MESA: Species
The MESA program produces nine stock assessment fishery evaluation (SAFE) documents for the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council (NPFMC) annually.
In addition to the requirements of annual stock assessments, authors conduct new theoretical and field research that is often included in appendices to the SAFE documents and presented to the Groundfish Plan Teams, Scientific and Statistical Committee (SSC), and the NPFMC for consideration and feedback. The species that are assessed by MESA include:
- Alaskan sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria)
- Gulf of Alaska Rockfish (Sebastes spp.)
- Pacific ocean perch (S. alutus)
- Northern rockfish (S. polyspinis)
- Pelagic shelf rockfish (includes dusky [S. variabilis], yellowtail [S. flavidus], and widow rockfish [S. entomelas])
- Rougheye rockfish (S. aleutianus, S. melanostictus)
- Shortraker (S. borealis) and other slope rockfish (includes sharpchin rockfish [S. zacentrus], redstripe rockfish [S. proriger], harlequin rockfish [S. variegatus], silvergray rockfish [S. brevispinis], redbanded rockfish [S. babcocki], yellowmouth rockfish [S. reedi], bocaccio [S. paucispinis], greenstriped rockfish [S. elongatus], darkblotched rockfish [S. crameri], pygmy rockfish [S. wilsoni], splitnose rockfish [S. diploproa], blackgill rockfish [S. melanostomus], chilipepper [S. goodei], stripetail rockfish [S. saxicola], vermilion rockfish [S. miniatus], and northern rockfish [S. polyspinis, eastern Gulf of Alaska only])
- Alaskan grenadier (Family: Macrouridae)
- Gulf of Alaska & Bering Sea Aleutian Islands sharks (Order: Chondrichthyes)
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AFSC sablefish longline survey. |
NMFS bottom trawl survey rockfish haul. |
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