AFSC Research Activities for Oct-Nov-Dec 2001

FEATURE

• Steller Sea Lion Survey on Kuril and Iony Islands, Russia

AUKE BAY LABORATORY (ABL) 

• Surface Ocean Observations from Auke Bay Pier, 2001
• 30th UJNR Aquaculture Panel Meeting
• NMFS Alaska Coded-Wire Tag Responsibilities
• Little Port Walter Field Station Headquarters Building Exterior Renovation
• SCUBA Diving Study of Sponges
• Southeast Alaska Sea Lion Prey Study
• Stock Assessment of Gulf of Alaska Slope Rockfish and Pelagic Shelf Rockfish
• Alaska Sablefish Assessment
• Do Pacific Sleeper Sharks Prey on Steller Sea Lions?
• The Role of Salmon Sharks in the Trophic Ecology of the Gulf of Alaska
• Habitat Investigations Staff Participate in AFS Chapter Meeting

NATIONAL MARINE MAMMAL LABORATORY (NMML)

• Satellite Tagging of Belugas in Anadyr Bay, Russia
• Harbor Seal Movements Between Haul-out Sites May Influence Population Estimates

RESOURCE ASSESSMENT & CONSERVATION ENGINEERING DIVISION (RACE)

• GROUNDFISH ASSESSMENTS: West Coast Continental Slope Bottom Trawl Survey
• Trawl Impact Studies in Eastern Bering Sea
      2001 Cruise Objectives
• Fisheries Oceanography Coordinated Investigations (FOCI)

RESOURCE ECOLOGY & FISHERIES MANAGEMENT DIVISION (REFM)

• Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program: 2001 Stock Assessment Summary

  	Bering Sea Walleye Pollock BSAI Pacific Cod BSAI Yellowfin Sole BSAI Greenland Turbot BSAI Arrowtooth Flounder BSAI Rock Sole	BSAI Flathead Sole BSAI Other Flatfish Complex BSAI Pacific Ocean Perch BSAI Other Red Rockfish Other Rockfish AI Atka Mackerel	GOA Pollock GOA Pacific Cod GOA Flatfish GOA Arrowtooth Flounder GOA Atka Mackerel GOA Thornyheads
  	BSAI Squid and Other Species Complex

• Atka Mackerel Tag Recovery
• Resource Ecology and Ecosystem Modeling Program
• Research on Incorporating Environmental Data Within Stock Assessments: Bering Sea Pollock
• Age and Growth Program
• Spatial Distribution and Ontogenetic Movement of Walleye Pollock in the Eastern Bering Sea
• Workshop on Models for Alternative Management Policies for Marine Ecosystems
• Scientific Activities of the North Pacific Marine Science Organization (PICES) in 2001
• Socioeconomic Assessments Program: Measuring Capacity, Utilization, and Economic Performance
• Economic Status of the Groundfish Fisheries off Alaska in 2000
• Alaska Halibut Charter Boat Operator Survey
• U.S. North Pacific Groundfish Observer Program

ITEMS

• Sue Moore Appointed Director of the National Marine Mammal Laboratory
• McEntire, Weinberg Receive Bronze Award
• AFSC Staff Named Employees of the Year