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The AFSC Groundfish Assessment Program (GAP) regularly conducts bottom trawl surveys to assess the condition of groundfish and shellfish stocks in Alaskan marine waters.
The surveys range from southeastern Alaska north to the Eastern Bering Sea shelf and slope and to the westernmost Aleutian Islands.
Bottom trawl surveys for groundfish and king and Tanner crabs occur annually in the eastern Bering Sea in cooperation with the AFSC Shellfish Assessment Program. Biennial bottom trawl surveys are conducted in the Aleutian Islands (even years), Gulf of Alaska (odd years), and along the eastern Bering Sea slope (even years).
Beginning in 2017, biennial surveys will occur in the Northern Bering Sea. Bottom trawl surveys are occasionally conducted in the Chukchi and Beaufort Seas. AFSC's Auke Bay Laboratory also conducts longline surveys of sablefish abundance are conducted throughout Alaskan waters.
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Recent Poster Presentations, Publications, Reports & Activities
- VON SZALAY, P. G., and N. W. RARING. 2018. Data Report: 2017 Gulf of Alaska bottom trawl survey. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-374, 260 p. Online.
- SCIBERRAS, M., J. G. HIDDINK, S. JENNINGS, C. L. SZOSTEK, K. M. HUGHES, B. KNEAFSEY, L. J. CLARKE, N. ELLIS, A. D. RIJNSDORP, R. A. MCCONNAUGHEY, R. HILBORN, J. S. COLLIE, C. R. PITCHER, R. O. AMOROSO, A. M. PARMA, P. SUURONEN, and M. J. KAISER.
2018. Response of benthic fauna to experimental bottom fishing: A global meta‐analysis. Fish Fish. Early online. https://doi.org/10.1111/faf.12283
Online.
- ROONEY, S., C. N. ROOPER, E. LAMAN, K. TURNER, D. COOPER, and M. ZIMMERMANN. 2018. Model-based essential fish habitat definitions for Gulf of Alaska groundfish species. U.S. Dep. Commer., NOAA Tech. Memo. NMFS-AFSC-373, 370 p.
Online.
- WILBORN, R., C. N. ROOPER, P. GODDARD, L. LI, K. WILLIAMS, and R. TOWLER.
2018. The potential effects of substrate type, currents, depth and fishing pressure on distribution, abundance, diversity, and height of cold-water corals and sponges in temperate, marine waters. Hydrobiologia 811:251-268.
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/s10750-017-3492-9
Online.
- Using Triggered Cameras to Determine Fish Behavior in Rocky, Untrawlable Areas
By: KRESIMIR WILLIAMS, CHRIS ROOPER, MIKE LEVINE, ALEX De ROBERTIS
Conference: Western Groundfish Conference (19th), Newport, OR, Feb 2016
(2016 poster, .pdf, 468 KB) Online.
- Introducing the Working Group on Maturity Assessment and Reproductive Variability of Life Stages
By: SUSANNE McDERMOTT, SANDI NEIDETCHER, CHRISTINA CONRATH, PAUL SPENCER
Conference: Western Groundfish Conference (19th), Newport, OR, Feb 2016
(2016 poster, .pdf, 1.85 MB) Online.
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