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Recent AFSC Technical Memorandums

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The NMFS-AFSC NOAA Technical Memorandum series continues the NMFS-F/NWC series established in 1970. Additional AFSC and F/NWC Tech. Memos. can be found by searching the NMFS Virtual Tech. Memo. Library.

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Older Tech. Memos.

2013

242 FOY, R. J., and C. E. ARMISTEAD. 2013. The 2012 Eastern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl survey: Results for commercial crab species, 147 p. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 22.9 MB).

2012

241 TESTA, J. W. (editor). 2012. Fur seal investigations, 2010-2011, 77 p. NTIS number pending. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 1.85 MB).

240 HARRIS, P. M., A. D. NEFF, and S. W. JOHNSON. 2012. Changes in eelgrass habitat and faunal assemblages associated with coastal development in Juneau, Alaska, 47 p.NTIS number pending. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 4.17 MB).

239 JOHNSON, S. W., A. D. NEFF, J. F. THEDINGA, M. R. LINDEBERG, and J. M. MASELKO. 2012. Atlas of nearshore fishes of Alaska: A synthesis of marine surveys from 1998 to 2011, 261 p. Abstract. Publication pending.

238 ROMAIN, S., M. DORN, and V. WESPESTAD. 2012. Results of cooperative research acoustic surveys of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the western Gulf of Alaska from September 2007 to September 2011, 35 p. NTIS PB2012-113431. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 1.7 MB).

237 SMULTEA, M., D. FERTL, D. J. RUGH, and C. E. BACON. 2012. Summary of systematic bowhead surveys conducted in the U.S. Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, 1975-2009, 48 p. NTIS No. PB2012-112925. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 851 KB).

236 ECHAVE, K., M. EAGLETON, E. FARLEY, and J. ORSI. 2012. A refined description of essential fish habitat for Pacific salmon within the U.S. Exclusive Economic Zone in Alaska, 104 p. NTIS No. PB2012-112924. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 4.51 MB).

235 CHILTON, E. A., C. E. ARMISTEAD, and R. J. FOY. 2012. The 2011 Eastern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl survey: Results for commercial crab species, 118 p. NTIS No. PB2012-111906. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 4.19MB).

234 ALLEN, B. M., and R. P. ANGLISS. 2012. Alaska marine mammal stock assessments, 2011, 288 p. NTIS number pending. Preface or View Online (.pdf, 13.7 MB).

233 KONDZELA, C. M., W. T. McCRANEY, H. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. GUYON. 2012. Genetic stock composition analysis of chum salmon bycatch samples from the 2010 Bering Sea groundfish fisheries, 29 p. NTIS No. PB2012-107442. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 1 MB).

232 GUTHRIE, C. M. III, H. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. GUYON. 2012. Genetic stock composition analysis of Chinook salmon bycatch samples from the 2010 Bering Sea trawl fisheries, 22 p. NTIS No. PB2012-104700. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 673 KB).

2011

231 SMITH, K. R., R. A. MCCONNAUGHEY, and C. E. ARMISTEAD. 2011. Benthic invertebrates of the Eastern Bering Sea: a synopsis of the life history and ecology of snails of the genus Neptunea, 58 p NTIS No. PB2012-108929. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 8.28 MB).

230 HIMES-CORNELL, A., C. PACKAGE, and A. DURLAND. 2011. Improving community profiles for the North Pacific fisheries, 85 p. NTIS No. PB2012-108928. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 4.22 MB).

229 YANG, M-S. 2011 Diet of nineteen mesopelagic fishes in the Gulf of Alaska, 67 p. NTIS No. PB2012-102005. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 827 KB).

228 LEW, D. K., and A. HIMES-CORNELL. 2011. A guide to designing, testing, and implementing Alaska Fisheries Science Center economic and social surveys, 43 p. NTIS No. PB2012-100169. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 1 MB).

227 LAUTH, R. R. 2011. Results of the 2010 eastern and northern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl survey of groundfish and invertebrate fauna, 256 p. NTIS No. PB2012-100168. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 13 MB).

226 TESTA, J. W. 2011. Fur seal investigations, 2008-2009, 80 p. NTIS No. PB2012-100205. Abstract or View Online. (.pdf, 3.45 MB).

225 RARING, N. W., P. G. VON SZALAY, F. R. SHAW, M. E. WILKINS, and M. H. MARTIN. 2011. Data Report: 2001 Gulf of Alaska bottom trawl survey, 179 p. NTIS No. PB2011-406. Preface or View Online (.pdf, 15 MB).

224 HOFF, G. R., and L. L. BRITT. 2011. Results of the 2010 eastern Bering Sea upper continental slope survey of groundfish and invertebrate resources, 300 p. NTIS No. PB2011-111407. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 22 MB).

223 ALLEN, B. M., and R. P. ANGLISS. 2011. Alaska marine mammal stock assessments, 2010, 292 p. NTIS No. PB2011-111461. Preface or View Online (.pdf, 9.5 MB).

222 GRAY, A. K., W. T. McCRANEY, C. T. MARVIN, C. M. KONDZELA, H. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. GUYON. 2011. Genetic stock composition analysis of chum salmon bycatch samples from the 2008 Bering Sea groundfish fisheries, 29 p. NTIS No. PB2011-110765. Abstract or View Online (pdf, 128 MB).

221 GRAY, A. K., W. T. McCRANEY, C. T. MARVIN, C. M. KONDZELA, H. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. GUYON. 2011. Genetic stock composition analysis of chum salmon bycatch samples from the 2007 Bering Sea groundfish fisheries, 29 p. NTIS No. PB2011-110764. Abstract or View Online (pdf, 1.48 MB).

220 MARVIN, C. T., S. L. WILDES, C. M. KONDZELA, H. T. NGUYEN, and J. R. GUYON. 2011. Genetic stock composition analysis of chum salmon bycatch samples from the 2006 Bering Sea groundfish fisheries, 29 p. NTIS number pending. Abstract or View Online (pdf, 1.48 MB).

219 JONES, D. T., A. De ROBERTIS, and N. J. WILLIAMSON. 2011. Statistical combination of multifrequency sounder-detected bottom lines reduces bottom integrations, 13 p. NTIS No.PB2011-108416 . Abstract or View Online (.pdf 2.26 MB).

218 LANDER, M. E., D. S. JOHNSON, J. T. STERLING, T. S. GELATT, and B. S. FADELY. 2011. Diving behaviors and movements of juvenile Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) captured in the central Aleutian Islands, April 2005,41 p. NTIS No. PB2011-108415. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 9.39 MB).

217 LAZRUS, H. M., J. A. SEPEZ, R. G. FELTHOVEN, and J. C. LEE. 2011. Post-rationalization restructuring of commercial crew member opportunities in Bering Sea and Aleutian Island crab fisheries, 62 p. NTIS No. PB2011-107546. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 956 KB).

216 CHILTON, E. A., C. E. ARMISTEAD, and R. J. FOY . 2011. The 2010 Eastern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl survey: Results for commercial crab species, 139 p. NTIS No. PB2001-108305. Abstract or View Online (.pdf 5.24 MB).

215 von SZALAY, P. G., C. N. ROOPER, N. W. RARING, and M. H. MARTIN. 2011. Data report: 2010 Aleutian Islands bottom trawl survey, 153 p. NTIS No. PB2011-108304. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 6.25 MB).

2010

214 LEW, D. K., J. LEE, and D. M. LARSON. 2010. Saltwater sportfishing in Alaska: A summary and description of the Alaska saltwater sportfishing economic survey, 2007, 229 p. NTIS No. PB2011-105279. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 2 MB).

213 CAHALAN, J. A., B. M. LEAMAN, G. H. WILLIAMS, B. H. MASON, and W. A. KARP. 2010. Bycatch characterization in the Pacific halibut fishery: A field test of electronic monitoring technology, 66 p. NTIS No. PB2011-103864. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 2.8 MB).

212 KELLY, B. P., J. L. BENGTSON, P. L. BOVENG, M. F. CAMERON, S. P. DAHLE, J. K. JANSEN, E. A. LOGERWELL, J. E. OVERLAND, C. L. SABINE, G. T. WARING, and J. M. WILDER. 2010. Status review of the ringed seal (Phoca hispida), 250 p. NTIS No. PB2011-103863. Executive Summary or View Online (8.7 MB).

211 CAMERON, M. F., J. L. BENGTSON, P. L. BOVENG, J. K. JANSEN, B. P. KELLY,
S. P. DAHLE, E. A. LOGERWELL, J. E. OVERLAND, C. L. SABINE, G. T. WARING, and J. M.
WILDER. 2010. Status review of the bearded seal (Erignathus barbatus), 246 p. NTIS No. PB2011-103862 . Executive Summary or View Online (12.4 MB).

210 JOHNSON, S. W., J. F. THEDINGA, A. D. NEFF, and C. A. HOFFMAN. 2010. Fish fauna in nearshore waters of a barrier island in the western Beaufort Sea, Alaska, 28 p. NTIS NO. PB2009-102141. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 1 MB).

209 RONE, B. K., A. B. DOUGLAS, A. N. ZERBINI, L. MORSE, A. MARTINEZ, P. J. CLAPHAM, AND J. CALAMBOKIDIS. 2010. Results from the April 2009 Gulf of Alaska transect survey (GOALS) in the Navy training exercise area, 39 p. NTIS number pending. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 4 MB).

208 von SZALAY, P. G., N. W. RARING, F. R. SHAW, M. E. WILKINS, and M. H. MARTIN. 2010. Data report: 2009 Gulf of Alaska bottom trawl survey, 245 p. NTIS number pending. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 16.6 MB).

207 PUNT, A. E., and P. R. WADE. 2010. Population status of the eastern North Pacific stock of gray whales in 2009, 43 p. NTIS number pending. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 1.68 MB).

206 ALLEN, B. M., and R. P. ANGLISS. 2010. Alaska marine mammal stock assessments, 2009. U. S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-206, 276 p. NTIS No. PB2010-107408. Preface or View Online (.pdf, 14.5 MB).

205 CAHALAN, J., J. MONDRAGON, and J. GASPER. 2010. Catch sampling and estimation in the Federal groundfish fisheries off Alaska, 42 p. NTIS No. PB2010-105918. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 936 KB).

204 LAUTH, R. R. 2010. Results of the 2009 eastern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl survey of groundfish and invertebrate resources, 228 p. NTIS No. PB2010-113178. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 8.86 MB).

2009

203 LAAKE, J. L., A. PUNT, R. HOBBS, M. FERGUSON, D. RUGH, and J. BREIWICK. 2009. Re-analysis of gray whale southbound migration surveys, 1967-2006, 55 p. NTIS No. PB2010103939. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 1.57 MB).

202 FOWLER, C. W., and L. HOBBS. 2009. Are we asking the right questions in science and management?, 59 p. NTIS No. PB2010-105917. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 1 MB).

201 CHILTON, E. A., C. E. ARMISTEAD, and R. J. FOY. 2009. The 2009 eastern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl survey: Results for commercial crab species, 101 p. NTIS No. PB2010-3938. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 7.9 MB).

200 BOVENG, P. L., J. L. BENGTSON, T. W. BUCKLEY, M. F. CAMERON, S. P. DAHLE, B. P. KELLY, B. A. MEGREY, J. E. OVERLAND, and N. J. WILLIAMSON. 2009. Status review of the spotted seal (Phoca largha), 153 p. NTIS No. PB2010-101436. Executive Summary or View Online (.pdf, 7.13 MB).

199 CONNERS, M. E., J. CAHALAN, S. GAICHAS, W. A. KARP, T. LOOMIS and J. WATSON. 2009. Sampling for estimation of catch composition in Bering Sea trawl fisheries, 77 p. NTIS No. PB2010-100895. Executive Summary or View Online (.pdf, 2.33 MB).

198 BARBEAUX, S. J., and D. FRASER. 2009. Aleutian Islands cooperative acoustic survey study for 2006, 91 p. NTIS No. PB2010-100894. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 4.15 MB).

197 HOFF, G. R., and L. L. BRITT. 2009. Results of the 2008 eastern Bering Sea upper continental slope survey of groundfish and invertebrate resources, 294 p. NTIS No. PB2010-100893. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 10.4 MB).

196 BUCKLEY, T. W., A. GREIG, and J. L. BOLDT. 2009. Describing summer pelagic habitat over the continental shelf in the eastern Bering Sea, 1982-2006, 49 p. NTIS No. PB2009-115399. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 842 K).

195 LAUTH, R. R., and E. ACUNA. 2009. Results of the 2008 eastern Bering Sea continental shelf bottom trawl survey of groundfish and invertebrate resources, 229 p. NTIS NO. PB2009-113760. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 8 MB).

194 HONKALEHTO, T., D. JONES, A. McCARTHY, D. McKELVEY, M. GUTTORMSEN, K. WILLIAMS, and N. WILLIAMSON. 2009. Results of the echo integration-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) on the U.S. and Russian Bering Sea shelf in June and July 2008, 56 p. NTIS No. PB2009-110982. Abstract or View Online (.pdf, 2 MB).

193 ANGLISS, R. P., and B. M. ALLEN. 2009. Alaska marine mammal stock assessments, 2008, 258 p. NTIS No. PB2009-109548. Preface or View Online. (.pdf, 14.4 MB).

192 FOWLER, C. W., T. E. JEWELL, and M. V. LEE. 2009. Harvesting young-of-the-year from large mammal populations: an application of systemic management, 65 p. NTIS No. PB2009105146. Abstract or View Online. (.pdf, 1 MB).

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