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5/16/2013

Net Cameras Add New Dimension To Viewing Fish Behavior

The Advanced Survey Technologies group recently developed a camera and light system for observing fish behavior and the performance of the marine mammal excluder device (MMED) in the Nordic rope trawls used for surveys of coastal pelagic species (CPS). The

1/14/2013

SWFSC Scientists and International Scientific Committee (ISC) Complete Pacific Bluefin Tuna Stock Assessment

On 8 January 2012 the International Scientific Committee (ISC) for Tuna and Tuna like Species in the North Pacific Ocean released an assessment of Pacific Bluefin tuna. As Members of the ISC, NOAA Fisheries SWFSC scientists acted as leaders in

12/12/2012

Cooperative Research to Monitor the Recovery of Depleted Groundfishes in Southern CA: A Habitat Blueprint Project

Deep water rockfishes (in the genus Sebastes, which is Greek for “magnificent”) once supported vibrant commercial and recreational fisheries in southern California. In 2001, cowcod (Sebastes levis), one of the most prized rockfishes, was declared overfished and several “closed areas”,

11/27/2012

Fishery Data, On the Double

Collaboration between NOAA Fisheries and the fishing industry allows for more efficient and accurate data collection in two valuable Pacific fisheries—hake and sardine. Read more in the following NOAA Fisheries feature story. "NOAA Fisheries is responsible for conducting stock assessments of

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