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
An Operational Model to Evaluate Assessment and Management Procedures for the North Pacific Swordfish Fishery (open access)

An Operational Model to Evaluate Assessment and Management Procedures for the North Pacific Swordfish Fishery

This manuscript describes features of an operational model designed to help evaluate the performance of stock assessment and fishery management procedures. This manuscript also describes the features of the model, its underlying hypotheses, limitations, and user interface, as well as the results of probing studies conducted.
Date: August 2002
Creator: Labelle, Marc
System: The UNT Digital Library
Updated Estimates of Mortality and Injury of Cetaceans in the Hawaii-based Longline Fishery, 1994-2005 (open access)

Updated Estimates of Mortality and Injury of Cetaceans in the Hawaii-based Longline Fishery, 1994-2005

From abstract: This report presents updated estimates of annual mortality and serious injury of cetaceans for the Hawaii-based longline fishery during 1994-2005, including information on set type and targeted fish species. The fishery has targeted primarily tunas and swordfish...
Date: November 2007
Creator: Forney, Karin A. & Kobayashi, Donald R.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1998 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1998

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.
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
Identification Manual for Dietary Vegetation of the Hawaiian Green Turtle Chelonia mydas (open access)

Identification Manual for Dietary Vegetation of the Hawaiian Green Turtle Chelonia mydas

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.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Use of Productivity and Susceptibility Indices to Determine Stock Vulnerability, with Example Applications to Six U.S. Fisheries (open access)

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.
Date: October 2009
Creator: Patrick, W. S.; Spencer, P.; Ormseth, O.; Cope, J.; Field, J.; Kobayashi, D. et al.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Fisheries Ecosystem Model of the Chesapeake Bay: Methodology, Parameterization, and Model Exploration (open access)

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).
Date: October 2009
Creator: Christensen, Villy; Beattie, Alasdair; Buchanan, Claire; Ma, Hongguang; Martell, Steven J. D.; Latour, Robert J. et al.
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
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
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
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
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
Comprehensive (1986-2001) Characterization of Size at Sexual Maturity for Hawaiian Spiny Lobster (Panulirus marginatus) and Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides squammosus) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (open access)

Comprehensive (1986-2001) Characterization of Size at Sexual Maturity for Hawaiian Spiny Lobster (Panulirus marginatus) and Slipper Lobster (Scyllarides squammosus) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands

Report on "estimate body size at sexual maturity for Hawaiian spiny lobster and slipper lobster using all available fishery independent research catch data from 1986 to 2001." (pg. 1)
Date: September 2002
Creator: DeMartini, Edward E.; Kleiber, Pierre & DiNardo, Gerard T.
System: The UNT Digital Library
American Somoa as a Fishing Community (open access)

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.
Date: July 2009
Creator: Allen, Stewart
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
The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1999 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 1999

The following document reports the findings of the 1999 field studies over the Hawaiian monk seal of the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. The information provided gives us an evaluation on 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: September 2001
Creator: Johanos, Thea C. & Baker, Jason D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Contingency Plan for Hawaiian Monk Seal Unusual Mortality Events (open access)

Contingency Plan for Hawaiian Monk Seal Unusual Mortality Events

Report about the unusual mortality of Hawaiian Monk Seals that includes extensive background information and research along with a prospective contingency plan to respond to the issue of unusual mortality for this species.
Date: May 2004
Creator: Yochem, Pamela K.; Braun, Robert C.; Ryon, Bradley; Baker, Jason D. & Antonelis, George A.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Linking Hawaii Fisherman Reported Commercial Bottomfish Catch Data to Potential Bottomfish Habitat and Proposed Restricted Fishing Areas using GIS and Spatial Analysis (open access)

Linking Hawaii Fisherman Reported Commercial Bottomfish Catch Data to Potential Bottomfish Habitat and Proposed Restricted Fishing Areas using GIS and Spatial Analysis

From executive summary: This report outlines an effort to spatially link commercial bottomfish catch data from the State of Hawaii Fisherman Reporting System with potential adult bottomfish habitat and restricted fishing areas as proposed by the State of Hawaii and the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council.
Date: September 2007
Creator: Parke, Michael
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 2001 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 2001

The following document reports the findings of the studies of the endangered Hawaiian monk seal during 2001 in all of its reproductive sites in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands. This document contains information evaluating 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: April 2004
Creator: Johanos, Thea C. & Baker, Jason D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 2000 (open access)

The Hawaiian Monk Seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands, 2000

The following report produces findings on the field studies over the Hawaiian monk seal in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands during 2000. The information provided evaluates 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: August 2002
Creator: Johanos, Thea C. & Baker, Jason D.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Corrected Catch Histories and Logbook Accuracy for Billfishes (Isiophoridae) in the Hawaii-based Longline Fishery (open access)

Corrected Catch Histories and Logbook Accuracy for Billfishes (Isiophoridae) in the Hawaii-based Longline Fishery

From abstract: This paper presents corrected catch histories, standardized catch rates, and evaluations of the accuracy of federally mandated commercial logbooks for billfishes taken as incidental catch by the Hawaii-based longline fishery. The study was conducted because billfish misidentifications in logbooks caused by similarities in body size, shape, and coloration have long represented a major challenge in monitoring this fishery.
Date: December 2007
Creator: Walsh, William A.; Bigelow, Keith A. & Ito, Russell Y.
System: The UNT Digital Library
Comprehensive Evaluation of Shallow Reef Fish Populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (1992/93,1995-2000) (open access)

Comprehensive Evaluation of Shallow Reef Fish Populations at French Frigate Shoals and Midway Atoll, Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (1992/93,1995-2000)

From abstract: This document represents the sixth and last of a series of Honolulu Laboratory reports providing estimates of shallow reef fish population densities based on diver-surveys conducted at roughly annual intervals at two sites (French Frigate Shoals (FFS) and Midway Atoll (Midway) in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands (NWHI)). The purpose of the time series has been to develop the capability to characterize the standing stock densities of shallow reef fishes, as one potentially important component of the monk seal forage base with precision sufficient to detect twofold changes over a decadal time scale when sampled at a yearly frequency.
Date: December 2002
Creator: DeMartini, Edward E.; Parrish, Frank A. & Boland, Raymond C.
System: The UNT Digital Library