Alaska Fisheries Science Center Quarterly Report Index

Information about the Center's research activities and results with in-depth feature articles are provided in the Quarterly Report.  This multi-page index links to research articles and division report lisitings, grouped by year.  Quarterly issues are indicated for each listing.  A listing may appear under multiple categories.

U - Z:

Unusual species / Rare species / New species

• Aleutian Survey Reveals New Species of Benthic Marine Algae  (July-Sept 2008)
   
• Groundfish Systematics: Skates, Snailfishes, Rockfishes, Sculpins, Eelpouts, and Manefishes  (Oct-Dec 2007)
   
• Field Operations - green sturgeon  (FMA,  Jan-Mar 2006)
• Morphology of Bigmouth Manefish From the Eastern North Pacific Ocean  (Apr-June 2006)
   
• Diel Sampling of Epipelagic Ichthyofauna in Offshore Waters of the Eastern Gulf of Alaska  (July-Sept 2005)
• Unusual Observations of Fish and Invertebrates From the Gulf of Alaska, 2004-05  (July-Sept 2005)
   
• Unusual Invertebrates Added to ABL Reference Collection  (Jan-Mar 2001)

Vessel / Vessel logbook

• Predicting Fishing with Vessel Monitoring System (VMS) Data  (July-Sept 2008)
• The NOAA Ship John N. Cobb Leaves a Rich Legacy  (Apr-June 2008)
   
• Acoustic Testing of NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson  (Jan-Mar 2005)
• Oscar Dyson Field Trials and Gulf of Alaska Survey  (Apr-June 2005)
   
• Electronic Logbook Pilot Project for the BSAI and GOA Groundfish Fisheries  (Jan-Mar 2003)
   
• Oshoro Maru Visits  (July-Sept 2001)
• University of Washington Oceanographic Seaglider - sampling device vessel  (Jan-Mar 2001)
   
• Sablefish - vessel logbooks, otoliths  (Groundfish Stock Assessment and Related Activities,  Jan-Mar 2000)
   
• John N. Cobb Sails Past Half Century Mark  (Oct-Dec 1999)

Walleye pollock - see also Survey

• Measuring Harvesting Productivity of Pollock Catcher-Processors  (Jan-Mar 2009)
• Spatial Distribution, Energetic Status, and Food Habits of Eastern Bering Sea Age-0 Walleye Pollock  (Jan-Mar 2009)
   
• A Tradable Salmon Bycatch Quota System for the Pollock Fishery?  (Jan-Mar 2008)
• Acoustic Backscatter Measurements of Walleye Pollock: Comparisons Between a Trawling and a Free-running Vessel  (Apr-June 2008)
• Climate Change and Changing Fisher Behavior in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery  (July-Sept 2008)
• Do Silent Ships See More Fish? Comparisons of Walleye Pollock Backscatter Recorded by a Conventional and a Noise-Reduced Research Vessel in Alaska  (Feature, Oct-Dec 2007)
• Eastern Bering Sea Pollock Fishery  (Jan-Mar 2008)
• Echo Integration-Trawl Survey of Walleye Pollock in the Eastern Bering Sea  (July-Sept 2008)
• FIT and SSMA Personnel Lead Winter Survey in the Central Aleutian Islands  (Jan-Mar 2008)
• Miller Freeman and Oscar Dyson Vessel Comparison  (Jan-Mar 2008)
• Winter Surveys in the Gulf of Alaska  (Jan-Mar 2008)
   
• Aleutian Islands and Bogoslof Region Pollock - groundfish stock assessments for 2008  (Oct-Dec 2007)
• Aleutian Islands Cooperative Acoustic Survey Study  (Status of Stocks & Multispecies Assessment Program,  Apr-June 2007)
• Annual Conference on Convention on Pollock Resources in Central Bering Sea  (July-Sept 2007)
• EBS Pollock - groundfish stock assessments for 2008  (Oct-Dec 2007)
• GOA Pollock - groundfish stock assessments for 2008  (Oct-Dec 2007)
• Reduced Ability of Parasitized Juvenile Walleye Pollock To Capture Prey  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Salmon Bycatch Patterns in the Eastern Bering Sea Pollock Trawl Fisheries  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Summer 2007 Pollock Acoustic-Trawl Survey  (July-Sept 2007)
• Summer Field Season  (July-Sept 2007)
• Thermal Influences on Walleye Pollock Behavior and the Bering Sea Food Web  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Winter Surveys in Gulf of Alaska and Southeastern Bering Sea Near Bogoslof Island  (Jan-Mar 2007)
   
• 2006 Aleutian Islands Cooperative Acoustic Survey Study  (Apr-June 2006)
• Aleutian Islands Pollock Acoustic Survey Feasibility Study  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Ecosystem Modeling - pollock mortality  (July-Sept 2006)
• AI Pollock - groundfish stock assessments for 2007  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• Bogoslof Island Pollock - groundfish stock assessments for 2007  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• EBS Pollock - groundfish stock assessments for 2007  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• GOA Pollock - groundfish stock assessments for 2007  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• Pollock and Flatfish Recruitment Workshop (July-Sept 2006)
• Salmon Bycatch in the Bering Sea Pollock Fishery  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• walleye pollock studies - ageing  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Winter Surveys in the Gulf of Alaska and the Southeastern Bering Sea Near Bogoslof Island  (Jan-Mar 2006)
   
• Aleutian Islands Pollock - groundfish stock Assessments  (Oct-Dec 2005)
• Bogoslof Island Pollock - groundfish stock assessments  (Oct-Dec 2005)
• Central Bering Sea Pollock Workshop on Allowable Harvest Level and Stock Identification  (Apr-June 2005)
• Conservation Engineering - salmon excluders  (MACE,  Jan-Mar 2005)
• EBS Pollock - groundfish stock assessments  (Oct-Dec 2005)
• Ecosystem Modeling - pollock  (Oct-Dec 2005)
• GOA Pollock - groundfish stock assessments  (Oct-Dec 2005)
• Measuring Fishing Productivity for the Pollock Catcher-Processor Fleet  (July-Sept 2005)
• Recruitment Processes - larval walleye pollock and Alaska plaice distribution survey  (FOCI,  Apr-June 2005)
• Seasonal Variation in Energy Allocation Strategies of Walleye Pollock  (feature, Oct-Dec 2005)
• Winter Surveys in the Gulf of Alaska and the Southeast Aleutian Basin  (Jan-Mar 2005)
   
• Age-0 Pollock Distribution in the Eastern Bering Sea  (July-Sept 2004)
• Bering Sea Summer 2004 Pollock EIT Survey  (July-Sept 2004)
• data collection - pollock distribution and condition  (Recruitment Processess Program,  Oct-Dec 2004)
• Fishery Interaction Study in Gulf of Alaska  (MACE,  July-Sept 2004)
• Groundfish Stock Assessments - Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands  (Oct-Dec 2004)
• Groundfish Stock Assessments - Gulf of Alaska  (Oct-Dec 2004)
• Spatial Distribution of Walleye Pollock in the Eastern Bering Sea  (Oct-Dec 2004)
• Spring Surveys  (MACE,  Jan-Mar 2004)
• Trawl Avoidance Study  (MACE,  July-Sept 2004)
• Walleye Pollock Survey  (MACE,  Apr-June 2004)
   
• BSAI Walleye Pollock  (2003 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 2003)
• Central Bering Sea Science and Technical Committee Meeting - May 2003 in Pusan, Korea  (Apr-June 2003)
• Conservation and Management of Pollock Resources in the Central Bering Sea  (July-Sept 2003)
• Feeding Habits of Demersal Fish  (Oct-Dec 2003)
• GOA Pollock  (2003 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 2003)
• Preliminary Results of the Gulf of Alaska EIT Pollock Survey  (July-Sept 2003)
• cruise to address biological and methodological questions  (Recruitment Processes,  July-Sept 2003)
• Trawl Modifications To Reduce Salmon Bycatch In Pollock Trawls  (July-Sept 2003)
• Winter Surveys - GOA / Bering Sea walleye pollock  (MACE,  Jan-Mar 2003)
   
• Age-0 Walleye Pollock and Capelin  in the Western Gulf of Alaska: Potential Competitive Interaction?  (July-Sept 2002)
• BSAI Walleye Pollock  (2002 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 2002)
• Distribution of Age-1 and Age-2 Walleye Pollock in the Gulf of Alaska and Eastern Bering Sea:  Sources of Variation and Implications for Higher Trophic Levels  (July-Sept 2002)
• Effect of Ocean Conditions on the Cross-shelf Distribution of Walleye Pollock and Capelin (FIT)  (Apr-June 2002)
• Fishery Interaction Study  (MACE,  July-Sept 2002)
• GOA Pollock  (2002 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 2002)
• Interactions Between Commercial Fishing and Walleye Pollock  (feature, Jan-Mar 2002)
• Measuring Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance  (Jan-Mar 2002)
• Preliminary Results of the Eastern Bering Sea EIT Pollock Survey  (July-Sept 2002)
• Research Cruise - walleye pollock on the eastern Bering Sea shelf  (MACE,  Apr-June 2002)
• Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program - fishing effects  (Jan-Mar 2002)
   
• Bering Sea Walleye Pollock  (2001 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 2001)
• Echo Integration-trawl Survey of Walleye Pollock on the Southeastern Bering Sea Shelf and in the Aleutian Basin  (MACE,  Apr-June 2001)
• GOA Pollock  (2001 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 2001)
• Gulf of Alaska Juvenile Pollock and Forage Fish Study  (FOCI,  July-Sept 2001)
• Research on Incorporating Environmental Data Within Stock Assessments: Bering Sea Pollock  (Oct-Dec 2001)
• Spatial Distribution and Ontogenetic Movement of Walleye Pollock in the Eastern Bering Sea  (Oct-Dec 2001)
   
• BSAI Walleye Pollock  (2000 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 2000)
• echo integration-trawl survey of walleye pollock on the eastern Bering Sea shelf  (MACE,  Apr-June 2000)
• Echo Integration/Trawl Surveys of Prespawning Pollock in the Eastern Bering Sea Shelf, Bogoslof Island, and Shelikof Strait  (MACE,  Jan-Mar 2000)
• GOA Pollock  (2000 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 2000)
• Walleye Pollock Study  (Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program,  Jan-Mar 2000)
   
• Aleutian Islands Walleye Pollock  (1999 Stock Assessment Sumary,  Oct-Dec 1999)
• Bering Sea Walleye Pollock  (1999 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 1999)
• Echo Integration-trawl Survey of Walleye Pollock in the Southeastern Aleutian Basin near Bogoslof Island, February-March 1999  (MACE,  Jan-Mar 1999)
• experiments with a flexible grate system to reduce the bycatch of undersized walleye pollock in midwater trawls  (MACE,  Apr-June 1999)
• GOA Walleye Pollock  (1999 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 1999)
• Pollock Survey of Eastern Bering Sea Shelf  (MACE,  July-Sept 1999)
   
• Aleutian Islands and Bogoslof District Walleye Pollock  (1998 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 1998)
• Bering Sea fall juvenile studies  (FOCI,  July-Sept 1998)
• Eastern Bering Sea Walleye Pollock  (1998 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 1998)
• Feeding Variation of Walleye Pollock and Pacific Herring in Prince William Sound, Fall 1994-95  (Jan-Mar 1998)
• GOA Walleye Pollock  (1998 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 1998)
• Winter 1998 Bogoslof Survey of Spawning Walleye Pollock  (Jan-Mar 1998)
• Winter 1998 Shelikof Strait Survey of Spawning Walleye Pollock  (Jan-Mar 1998)
   
• Aleutian Islands Walleye Pollock  (1997 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 1997)
• Bogoslof District Walleye Pollock  (1997 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 1997)
• Eastern Bering Sea Walleye Pollock  (1997 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 1997)
• GOA Walleye Pollock  (1997 Stock Assessment Summary,  Oct-Dec 1997)
   
• Behavior Plays a Key Role in Controlling Distribution and Survival in the Early Life Stages of Walleye Pollock  (Feature, Apr-June 1995)
• The Origins of Chum Salmon Bycatch in the 1994 Bering Sea Trawl Fishery for Walleye Pollock Determined by Genetic Stock Identification  (Feature, Oct-Dec 1995)
• The Role of Juvenile Walleye Pollock as Northern Fur Seal Prey in the Eastern Bering Sea  (Feature, Jan-Mar 1995)
   
• Capabilities of Walleye Pollock Eggs, Larvae, and Juveniles to Respond to Environmental Factors and Determine Distribution  (Feature, Apr-June 1992)
   
• Spawning Pollock Surveys in the Gulf of Alaska  (Feature, July-Sept 1990)

Whale / Whaling - see also Cetacean,    Survey

• Winter Whale Surveys in Kodiak, Alaska  (Jan-Mar 2007)
   
• Disappearing Right Whales and the Secrets of Soviet Whaling  (July-Sept 2006)
   
• International Whaling Commission Workshop  (Oct-Dec 2004)
   
• International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee Meeting  (Apr-June 2003)
   
• Cooperative Research: Whale Survey off Brazil  (July-Sept 2000)
   
• International Whaling Commission Scientific Committee Meeting  (Apr-June 1999)
   
• 1998 International Whaling Commission Meeting  (Apr-June 1998)
   
• The Blue Whales of the Southeastern North Pacific Ocean  (Feature, Oct-Dec 1992)

Whale, beluga - see also Whale / Whaling

• Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Aerial Surveys, September–October 2008  (Jan-Mar 2009)
   
• Beluga Conference in Valencia, Spain  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Beluga Whales in Northern Cook Inlet, Alaska, August 2007  (July-Sept 2007)
• Cook Inlet Beluga Survey, June 2007   (Apr-June 2007)
   
• August 2006 Survey of Belugas in Cook Inlet  (July-Sept 2006)
• Decline of Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• Kachemak Bay Science Conference - beluga whales  (Jan-Mar 2006)
   
• Cook Inlet Beluga Calf Survey  (July-Sept 2005)
• Cook Inlet Beluga Habitat Analysis  (Oct-Dec 2005)
• Cook Inlet Beluga Survey  (Apr-June 2005)
   
• Computer-Based Video Analysis of Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Counts  (Oct-Dec 2004)
• Cook Inlet Beluga Survey  (Apr-June 2004)
• Opportunistic Sightings of Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet  (Jan-Mar 2004)
   
• Abundance of Cook Inlet Belugas  (Oct-Dec 2003)
• Cook Inlet Beluga Survey  (Apr-June 2003)
• Joint Russia-Canada-US Project to Tag Belugas off the Chukotka Peninsula  (Oct-Dec 2003)
   
• Aerial Surveys of Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska, June 2002  (Apr-June 2002)
• Alaska Beluga Whale Committee Meeting  (Oct-Dec 2002)
   
• Beluga Tagging in Cook Inlet, August 2001  (July-Sept 2001)
• Cook Inlet Beluga Whales, June 2001  (Apr-June 2001)
• Satellite Tagging of Belugas in Anadyr Bay, Russia  (Oct-Dec 2001)
   
• Beluga Whale Tagging in Cook Inlet:  An Update  (Oct-Dec 2000)
• Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet  (Feature, Oct-Dec 2000)
• Status of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales  (Jan-Mar 2000)
   
• Aerial Surveys of Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet  (Apr-June 1999)
• Tagging of Beluga Whale in Cook Inlet, Alaska  (July-Sept 1999)
   
• Beluga Whales In Cook Inlet  (Apr-June 1998)
• Beluga Whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska  (Oct-Dec 1998)
• Beluga Whale Surveys in the Chukchi Sea, July 1998  (July-Sept 1998)

Whale, blue - see also Whale / Whaling

• The Blue Whales of the Southeastern North Pacific Ocean  (Feature, Oct-Dec 1992)

Whale, bowhead - see also Whale / Whaling

• Bowhead Whale Feeding Ecology Study  (Jan-Mar 2008)
   
• Bowhead Whale Workshop II  (Jan-Mar 2006)
   
• Bowhead Whale Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2005)
   
• Photographing Bowhead Whales During the 2004 Spring Migration  (Apr-June 2004)
   
• Bowhead Whale Data  (Cetacean Assessment and Ecology Program,  Oct-Dec 2003)
• Bowhead Whale Photography  (western arctic stock near Barrow, Ak.,  Apr-June 2003)
   
• Alaska Eskimo Whaling Commission’s Initial Mitigation Meeting on Bowhead Whales  (Jan-Mar 2000)
   
• 1999 On-Ice Monitoring and Research Workshop  (Oct-Dec 1999)
   

Whale, gray - see also Whale / Whaling

• Gray Whale Counts in January 2008  (Jan-Mar 2008)
   
• Gray Whale Census in 2006/07  (Jan-Mar 2007)
   
• Field Work - Granite Canyon gray whale census  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• Washington Gray Whale Surveys  (Apr-June 2006)
   
• Gray Whale Surveys off Kodiak Island  (July-Sept 2005)
   
• Gray Whale Research - survival & abundance  (California Current Program,  Oct-Dec 2003)
• Gray Whale Surveys - Washington & Kodiak Island  (July-Sept 2003)
   
• Gray Whale Census  (Jan-Mar 2002)
   
• Gray Whale Census  (Jan-Mar 2001)
• Gray Whales - summer survey  (California Current Research,  July-Sept 2001)
   
• Gray Whale Strandings  (Jan-Mar 2000)
   
• California Current Program Field Studies Gray Whale Surveys  (July-Sept 1999)
• Gray Whale Strandings: January - October 1999  (Oct-Dec 1999)
• Gray Whale Workshop  (Jan-Mar 1999)
   
• Census of Gray Whales During Their Southbound Migration  (Jan-Mar 1998)
• Washington Gray Whales Surveyed  (Oct-Dec 1998)

Whale, humpback - see also Whale / Whaling

• Satellite Tagging Humpbacks in the South Pacific: Windows on the Whales’ World  (Oct-Dec 2007)
• Significance of Humpback Whale Predation on Over-Wintering Pacific Herring in Prince William Sound and Southern Lynn Canal  (Apr-June 2007)
   
• International Whaling Commission Comprehensive Assessment of Southern Hemisphere Humpback Whales  (Apr-June 2006)
• Humpback Whale Studies (SPLASH Project) in Baja California  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Satellite Telemetry Describes First Migratory Movement of South Pacific Humpback Whales to Their Feeding Grounds  (Oct-Dec 2006)
   
• Assessing Humpback Whale Populations Across the North Pacific: The SPLASH Project  (Oct-Dec 2005)
   
• SPLASH Surveys - summer feeding areas survey, Alaska  (July-Sept 2004)
   
• Humpback Whale Research in Japan  (Jan-Mar 2001)
   
• Humpback Whale Survey - distribution study, Cape Flattery, Washington  (July-Sept 1999)
   
• A New Approach to Classifying the Central North Pacific Stock of Humpback Whales Under the U.S. Endangered Species Act  (Feature, Oct-Dec 1997)

Whale, killer - see also Whale / Whaling

• Laser Morphometrics of Alaska Killer Whales  (Apr-June 2008)
   
• Killer Whale Surveys in Western Alaska  (Apr-June 2005)
• Southeast Alaska Offshore Killer Whales  (Oct-Dec 2005)
   
• False Pass Killer Whale Survey  (Apr-June 2003)
• Killer Whale Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2003)
• Surveying Killer Whale Abundance and Distribution in the Gulf of Alaska and Aleutian Islands  (Feature, Oct-Dec 2003)
   
• Ecology of Southeast Alaska Killer Whales  (Oct-Dec 2002)
• Killer Whale Research in the Gulf of Alaska, Aleutian Islands, and Bering Sea - abundance (July-Sept 2002)
• Killer Whale Stranding, Dungeness, WA  (Jan-Mar 2002)
• Orphaned Killer Whale in Central Puget Sound  (Jan-Mar 2002)
• Southern Resident Killer Whale Foraging Behavior  (July-Sept 2002)
   
• Aleutians Passes Cruise: Killer Whale Component Introduction  (Apr-June 2001)
• Killer Whales in Central and Western Alaska: Population Size and Stock Structure Background  (July-Sept 2001)
   
• Alaska Killer Whale Photography and Biopsy Project  (Apr-June 2000)
• Killer Whale Workshop Spring 2000  (Apr-June 2000)
   
• Killer Whale Research in Southeast Alaska - distribution, abundance, & stock structure  (Apr-June 1998)
   
• Killer Whales Observed in Dyes Inlet  (Oct-Dec 1997)

Whale, minke - see also Whale / Whaling

• Application of Age-structured Stock Assessment Model to Southern Minke Whale Stocks  (Apr-June 1999)

Whale, right - see also Whale / Whaling

• PRIEST (Pacific Right Whale Evaluation Study) July–August, 2008  (July-Sept 2008)
   
• Disappearing Right Whales and the Secrets of Soviet Whaling  (July-Sept 2006)
   
• North Pacific Right Whale Satellite Tagging Project  (July-Sept 2004)
   
• Detecting Right Whales Using Passive Acoustics in SE Bering Sea  (Oct-Dec 2000)

Whiting - see Pacific whiting

Workshop / Working group / Conference / Symposium - see also AKSRG,    Aquaculture,
                                                              Cooperative and international research,    Groundfish observer,    ICES,    PICES

• 2009 Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium  (Jan-Mar 2009)
• Alaska Marine Science Symposium Presentations  (Jan-Mar 2009)
• BASIS Symposium Held in Seattle  (Jan-Mar 2009)
• Integrated Ocean and Coastal Mapping Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2009)
• Stock Structure Symposium  (Jan-Mar 2009)
   
• 138th Annual Meeting of the American Fisheries Society  (July-Sept 2008)
• 2008 PICES Workshop on Climate Scenarios for Ecosystem Modeling (II)  (Oct-Dec 2008)
• Atka Mackerel Research Symposium  (Apr-June 2008)
• Bering Sea Crab Working Group Progress Report  (July-Sept 2008)
• Comanagement Activities with Alaska Native Organizations  (Jan-Mar 2008)
• FMA Hosts Electronic Fisheries Monitoring Workshop  (July-Sept 2008)
• Juneau Hosts the 11th Annual Salmon Ocean Ecology Meeting in April  (Oct-Dec 2008)
• NMFS Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) Principle Investigator Meeting  (July-Sept 2008)
• NMFS National Stock Assessment Workshop  (Apr-June 2008)
• North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission Sixteenth Annual Meeting  (Oct-Dec 2008)
• Recruitment Processes - Alaska plaice, Pacific cod, workshops  (FOCI,  Oct-Dec 2008)
• Stock Assessment Improvement Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2008)
• U.S.-Norwegian Catch Estimation Workshop at the AFSC  (July-Sept 2008)
   
• 9th International Polychaete Conference  (July-Sept 2007)
• AFSC Hosts Pacific Cod Technical Workshop  (Apr-June 2007)
• AFSC Scientist Participation at the Annual Meeting of the AFS Alaska Chapter  (Oct-Dec 2007)
• Annual Catch Limits Workshop  (Apr-June 2007)
• Annual Conference on Convention on Pollock Resources in Central Bering Sea  (July-Sept 2007)
• APEC Workshop on Proposal for Establishment of Deep-Sea Resources and Fisheries Network  (Oct-Dec 2007)
• Beluga Conference in Valencia, Spain  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Habitat Data Workshop  (HEPR,  July-Sept 2007)
• Habitat Scientists Present at Two Conferences - "Marine Habitat Mapping Technology Workshop for Alaska" and "U.S. Hydro 2007 Conference"  (Apr-June 2007)
• International Collaborations - workshop for connecting climate forcing to marine ecosystems  (Apr-June 2007)
• Integration of Environmental Information in Fisheries Management Advice  (Apr-June 2007)
• Marine Science in Alaska Symposium  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Multispecies Modeling Workshop  (July-Sept 2007)
• National Ecosystem Modeling Workshop (NEMoW)  (July-Sept 2007)
• North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission 15th Annual Meeting  (Oct-Dec 2007)
• Presentations - 2007 Alaska Marine Science Symposium  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Sablefish Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Scientific Collaborative Activities Between NMFS and the Norwegian Institute of Marine Research - MENU Worshop, Bergen Catch Estimation Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Through-Ice Sampling Workshop  (Oct-Dec 2007)
• Working Group for Bottom Trawl Survey Improvements Reducing Error in Area Swept Estimates  (Jan-Mar 2007)
• Workshop on Forecasting Climate Impacts on Future Production of Commercially Exploited Fish and Shellfish  (July-Sept 2007)
   
• ABL Staff Participate in Committee on Scientific Research and Statistics at NPAFC Fourteenth Annual Meeting  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• AFSC Hosts Committee of Age Reading Experts  (Apr-June 2006)
• Alaska Marine Science Symposium Presentations  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Bering Sea Crab Working Group Progress Report  (Apr-June 2006)
• Bowhead Whale Workshop II  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Essential Fish Habitat Workshop  (HEPR,  July-Sept 2006)
• Field Season Activities and Conferences  (Recruitment Processes,  July-Sept 2006)
• FOCI Report - various topics   (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Gilbert Ichthyological Society (GIS) - 18th annual meeting  (July-Sept 2006)
• Issues of Ecosystem Approaches to Fisheries Management and Stock Rebuilding Workshop  (Apr-June 2006)
  
• Kachemak Bay Science Conference - beluga whales  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Loss of Sea Ice Workshop  (HEPR,  July-Sept 2006)
• Loss of Sea Ice Workshop  (HEPR,  Apr-June 2006)
• National Stock Assessment Workshop  (Apr-June 2006) 
• North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission 14th Annual Meeting  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• North Pacific Marine Science Organization 15th Annual Meeting  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• PICES Workshop on Ecological Indicators for the North Pacific  (Apr-June 2006)
• Pollock and Flatfish Recruitment Workshop (July-Sept 2006)
• Rockfish Modeling Workshop at Auke Bay Laboratory  (Apr-June 2006)
• Russian Far East Hatchery Workshop  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• SSMA Workshop on Tagging and Spatially Explicit Models  (Status of Stocks & Multispecies Assessment,  July-Sept 2006)
• U.S.-Polish Plankton Sorting and Identification Center Advisory Committee Meeting  (Apr-June 2006)
• US-Vietnam Bilateral Workshop and Eighth Pacific Rim Fisheries Conference  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Western Groundfish Conference  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Western Groundfish Conference Presentations  (Jan-Mar 2006)
• Workshops and Meetings - Polar Ecosystems Program staff, NMML  (Oct-Dec 2006)
• Workshops to Identify Critical Information Gaps About Marine Mammals in Areas of Interest to the Oil/Gas Industry  (Oct-Dec 2006)
   
• 2005 Pink and Chum Salmon Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2005)
• American Fisheries Society/Lowell Wakefield Symposia Presentations  (July-Sept 2005)
• Bowhead Whale Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2005)
• Conferences and Symposiums  (Alaska Ecosystem Research Program,  Jan-Mar 2005)
• Ecosystem Studies of Sub-Arctic Seas (ESSAS) Meeting  (Apr-June 2005)
• Fishery Interaction Team Presentations to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council  (Apr-June 2005)
• Fourth Annual Bilateral Conference on Fisheries Sciences Between the United States and the Republic of Korea  (July-Sept 2005)
• Joint NPAFC-PICES Symposium on Pacific Salmon  (Oct-Dec 2005)
• Lowell Wakefield Rockfish Symposium - ageing research presentation  (July-Sept 2005)
• Minerals Management Service Meetings  (Jan-Mar 2005)
• NPAFC Annual Meeting  (Oct-Dec 2005)
• NPAFC Research Meeting  (Apr-June 2005)
• Presentation to North Pacific Fisheries Management Council  (Groundfish Observer Program,  Jan-Mar 2005)l
• Report to Purse Seine Task Force  (Oct-Dec 2005)
• Southeast Alaska Regional Science Fair  (Jan-Mar 2005)
• Southeast Alaska Synthesis of Marine Biology and Oceanography Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2005)
• Working Group on Fisheries Acoustics Science and Technology  (Apr-June 2005)
• Workshop on Survey Design and Data Analysis  (Apr-June 2005)
   
• Conference Papers  (Economic & Social Sciences Research Program,  Oct-Dec 2004)
• Conferences and Syposiums  (Oct-Dec 2004)
• Fish Food Habits Analysis Tools - 2004 Western Groundfish Conference  (Jan-Mar 2004)
• Fishery Interaction Team Presentation at Ocean Research Conference  (Jan-Mar 2004)
• Fisheries Observer Conference  (Groundfish Observer Program,  Oct-Dec 2004)
• International Otolith Symposium  (July-Sept 2004)
• International Whaling Commission Workshop  (Oct-Dec 2004)
• Management Strategy Evaluation Working Group  (Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program,  July-Sept 2004)
• Meeting of Mexican Marine Mammal Society  (Apr-June 2004)
• multinational workshop: "North Pacific Climate Regimes and Ecosystem Productivity"  (FOCI,  July-Sept 2004)
• NMFS Scientists Attend Third International Otolith Symposium  (July-Sept 2004)
• NOAA Fisheries Economics and Social Science Workshop  (Oct-Dec 2004)
• Sea Lion Symposium  (July-Sept 2004)
   
• ARGOS Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2003)
• Central Bering Sea Science and Technical Committee Meeting - May 2003 in Pusan, Korea  (Apr-June 2003)
• Climate and Food Web Models Workshop  July-Sept 2003)
• Climate/Fish Relationships Science Workshop  (Apr-June 2003)
• International Fishing Safety Conference  (Groundfish Observer Program,  Oct-Dec 2003)
• Killer Whale Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2003)
• NOAA Multibeam Sonar/ Ocean Mapping Workshops  (Oct-Dec 2003)
• NPAFC Annual Meeting and International Workshop  (Oct-Dec 2003)
• PICES Ecosystem Status Report Workshop  (July-Sept 2003)
• Safety Conference  (Groundfish Observer Program,  July-Sept 2003)
• Sociocultural Research - meetings, conferences  (Jan-Mar 2003)
• Spatial Fisheries Economic Modeling Workshop  (Economics and Social Sciences Research Program,  Apr-June 2003)
• U.S.-Korea Bilateral Conference  (Apr-June 2003)
• Workshop on Odontocete Capture and Handling Techniques  (Oct-Dec 2003)
   
• AFSC Database Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2002
• Categorizing (rockfish) Habitat  (Western Groundfish Conference,  Jan-Mar 2002))
• NCEAS Working Group  (Jan-Mar 2002)
• Social Science Workshop  (Socioeconomic Assessments Program,  Oct-Dec 2002)
• U.S.-Korea Fisheries Science Conference  (Apr-June 2002)
• U.S.-Russia Meeting  (July-Sept 2002)
• Whalefest Celebration in Sitka  (Oct-Dec 2002)
• Workshop on Alaska Harbor Seal-Vessel Interactions  (Oct-Dec 2002)
   
• Canadian Workshop on Objectives and Indicators for Ecosystem-based Management  (July-Sept 2001)
• Climate Change and Biodiversity  (Jan-Mar 2001)
• Conference on Insurance, Liability, and Labor Issues  (Groundfish Observer Program,  Oct-Dec 2001)
• Fisheries Acoustics  Science and Technology and Fishing Technology and Fish Behavior Working Group Meetings  (Apr-June 2001)
• Korean Workshop on Large Marine Ecosystems  (Jan-Mar 2001)
• North Pacific Basin Models  (Jan-Mar 2001)
• National Observer Contracting Workshop  (Groundfish Observer Program,  Oct-Dec 2001)
• Otolith Marking and Pink and Chum Salmon Workshops  (Jan-Mar 2001)
• Rockfish Age-structured Modeling Workshop  (Jan-Mar 2001)
• Workshop on Models for Alternative Management Policies for Marine Ecosystems  (Oct-Dec 2001)
• Workshop on Role of Contaminants in Steller Sea Lion Decline  (July-Sept 2001)
   
• Alaska Harbor Seal Comanagement Workshop  (July-Sept 2000)
• Killer Whale Workshop Spring 2000  (Apr-June 2000)
• NMFS Economics and Social Science Conference  (Jan-Mar 2000)
• NPAFC Annual Meeting and Workshop  (Oct-Dec 2000)
• Second Biennial U.S.-Canada Fisheries Observer Program Workshop  (Apr-June 2000)
• Second Biennial U.S.-Canada Observer Program Workshop  (Groundfish Observer Program,  Oct-Dec 2000)
• Sixth National Stock Assessment Workshop  (Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program,  Jan-Mar 2000)
• Workshop on Fishing Gear Impacts  (Jan-Mar 2000)
   
• 1999 On-Ice Monitoring and Research Workshop  (Oct-Dec 1999)
• Fishing Gear-Seafloor Impacts Workshop  (Jan-Mar 1999)
• Gray Whale Workshop  (Jan-Mar 1999)
• U.S.-Russian Marine Mammal Cooperative Agreement  (Oct-Dec 1999)
   
• Bering Sea Ecosystem Research: Planning, Coordination, and Communication  (Feature, Apr-June 1998)
• FOCI Sponsored Bering Sea Workshop  (Oct-Dec 1998)
   
• The Rockfish Working Group – An Overview  (Feature, July-Sept 1992)

Yelloweye rockfish - see Rockfish, yelloweye

Yellowfin sole - see Sole, yellowfin

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