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The primary mission of the Economic and Social Sciences Research Program is to provide economic and sociocultural information that will assist NMFS in meeting its stewardship responsibilities. Those responsibilities are in part identified by the Federal regulatory analyses requirements. More >

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2007 Economic Status Report

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Highlighted Current Research

Alaska Fisheries and Global Trade

Econometric Measurement of Fishing Capacity and Capacity Utilization

Traditional Ecological Knowledge of the North Pacific Marine Environment

Recent Publications, Poster Presentations, Reports & Activities

Towards an Understanding of the Public's Attitudes and Preferences for Protecting Steller Sea Lions.
DANIEL K. LEW. 2009. Towards an Understanding of the Public's Attitudes and Preferences for Protecting Steller Sea Lions. AFSC Quarterly Report Feature (January-February-March 2009) 8 p. (.pdf, 1.2MB). Online.
Measuring productivity change and its components for fisheries: the case of the Alaskan pollock fishery, 1994-2003.
FELTHOVEN, R., C. MORRISON PAUL, and M. TORRES. 2009. Measuring productivity change and its components for fisheries: the case of the Alaskan pollock fishery, 1994-2003. Nat. Resour. Model. 22:105-136.
Demographics of Commercial Fishing Communities in Alaska
By: CHRISTINA PACKAGE, JENNIFER SEPEZ
Conference: Society for Applied Anthropology 67th Annual Meeting, Tampa, FL, Mar 2007
(2007 poster, .pdf, 229KB) Online.
Demographics of Recreational Fishing in Alaska
By: JODIE LITTLE, JENNIFER SEPEZ
Conference: Society for Human Ecology Conference (15th), Bar Harbor, ME, Oct 2006
(2006 poster, .pdf, 225KB) Online.
Towards an Understanding of the Public's Attitudes and Preferences for Protecting Steller Sea Lions
Measuring Harvesting Productivity of Pollock Catcher-Processors
Alaska Fishery CGE Model Completed
Amendment 80 Economic Data Report
Division Research Reports and Activities

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