Resource Ecology & Fisheries Management (REFM) Division
Age & Growth Program
Estimated production figures for 1 January – 31 March 2010.
Total production figures were 9,346 with 1,965 test ages
and 91 examined and determined to be unageable. |
| Species |
Specimens Aged |
| Arrowtooth flounder |
792 |
| Atka mackerel |
105 |
| Dusky rockfish |
606 |
| Giant grenadier |
784 |
| Northern rock sole |
1,305 |
| Northern rockfish |
498 |
| Pacific cod |
1,413 |
| Pacific ocean perch |
581 |
| Rougheye rockfish |
150 |
| Southern rock sole |
509 |
| Walleye pollock |
1,845 |
| Yellowfin sole |
758 |
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Ocean Sciences Meeting
At the 2010 Ocean Sciences Meeting in Portland, Oregon, (22-26 February 2010), Thomas Helser of the Age and Growth (A&G) Program and Bryan Black of Oregon State University convened a session entitled "Growth Increments and the Environment: Multidecadal Perspectives on Climate and Ecology in Marine Systems."
Papers presented by A&G Program staff included "Climate-driven Synchrony in Otolith Growth-increment Chronologies for Three Bering Sea Flatfish Species" by Beth Matta, Byran Black, and Tom Wilderbuer and "Validation of Crossdated Age Estimates with Bomb-produced Radiocarbon for Pacific Geoduck (Panopea abrupta)" by Craig Kastelle, Thomas Helser, and Bryan Black.
By Thomas Helser
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