Spawning sockeye salmon

Integrating the productivity and ecological processes of anadromous fish populations with estuarine, transitional, and Gulf of Alaska ecosystems.

The Auke Bay Laboratories’ Salmon Ocean Ecology and Bycatch Analysis (SOEBA) program conducts research to understand ecological processes that drive the productivity of anadromous fish populations in freshwater, estuarine, transitional, and marine ecosystems of the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea. These efforts aid state and federal fishery managers in making informed science-based decisions to help sustain fish populations, fisheries, and fishing communities in accordance with the NOAA AFSC Science Plan and NOAA Guidance Memo FY 2011-2015. Our sub-program focuses on: 1) marine ecology research, 2) forecasting salmon and groundfish recruitment, and 3) evaluating the impacts of commercial fisheries on salmon populations.

Contact:
Andy Gray
Auke Bay Laboratories
Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries

Ted Stevens Marine Research Institute
17109 Pt Lena Loop Rd
Juneau, AK 99801
(907) 789–6047
Andy.Gray@noaa.gov

Featured Research, Publications, Posters, Reports, and Activities

• Using salmon survey and commercial fishery data to index nearshore rearing conditions and recruitment of Alaskan sablefish.
  YASUMIISHI, E. M., S. K. SHOTWELL, D. H. HANSELMAN, J. A. ORSI, and E. A. FERGUSSON. 2015. Using salmon survey and commercial fishery data to index nearshore rearing conditions and recruitment of Alaskan sablefish. Mar. Coastal Fish. 7:316-324. DOI: 10.1080/19425120.2015.1047070. (.pdf, 314 KB, Open Access).  Online.
   
• Proceedings of the 25th Northeast Pacific Pink and Chum Salmon Workshop 2012.
  FERGUSSON, E., J. ORSI, and S. HEINL. 2013. Proceedings of the 25th Northeast Pacific Pink and Chum Salmon Workshop 2012. AFSC Processed Rep. 2013-03, 35 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Auke Bay Laboratories, 17109 Point Lena Loop Road, Juneau AK 99801. (.pdf, 632 KB).  Online.
   
• Chinook salmon first year production indicators from ocean monitoring in Southeast Alaska
  By:  JOE ORSI, EMILY FERGUSSON, ALEX WERTHEIMER, ED FARLEY
  Conference:  NPAFC International Symposium on Pacific Salmon and Steelhead Production in a Changing Climate…, Kobe, Japan, May 2015
  (2015 poster, .pdf, 1.02 MB)   Online.
   
• The Use of Ecosystem Metrics for Pre-season Forecasts of Pink Salmon Harvest in Southeast Alaska: What Have We Learned?
  By:  JOSEPH ORSI, EMILY FERGUSSON, ALEX WERTHEIMER
  Conference:  Alaska Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK, Jan 2015
  (2015 poster, .pdf, 1.79 MB)   Online.
   

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