
Date: April 2000
Creator: Johanos, Thea C. & Baker, Jason D.
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Development and Testing of Two Towed Volumetric Hydrophone Array Prototypes to Improve Localization Accuracy During Shipboard Line-transect Cetacean Surveys

Description: The following document presents the result of a project aimed at improving the hydrodynamics of the volumetric array design for towing at faster speeds of 10 knots from large research vessels. The document explains the theory behind the design considerations for each prototype presented, sea trial results and subsequent modifications, and discuss improvements for future designs.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Barkley, Yvonne; Barlow, Jay; Rankin, Shannon; D'Spain, Gerald & Oleson, Erin
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Pacific Islands Regional Action Plan

Description: The following document provides information on the physical and chemical impacts to climate change in the Pacific Islands region. The changes observed are the rise in ocean temperatures, reduced nutrients in the euphotic zone, an increase in ocean acidity, a rise in seal level, changes in the ocean currents, and changes in weather patterns and extreme weather events.
Date: December 2016
Creator: Polovina, Jeffrey; Dreflak, Kurt; Baker, Jason; Bloom, Scott; Brooke, Samantha; Chan, Valerie et al.
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Research Plan for Marine Turtle Fibropapilloma

Description: The following report is the results of a workshop held to determine the cause of fibropapilloma (lobulated tumors), thereby ultimately leading to solutions and effective strategies for containment. The urgent need to solve this problem arises from the unanimous belief among the workshop participants that this disease will continue to affect populations of turtles locally and worldwide, adding further to their survival difficulties. The workshop was held in December of 1990 and the research behi… more
Date: March 1991
Creator: Balazs, George H. & Pooley, Samuel G.
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Identification Manual for Dietary Vegetation of the Hawaiian Green Turtle Chelonia mydas

Description: From introduction: This manual is designed to assist sea turtle biologists and other non-physologists in the identification of the food items contained in the gastrointestinal tract of green turtles (Chelonia mydas) sampled from the Hawaiian Islands. The manual contains many of the most common algal species found in crop/stomach samples taken from Hawaiian green turtles.
Date: June 2000
Creator: Russell, Dennis J. & Balazs, George H.
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Estimates of the Catch and Effort by Foreign Tuna Longliners and Baitboats in the Fishery Conservation Zone of the Central and Western Pacific, 1965-77

Description: From introduction: The primary purpose of this report is to summarize available information on the nominal effort and the catch of tunas and billfishes by these foreign longline fleets in the U.S. FCZ (Fishery Conservation Zone) of the central and western Pacific during the period 1965-77.
Date: May 1980
Creator: Yong, Marian Y. Y. & Wetherall, Jerry A.
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Use of Productivity and Susceptibility Indices to Determine Stock Vulnerability, with Example Applications to Six U.S. Fisheries

Description: 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.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Patrick, W. S.; Spencer, P.; Ormseth, O.; Cope, J.; Field, J.; Kobayashi, D. et al.
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Guidelines for Handling Marine Turtles Hooked or Entangled in the Hawaii Longline Fishery: Results of an Expert Workshop Held in Honolulu, Hawaii March 15-17, 1995

Description: This report provides a description of the findings that resulted from a workshop to develop guidelines for handling hooked and entangled turtles, hosted by the NMFS Honolulu Laboratory March 15-17, 1995.
Date: November 1995
Creator: Balazs, George H.; Pooley, Samuel G. & Murakawa, Shawn K.
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U.S. Pacific Marine Mammal Stock Assessments: 1999

Description: The following document provides stock assessments that are required to record all stocks of marine mammals within the U.S. waters. This report will be updated as new information becomes available and as changes to marine mammal stocks and fisheries occur.
Date: December 1999
Creator: Forney, Karin A.; Muto, Marcia M. & Baker, Jason
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Status of Coral Reef Fish Assemblages and Benthic Condition Around Guam: A Report Based on Underwater Visual Surveys in Guam and the Mariana Archipelago, April-June 2011

Description: The following report presents comprehensive data set on the coral reefs around Guam. The data is based on the reefs' fish and marine life and compare them to marine life and assemblages in areas around Guam open to fishing.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Williams, Ivor; Zamzow, Jill; Lino, Kevin; Ferguson, Marie & Donham, Emily
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The Hawaiian Monk Seal, Monachus schauinslandi, at Kure Atoll, 1982-83

Description: This report describes an observational research on the population of the Hawaiian monk seal at Kure Atoll taken from the March to October of 1982 to the April to June of 1983. The study focuses on deaths, injuries, reproduction rates, and data gathered during seal captivity.
Date: February 1991
Creator: Bowlby, C. Edward; Scoggins, Penelope D.; Watson, Rodney T. & Reddy, Michelle L.
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Revised Stock Boundaries for False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in Hawaiian Waters

Description: Report summarizing the stock boundary revision process for the 3 false killer populations that have been identified in the U. S. Exclusive Economic Zone of the Hawaiian Archipelago.
Date: September 2015
Creator: Bradford, Amanda L.; Oleson, Erin M.; Baird, Robin W.; Boggs, Christofer H.; Forney, Karin A. & Young, Nancy C.
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Bumphead Parrotfish (Bolbometopon muricatum)

Description: Report on the status of bumphead parrotfish in relation to their status in accordance to the Endangered Species Act. The Team finds that there is a low plausibility of bumphead parrotfish being driven to extinction.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Kobayashi, Donald; Friedlander, Alan; Grimes, Churchill; Nichols, Ryan & Zgliczynski, Brian
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United States Agency for International Development and National Marine Fisheries Service Workshop on Tropical Fish Stock Assessment, 5-26 July 1989, Honolulu, Hawaii

Description: From introduction and summary: This is a report that summarizes a 3-week workshop convened to assist fishery scientists from selected Pacific island countries in analyzing their research and commercial catch and effort data on deepwater snappers.The ultimate objective of the analyses were to estimate the maximum sustainable yield (MSY) and the fishing effort that achieves the MSY for deepwater snappers in each country.
Date: September 1990
Creator: Polovina, Jeffrey J. & Shomura, Richard S.
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Fishery Interaction Between the Tuna Lonline and Other Pelagic Fisheries in Hawaii

Description: Abstract: The Hawaii pelagic surface fisheries and more recently the longline fisheries have grown dramatically. As a result, competition between fisheries on the fishing grounds and in the marketplace has also increased. Physical conflicts between vessels and claims of decreased fishing success by surface (troll and handline) fishermen led to the enactment of Federal regulations limiting the number of domestic longline vessels and the areas in which they can operate. The scientific evidence of… more
Date: October 1993
Creator: Skillman, Robert A.; Boggs, Christofer H. & Pooley, Samuel G.
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The Kewalo Research Facility: on the Forefront for More than 40 Years

Description: The following report provides extensive information on the Kewalo Research Facility of Oahu Island. The Kewalo Research Facility sits on Kewalo Basin and is the center for ongoing research programs designed to examine the most important environmental parameters on the behavior and physiology of tunas. Along with tuna the Kewalo Research facility is also a primary location to stage research activities associated with the studies and preservation of the Hawaiian monk seals, it also provides an im… more
Date: October 1999
Creator: Brill, Richard W.
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Forces of Change in Hawaii's Aku (Skipjack Tuna) Industry, 1986 : Workshop Summary

Description: From preface: This is a report of a workshop on the Forces of change in Hawaii's aku (skipjack tuna, Katsuwonus pelamis) industry. The workshop was held on April 30 and May 1, 1986 in Honolulu, Hawaii and was coordianted by the Southwest Fisheries Center (SWFC) Honolulu Laboratory, National Marine Fisheries Service, NOAA. The objectives of the workshop were: 1. To review the status and current research on Hawaii's aku fishery, and 2. To introduce and prepare background material for discussion a… more
Date: April 1987
Creator: Boggs, Christofer H. & Pooley, Samuel G.
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Status Review Report of 82 Candidate Coral Species Petitioned Under The U.S. Endangered Species Act

Description: Report on the status review of 83 species of coral in relation to their status as threatened or endangered based on the criteria set by the Endangered Species Act.
Date: September 2011
Creator: Brainard, Russell E.; Birkeland, Charles; Eakin, C. Mark; McElhany, Paul; Miller, Margaret W.; Patterson, Matt et al.
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National Seabird Workshop: Building a National Plan to Improve the State of Knowledge and Reduce Commercial Fisheries Impacts on Seabirds

Description: The following document provides the results of the 2009 National Seabird Workshop hosted by the NSP National Coordinator. The workshop's primary goal was to initiate the development of a National Seabird Implementation Plan that can be used to describe NMFS seabird activites and important partnerships with other management agencies, guide NMFS seabird management and science, and provide seabird-related input into NOAA's strategic planning and budgeting process.
Date: March 2014
Creator: Rivera, Kim S.; Ballance, Lisa T.; Benaka, Lee; Breuer, Eric R.; Brooke, Samantha G.; Fitzgerald, Shannon M. et al.
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Planning Double-Tagging Experiments

Description: This report provides guidelines for planning experiments to determine how many fish should be double-tagged, the run-time of the experiment, and how the recovery data should be regrouped.
Date: June 1981
Creator: Wetherall, Jerry A. & Yong, Marian Y. Y.
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The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1997

Description: The following document provides the findings on the field studies over the endangered Hawaiian monk seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands during 1997. The information covered evaluates the status and trends of monk seal populations, natural history traits (survival, reproduction, growth, behavior, and feeding habits), and the success of various activities designed to facilitate population growths.
Date: June 1999
Creator: Johanos, Thea C. & Ragen, Timothy J.
Partner: UNT Libraries Government Documents Department
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