Staff of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conduct a wide variety of studies to help conserve marine ecosystems and habitats, sustain marine fisheries, and recover protected species in the Pacific Ocean. This bulletin highlights our recent research activities and accomplishments. Readers are invited to request further information on any topic.

Articles

• TurtleWatch Research Aims to Reduce Bycatch of Loggerhead Turtles in Hawaii Longline Fishery
• Research Cruises Explore Fishery-Independent Assessment of Bottomfish Density and Oceanography of the Subtropical Front
• Monk Seal Research Winter Camps Concluded, Spring/Summer Camps Underway in the Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
• Coral Reef Ecosystems Monitored at Wake Atoll and the Mariana Archipelago
• Research Confirms Importance of Northwestern Hawaiian Islands as Wintering Habitat for Humpback Whales
• 2011 Mariana Archipelago Cost-Earnings Study Underway
• International Team Launches Research on Pelagic Sharks in the North Pacific Ocean
• Estimating "Steepness" of the Stock-Recruitment Relationship, a Key Measure of Fish Stock Productivity
• Pelagic Shark Studies Advance Understanding of Ways to Reduce Bycatch
• Cooperation of Local Fish Auction Supports Research to Improve Management of the Main Hawaiian Islands Bottomfish Fishery

Publications

• Peer-Reviewed Articles
• NOAA Technical Memoranda
• Administrative Reports
• Special Publications
• Abstracts
• Manuscripts Approved by Science Director to be Submitted for Publication