Research Activities for January-March 2002

FEATURE

• Interactions Between Commercial Fishing and Walleye Pollock

AUKE BAY LABORATORY (ABL)

• Young-of-the-Year Sablefish Age and Growth in Gulf of Alaska
• ABL Sablefish Tag Recovery Program Provides Data and Otoliths for Young and Old Fish
• Variability in Trawl Survey Catches of Pacific Ocean Perch, Shortraker Rockfish, and Rougheye Rockfish in Gulf of Alaska
• Distribution, Habitat, and Behavior of Rockfish in Nearshore Waters of Southeastern Alaska
• Seasonal Increases in Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons in Auke Lake
• ABL Supports Science in Local Schools
• Sea Ranching of Pink Salmon in Prince William Sound, Alaska
• Steelhead Research at Little Port Walter
• Annual Auke Creek Cooperative Research And Planning Meeting

NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY (NMML)

• Juvenile Steller Sea Lions Captured for Foraging Behavior and Health Studies
• Gray Whale Census
• Estimating Abundance of Glacial Ice Harbor Seals With Aerial Photography
• California Current Ecosystem Program:
  - Pinniped Meeting
  - Sea Lion Brand Evaluation
  - JASON Project
  - Killer Whale Research
  - Orphaned Killer Whale in Central Puget Sound

RESOURCE ASSESSMENT & CONSERVATION ENGINEERING (RACE) DIVISION

• Groundfish Assessment : Data Storage Tags Show Vertical Movement Patterns of Atka Mackerel and Pacific Cod
• Midwater Assessment: Bering Sea
• Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investions (FOCI): Arrowtooth Flounder Survey

RESOURCE ECOLOGY & FISHERIES MANAGEMENT (REFM) DIVISION

• Resource Ecology and Ecosystems Modeling Program
• Development and Extension of Food Web Modeling Techniques
• Economic and Social Sciences Research Program: Measuring Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance
• Subsistence Harvests and Cultural Rights
• Economic Data Collection Programs
• Regulatory Analysis of North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program Regulations
• Observer Program Quarterly Summary
• Changes to Observer Program Regulations Undergo Public Review
• Program Database Modernization
• Observer Safety at  Sea
• Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program
• AFSC Database Workshop
• Categorizing Habitat
• NCEAS Working Group
• OSCURS Model