The Resource Assessment and Conservation Engineering (RACE) Division conducts fishery surveys to measure the distribution and abundance of commercially important fish and crab stocks in the eastern Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Gulf of Alaska. Data derived from these surveys are analyzed by Center scientists and supplied to fishery management agencies and to the commercial fishing industry. RACE Division Programs include Fisheries Behavioral Ecology, Groundfish Assessment, Midwater Assessment and Conservation Engineering, Recruitment Processes, Shellfish Assessment, and Research Fishing Gear. RACE programs operate in three locations:
DOC/NOAA/NMFS/AFSC
RACE Division
7600 Sand Point Way N.E.
Seattle, WA
98115
Phone: (206) 526-4171
Fax: (206) 526-6723
Kodiak Fisheries Research Center AFSC Kodiak Laboratory
301 Research Court
Kodiak, AK 99615
Phone: (907) 481-1700
Fax: (907) 481-1701
Hatfield Marine Science Center Fisheries Behavioral Ecology
2030 SE Marine Science Dr
Newport, OR 97365
Phone: (541) 867-0207
Fax: (541) 867-0136
The research surveys utilize a range of sampling techniques, mensuration equipment, and fishing gear. A large inventory of such gear is built and maintained by the Division's Survey Gear & Support Program. RACE Division scientists also use underwater video systems and submersibles to observe fish and crab behavior during capture, and laboratory experiments to measure potential for animal survival after experiencing capture stress. They also work with industry to test modifications of fishing equipment to reduce the take of - or impacts on - incidental species (bycatch), which may be out of season or not of commercial fishing interest.
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2008. Species of the rougheye rockfish complex: Resurrection of Sebastes melanostictus
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(Teleostei: Scorpaeniformes). Fish. Bull., U.S. 106:111-134.
ROSE, K. A., B. A. MEGREY, D. HAY, F. WERNER, and J. SCHWEIGERT.
2008. Climate regime effects on Pacific herring growth using coupled nutrient–phytoplankton–zooplankton and bioenergetics models. Trans. Am. Fish. Soc. 137:278-297.
Ocean Acidification Research - Will Increased Ocean Acidity Affect Alaska’s King Crabs? By: SARA PERSSELIN, ROBERT FOY Conference: ComFish Alaska 29th Annual Trade Show and Policy Summit, Kodiak, AK, Mar 2008 (2008 poster, .pdf, 6.6MB) Online.
Eastern Bering Sea Red King Crab Reproduction - Does Maternal Size and Age Affect Egg and Larval Quality? By: KATHY SWINEY, J. B. WEBB, G. L. ECKERT, G. H. KRUSE Conference: ComFish Alaska 29th Annual Trade Show and Policy Summit, Kodiak, AK, Mar 2008 (2008 poster, .pdf, 3.51MB) Online.
