Stock Assessment of the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep7 Bottomfish Complex Through 2010 (open access)

Stock Assessment of the Main Hawaiian Islands Deep7 Bottomfish Complex Through 2010

From abstract: A stock assessment of the main Hawaiian Islands "Deep7" bottomfish complex was conducted through fishing year 2010, including projections to determine total allowable commercial catches (TACs) and their probabilities of overfishing. This assessment was conducted using re-audited bottomfish catch and effort data from commercial catch reports for the years 1948-2010.
Date: October 2011
Creator: Brodziak, Jon; Courtney, Dean; Wagatsuma, Lyn; O'Malley, Joseph; Lee, Hui-Hua; Walsh, William et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Chemoreception in Loggerhead Sea Turtles: An Assessment of the Feasibility of Using Chemical Deterrents to Prevent Sea Turtle Interactions with Longline Fishing Gear (open access)

Chemoreception in Loggerhead Sea Turtles: An Assessment of the Feasibility of Using Chemical Deterrents to Prevent Sea Turtle Interactions with Longline Fishing Gear

From introduction: The following document presents results from a series of studies designed and conducted to assess the chemosensory abilities of loggerhead turtles and explores the feasibility of using chemical deterrents to present sea turtles from interacting with longline fishing gear.
Date: July 2007
Creator: Southwood, Amanda; Higgins, Benjamin; Brill, Richard & Swimmer, Yonat
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shark Deterrent and Incidental Capture Workshop April 10-11, 2008 (open access)

Shark Deterrent and Incidental Capture Workshop April 10-11, 2008

From executive summary: This report summarizes findings reported by scientists at a Shark Deterrent and Incidental Capture Workshop cosponsored by the Consortium of Wildlife Bycatch Reduction, the New England Aquarium, and NOAA PIFSC...this report is meant to evaluate methods to monitor and reduce shark bycatch.
Date: November 2008
Creator: Swimmer, Yonat; Wang, John H. & McNaughton, Lianne
System: The UNT Digital Library
Shark Predation on Hawaiian Monk Seals: Workshop II & Post-Workshop Developments, November 5-6, 2008 (open access)

Shark Predation on Hawaiian Monk Seals: Workshop II & Post-Workshop Developments, November 5-6, 2008

Report on shark predation of Hawaiian monk seals that includes three parts : a report from Workshop II on November 5-6, 2008, knowledge about shark predation related to Hawaiian monk seals, and HMSRP premises, positions, and post-workshop developments.
Date: July 2010
Creator: Gobush, Kathleen S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Estimation of Hawaiian Monk Seal Corruption in Relation to Ecosystem Biomass and Overlap with Fisheries in the Main Hawaiian Islands (open access)

Estimation of Hawaiian Monk Seal Corruption in Relation to Ecosystem Biomass and Overlap with Fisheries in the Main Hawaiian Islands

This report analyzes the possible effects of the rehabilitation of Hawaiian monk seals and how their increase in numbers will affect the ecosystem and our fisheries. The document takes into account conclusions that overestimate potential monk seal impacts, and underestimate potential impacts of human extraction on monk seals.
Date: August 2013
Creator: Sprague, Rachel; Littnan, Charles & Walters, Jeffrey
System: The UNT Digital Library
Development and Testing of Two Towed Volumetric Hydrophone Array Prototypes to Improve Localization Accuracy During Shipboard Line-transect Cetacean Surveys (open access)

Development and Testing of Two Towed Volumetric Hydrophone Array Prototypes to Improve Localization Accuracy During Shipboard Line-transect Cetacean Surveys

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
System: The UNT Digital Library
Modeling a Very Rare Event to Estimate Sea Turtle Bycatch: Lessons Learned (open access)

Modeling a Very Rare Event to Estimate Sea Turtle Bycatch: Lessons Learned

This document is an updated and expanded version of a previous report (McCracken, 2000) concerning the estimates of the rare occurrence of turtle bycatch, complete with models to approximate the amount of turtle bycatch for the years 1994 to 1999.
Date: November 2004
Creator: McCracken, Marti L.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Revised Stock Boundaries for False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in Hawaiian Waters (open access)

Revised Stock Boundaries for False Killer Whales (Pseudorca crassidens) in Hawaiian Waters

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Stock Assessment of the Coral Reef Fishes of Hawaii, 2016 (open access)

Stock Assessment of the Coral Reef Fishes of Hawaii, 2016

From abstract: This report contains single-species assessments of 27 reef-associated fish stocks around the main Hawaiian Islands using data from various sources collected during the 2003-2016 period.
Date: February 2017
Creator: Nadon, Marc O.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Clinical Observations of Ocular Disease in Hawaiian Monk Seals (Monachus schauinslandi) (open access)

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.
Date: March 2009
Creator: Hanson, Mark T.; Aguirre, A. Alonso & Braun, Robert C.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Report of the Sea Turtle Longline Fishery Post-release Mortality Workshop, November 15-16, 2011 (open access)

Report of the Sea Turtle Longline Fishery Post-release Mortality Workshop, November 15-16, 2011

This report produces the results of a workshop held by the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS). This workshop was meant to review information to determine if the current NMFS' criteria should be modified, objectives including the review of the current NMFS' criteria for sea turtle post-release mortality estimates; to identify, review, and assess relevant research conducted after the 2004 expert workshop; and to discuss the potential effects of hook design and size on injury and mortality.
Date: August 2012
Creator: Swimmer, Yonat & Gilman, Eric
System: The UNT Digital Library
Hawaii Longline Fishermen's Experiences with the Observer Program (open access)

Hawaii Longline Fishermen's Experiences with the Observer Program

From introduction: This report describes a subset of the results from a socio-cultural study of fishermen in the Hawaii-based longline fleet. The broader study, conducted in 2003-2004, was designed to compile a social profile of the longline fishing industry of Hawaii and provide information about its participants to decision makers.
Date: February 2007
Creator: Allen, Stewart D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Injury Determinations for Cetaceans Observed Interacting with Hawaii and American Samoa Longline Fisheries during 2007-2011 (open access)

Injury Determinations for Cetaceans Observed Interacting with Hawaii and American Samoa Longline Fisheries during 2007-2011

The following report presents reports of interactions between the cetaceans with Hawaii and American Samoa longline fisheries. Compiled here are injury and death reports concerning the dolphin as a summary of the mortality rates and injury severity observed during interactions.
Date: January 2014
Creator: Bradford, Amanda L. & Forney, Karin A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Injury Determinations for Marine Mammals Observed Interacting with Hawaii and American Samoa Longline Fisheries During 2009-2013 (open access)

Injury Determinations for Marine Mammals Observed Interacting with Hawaii and American Samoa Longline Fisheries During 2009-2013

The following document is a compilation of reports of marine mammal interactions with the Hawaii and American Samoa longline fisheries during 2009-2013, including the assessments of the number of marine mammal deaths, serious injuries, and non-serious injuries by fishery, species, and management areas.
Date: March 2016
Creator: Bradford, Amanda L. & Forney, Karin A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Rationalizing the Formula for Minimum Stock Size Threshold (BMSST) in Management Control Rules (open access)

Rationalizing the Formula for Minimum Stock Size Threshold (BMSST) in Management Control Rules

The following document evaluates the formula used for minimum stock size threshold (BMSST). The formula involved is meant to determine whether the stock in fisheries are overstocked or understocked.
Date: April 2008
Creator: Kleiber, Pierre
System: The UNT Digital Library
Pilot Study to Incorporate Validation Procedures in the State of Hawaii Commercial Marine License Reporting Program for Charter Fishing Boats (For-Hire Sector) (open access)

Pilot Study to Incorporate Validation Procedures in the State of Hawaii Commercial Marine License Reporting Program for Charter Fishing Boats (For-Hire Sector)

From executive summary: The following report was meant to document the Hawaii charter fishing (for hire) sector's level of compliance with the Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources (HDAR) commercial fishing reporting system and to identify possible changes to improve the system.
Date: December 2013
Creator: Ma, Hongguang; Hamm, David & Allen, Stewart
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 2003 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 2003

The following document provides information from the 2003 field studies of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. These studies evaluate the status and trends of monk seal subpopulations, natural history traits such as survival, reproduction, growth, behavior, and feeding habits, and the success of various activities designed to facilitate population growth.
Date: March 2007
Creator: Johanos, Thea C. & Baker, Jason D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Institutional Analysis of Community-based Marine Resource Management Initiatives in Hawai'i and American Samoa (open access)

Institutional Analysis of Community-based Marine Resource Management Initiatives in Hawai'i and American Samoa

From executive summary: This document provides and analysis of two fisheries policies designed to develop community-based marine research management insitutions in the Western Pacific Region of the United States as delineated in the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Date: November 2012
Creator: Richmond, Laurie & Levine, Arielle
System: The UNT Digital Library
A Workshop on Methods to Estimate Total and Natural Mortality Rates Using Mean Lenght Observations and Life History Parameters (open access)

A Workshop on Methods to Estimate Total and Natural Mortality Rates Using Mean Lenght Observations and Life History Parameters

The following report presents the results of a workshop on the topic of estimating total and natural mortality rates in data-limited stock assessment situations. The workshop was held by the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC) and the Southeast Fisheries Science Center (SEFSC).
Date: June 2012
Creator: Brodziak, Jon; Gedamke, Todd; Porch, Clay; Walter, John; Courtney, Dean; O'Malley, Joseph et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Injury Determinations for Humpback Whales and Other Cetaceans Reported to NOAA Response Networks in the Hawaiian Islands during 2007-2012 (open access)

Injury Determinations for Humpback Whales and Other Cetaceans Reported to NOAA Response Networks in the Hawaiian Islands during 2007-2012

From introduction: the present paper provides a summary of injury determinations for cetaceans in and around the Hawaiian EEZ reported injured by human causes to the PIR-MMRN and HIERN during 2007-2012... This paper also summarizes reports from previous years of cetaceans other than humpback whales injured by human causes for the purpose of obtaining additional qualitative information on the sources of injuries and the species involved. (pg. 1)
Date: June 2015
Creator: Bradford, Amanda L. & Lyman, Ed
System: The UNT Digital Library
North Pacific Blue Shark Stock Assessment (open access)

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.
Date: February 2009
Creator: Kleiber, Pierre; Clarke, Shelley; Bigelow, Keith; Nakano, Hideki; McAllister, Murdoch & Takeuchi, Yukio
System: The UNT Digital Library
Status Review Report: Orange Clownfish (Amphiprion percula) (open access)

Status Review Report: Orange Clownfish (Amphiprion percula)

From abstract: This report was produced in response to a petition received from the Center for Biological Diversity on September 14, 2012, to list eight species of pomacentrid reef fish as endangered or threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) and to designate critical habitat for these species concurrent with the listings...This report summarizes the best available scientific and commercial information on the orange clownfish, and presents an evaluation of the species' status and extinction risk.
Date: April 2016
Creator: Maison, Kimberly A. & Graham, Krista S.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 2002 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 2002

The following document presents results of field studies of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal conducted in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands during 2002. These studies provide information to evaluate the status and trends of monk seal subpopulations; natural history traits such as survival, reproduction, growth, behavior, and feeding habits; and the success of various activities designed to facilitate population growth.
Date: July 2005
Creator: Johanos, Thea C. & Baker, Jason D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Spillover Effects of Environmental Regulation for Sea Turtle Protection: The Case of the Hawaii Shallow-set Longline Fishery (open access)

Spillover Effects of Environmental Regulation for Sea Turtle Protection: The Case of the Hawaii Shallow-set Longline Fishery

From introduction: This report presents a study on the spillover effects, also termed "transfer effects", resulting from proposed regulatory changes for the Hawaii longline fishery specifically for swordfish...This study evaluates whether, and to what extent, spillover effects may occur when regulatory changes decrease the allowable fishing activities in the Hawaii shallow-set longline fishery for swordfish.
Date: January 2012
Creator: Chan, Hing Ling & Pan, Minling
System: The UNT Digital Library