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Mysteries surrounding the Hector's Dolphin holotype Electra hectori P.-J. Van Beneden, 1881 Brownell, Robert L. Jr., Koen Van Waerebeek, and Robert Ewan Fordyce New Zealand Journal of Zoology

Worldwide appraisal of knowledge gaps in the space usage of small pelagic fish: Highlights across stock uncertainties and research priorities Catalan, Ignacio, et al. Reviews in Fisheries Science and Aquaculture

Reconstructing salmon growth trajectories through biochronologies across a highly variable growthscape Evans, Kimberly, George Whitman, Malte Willmes, Eric Holmes, Flora Cordoleani, Carson Jeffres, and Rachel C. Johnson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 82:1-12. 12 p.

Composition and functional diversity of juvenile groundfish assemblages in the California Current Gasbarro, Ryan, Jarrod A. Santora, Megan Cimino, Adena Schonfeld, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Brian K. Wells, and John C. Field Journal of Biogeography

Is AI your fishy friend? Hazen, Elliott L. Fisheries

Development of a microhaplotype panel for steelhead/rainbow trout (Oncorhynchus mykiss) and application for phylogenetic analysis in California Le Gall, Ronan, Moe Barthelemy, Anthony J. Clemento, Cassondra D. Columbus, Ellen Campbell, Elena C.A. Correa, Jeff A. Rodzen, John Carlos Garza, and Devon E. Pearse Conservation Genetics Resources

The genomics revolution in nonmodel species: Predictions vs. reality for salmonids May, Samuel A., Samuel W. Rosenbaum, Devon E. Pearse, Marty Kardos, Craig R. Primmer, Diana S. Baetscher, and Robin S. Waples Molecular Ecology

Marine heatwaves and climate-driven warming impact availability of sardine subpopulations to northeast Pacific fishing ports Muhling, Barbara A., et al. Fisheries Oceanography

Capture-recapture estimates of Antarctiv blue whale abundance and population growth rate Olson, Paula A., Douglas Kinzey, Michael C. Double, Koji Matsuoka, and Ken Findlay Marine Mammal Science

Resource partitioning among pelagic predators remains stable despite annual variability in diet composition Portner, Elan J., Barbara A. Muhling, Antonella Preti, Owyn E. Snodgradd, Travis M. Richards, Catherine F. Nickels, Heidi Dewar, Elliott L. Hazen, and C. Anela Choy Journal of Animal Ecology

Climate mediates the predictability of threats to marine biodiversity Scales, Kylie L., Jessica A. Bolin, Daniel C. Dunn, Elliott L. Hazen, Lee Hannah, and David S. Schoeman Trends in Ecology and Evolution

Springtime upwelling conditions influence microbial communities and dissolved thiamin compounds in the California Current Ecosystem Shannon, Kelly C., Gillian St. John, Robin Gould, Christopher Hartzell, Hailey Matthews, Elizabeth J. Brennan, Luis M. Bolanos, Steven T. Lindley, John C. Field, Nate Mantua, Rachel Johnson, Carson Jeffres, Frederick S. Colwell, and Christopher P. Suffridge Limnology and Oceanography

What's in a name? Consumer preferences and premiums for distinct sustainability aspects of tuna Wallmo, Kristy, and Rosemary Kosaka Coastal Management

Species distribution model predictability doesn’t always decline under novel temperature conditions Allyn, Andrew J., Stephanie J. Brodie, Katherine E. Mills, Kevin McGarigal, Camrin D. Braun, Nima Farchadi, Elliott L. Hazen , Alex Kerney, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Dylan Pugh, Riley Young-Morse, and Rebecca L. Lewison Fish and Fisheries

A multipurpose microhaplotype panel for genetic analysis of California Chinook salmon Anderson, Eric C., Anthony J. Clemento, Matthew A. Campbell, Devon E. Pearse, Anne K. Beulke, Cassie Columbus, Ellen Campbell, Neil F. Thompson, and John Carlos Garza Evolutionary Applications

Evaluating seasonal vs. spatial extrapolation for cetacean distribution models in the California Current Becker, Elizabeth A., Karin A. Forney, Bruce J. Thayre, Katherine Whitaker, Ryan Hoopes, Joshua M. Jones, John A. Hildebrand, Jeff Moore Marine Mammal Science

On the sensitivity of Optimum Multiparameter analysis: a California Current System case study Buil, M. Puzo, I. Schroeder, S. Bograd, M.G. Jacox, E.L. Hazen, D. Deauna, E. Di Lorenzo, N. Lovenduski, S. Mogen, R.R. Rykaczewski Deep-Sea Research, Part II

Facilitated migration could bolster migrant passage through anthropogenically altered ecosystems Burford, Benjamin P., Jeremy J. Notch, William R. Poytress, Cyril J. Michel Ecological Applications

Juvenile life history, migration, and habitat use of natural- versus hatchery-origin Chinook Salmon Chen, Emily K., Katherine Lumahan, Rachel C. Johnson, Corey C. Phillis, George Whitman, Anna M. Sturrock, William H. Satterthwaite, and Stephanie M. Carlson Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Reviewing seas of data: Integrating image-based bio-logging and artificial intelligence to enhance marine conservation Chimienti, M., A. Kato, V. Seydi, S. Schoombie, J.T. Hinke, R. Joy, D. Lidgard, C. Oosthuizen, Y. Papastamatiou, Y. Ropert-Coudert, A. Takahashi, J.-B. Thiebot, M. Visani, M. Coustaty, and T.J. du Dot Methods in Ecology and Evolution

Deep-sea coral abundance, distribution, and community structure on seafloor features across a broad depth gradient in North-central California national marine sanctuaries Graiff, Kaitlin, Danielle Lipski, Jan Roletto, Gary C. Williams, M. Elizabeth Clarke, and Thomas E. Laidig Marine Ecology

Frequency of multiple paternity in Soupfin Sharks (Galeorhinus galeus) from California and Australia Kelly, O., Craig, M.T., Feldheim, K. A., McMillan, M.N., Devloo-Delva, F., Dawson, E.J., Chabot, C.L., Hyde, J.R., Nosal, A.P. Ichthyology and Herpetology

Development of a high-throughput SNP panel for genetic stock identification of Striped Bass (Morone saxatilis) LeBlanc, Nathalie M., Benjamin I. Gahagan, Eric C. Anderson Transactions of the American Fisheries Society

Widespread thiamine deficiency in California salmon linked to an anchovy-dominated marine prey base Mantua, Nathan J., Heather Bell, Anne Todgham, Miles E. Daniels, Jacques Rinchard, Jarrod M. Ludwig, John Field, Steven T. Lindley, Freya E. Rowland, Catherine A. Richter, David Walters, Bruce Finney, Haskell Anne R. Distajo, Donald Tillitt, Dale C Honeyfield, Taylor Lipscomb, Kevin Kwak, Jason Kindopp, Dennis Cocherell, Abigail Ward, Thomas H. Williams, Jeff Harding, Nann Fangue, Carson Jeffres, Rocio I. Ruiz-Cooley, Steve Y. Litvin, Scott Foott, Mark Adkison, Brett Kormos, Peggy Harte, Frederick Colwell, Christopher P. Suffridge, Kelly C. Shannon, Amanda Cranford, Charlotte Ambrose, Aimee Reed, and Rachel C. Johnson Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences

Genetic data provide insights into social structure, population structure, an ancestry of false killer whales. Martien, Karen K. Whalewatcher 45:66-70. 5 p. "False Killer Whales: The Pseudorca Issue"

Revealing unseen dynamical regimes of ecosystems from population time-series data Medeiros, Lucas P., Darian K. Sorenson, Bethany J. Johnson, Eric P. Palkovacs, and Stephan B. Munch Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS)

Age and growth of the Pacific Goliath Grouper (Epinephelus quinquefasciatus), the largest bony reef fish of the Tropical Eastern Pacific. Montenegro, C.C., M. Craig, G. Castellanos-Galindo, B. Erisman, P. Coulson, U. Krumme, R. Baos, L. Zapata, A. Vega, D.R. Robertson Journal of Fish Biology

Genomic infrastructure for cetacean research and conservation: Reference genomes for eight families spanning the cetacean tree of life Morin, P.A., B. Bein, C. Bortoluzzi, Y.V. Bukhman, T. Hains, D. Heimeier, M. Uliano-Silva, D.E. Absolon, L. Abueg, J. Antosiewicz-Bourget, J.R. Balacco, R.K. Bonde, N. Brajuka, A.C. Brownlow, E.L. Carroll, M. Carter, J. Collins, N.J. Davison, A. Denton [ … ] E.D. Jarvis Frontiers in Marine Science

Climate change impacts to foraging seascapes for a highly migratory top predator Muhling, Barbara, Stephanie Snyder, Elliott Hazen, Rebecca Whitlock, Jong-Yeon Park, Charles Stock, and Barbara Block Movement Ecology

The role of kinship in shaping cetacean societies Parsons, K.M., M. Krutzen, L. Gerber, E. Jourdain, C.M. Konrad Clarke, K.K. Martien, and A.D. Foote In: D. Croft et al. (eds.), The evolution of cetacean societies. University of Chicago Press.

Foraging ecology of swordfish in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem during an ecosystem regime shift Preti, Antonella, Barbara A. Muhling, Gerard T. DiNardo, Graham J. Pierce, Kady Lyons, Stephen M. Stohs ICES Journal of Marine Science

States of development and application of genetic and genomic tools in aquaculture and conservation programs: a guide for strengthening dialogue among practitioners of aquaculture and genetics Purcell, Catherine, Brendan F. Wringe, Pierre Boudry, Marine S.O. Brieuc, Mark Coulson, Tony Kess, Monica F. Solberg, Harri Vehvilainen, and Federico Calboli Aquatic Living Resources

Species aggregation models resolve essential foraging habitat: Implications for conservation and management Santora, Jarrod A., Justin Suca, Megan Cimino, Elliot Hazen, John C. Field, Steven Bograd, Brian K. Wells, Isaac D. Schroeder Ecological Applications

The essential role of large research vessels in marine ecosystem observations and ocean sustainability Satterthwaite, Erin, John Field, Andrea Fassbender, Gerardo Medina, Steven Bograd, Elliott Hazen, Nastassia Patin, Zack Gold, Kathy Barbeau, Andrew Thompson, Danie Kinkade, Adam Shepard, Henry Ruhl, Rasmus Swalethorp, Brice Semmens Limnology and Oceanography

Individual specialization in a generalist aprex predator: The leopard seal Sperou, E., D.J. Krause, R. Borras-Chaves, P. Charapata, D. Costa, D. Crocker, K. Smith, B. Thompson, J. Anderson, M. Goebel, C. Bonin, and S. Kienle Ecology and Evolution

The future of baleen whales: recoveries, environmental constraints, and climate change Stewart, J.D., M.T. Tinker, R.L. Brownell Jr., and A.J. Read Scientific Advances (AAAS)

Age-based demographics using skeletochronology Turner Tomaszewicz, Calandra N., and Larisa Avens In: Manual on research and management techniques for the conservation of sea turtles, vol. 2. IUCN Species Survival Commission, Marine Turtle Specialist Group.

A framework to evaluate dynamic social and ecological interactions between offshore wind energy development and commercial fisheries: a US West Coast perspective Warlick, Amanda J., Owen R. Liu, Janelle Layton, Chris J. Harvey, Jameal F. Samhouri, Elliott L. Hazen, and Kelly S. Andrews PLOS Climate

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee Watters, Diana (ed.), Joe Bizzarro, E.J. Dick, John Field, Tom Laidig, Melissa Monk, Nick Wegner, and William Watson In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: Annual meeting of the TSC (2024). Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Eastern North Pacific gray whale calf production 1994-2005 Aimee Lang, Tomo Eguchi, David Weller U.S. Department of Commerce,NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS, NOAA-TM-NMFS-SWFSC-725. 12 p.

Processes that influence bottom temperatures in the California Current System Alexander, M.A., J.D. Scott, M.G. Jacox, D.J. Amaya, and L.M. Wilczysnki Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 130(3):e2024JC021886 (21 p.)

Update assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2025 for U.S. management in 2025-2026 Allen Akselrud, Caitlin, Alexander J. Jensen, Peter T. Kuriyama, Kevin T. Hill, and Juan P. Zwolinski U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-719. 66 p.

Re-evaluation of the recruits-per-spawner and CalCOFI SST relationship in Pacific sardine Allen Akselrud, Caitlin, Alexander Jensen, and Kevin Hill U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-716. 9 p.

Tadasu K. Yamada (1950-2024) [obituary] Amano, Masao, Yuko Tajima, Hajime Ishikawa, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Marine Mammal Science 41(2):e70012 (4 p.)

Linking projected changes in seasonal climate predictability and ENSO amplitude Amaya, Dillon J., Nicola Maher, Clara Deser, Michael G. Jacox, Michael A. Alexander, Matthew Newman, Juliana Dias, and Jiale Lou Journal of Climate 38(3):675-688

Advancing genetic improvement in the omics era: status and priorities for United States aquaculture Andersen, Linnea K., Neil F. Thompson, Jason W. Abernathy, Ridwan O. Ahmed, Ali Ali, Rafet Al-Tobasei, Benjamin H. Beck, Bernarda Calla, Thomas A. Delomas, Rex A. Dunham, Christine G. Elsik, S. Adam Fuller, Julio C. Garcia, Mackenzie R. Gavery, Christopher M. Hollenbeck, Kevin M. Johnson, Emily Kunselman, Erin L. Legacki, Sixin Liu, Zhanjiang Liu, Brittany Martin, Joseph L. Matt, Samuel A. May, Caitlin E. Older, Kev Overturf, Yniv Palti, Eric J. Peatman, Brian C. Peterson, Michael P. Phelps, Louis V. Plough, Mark P. Polinski, Dina A. Proestou, Catherine M. Purcell, Sylvie M.A. Quiniou, Guglielmo Raymo, Caird E. Rexroad, Kenneth L. Riley, Steven B. Roberts, Luke A. Roy, Mohamed Salem, Kelly Simpson, Geoffrey C. Waldbieser, Hanping Wang, Charles D. Waters, Benjamin J. Reading, and on behalf of The Aquaculture Genomics, Genetics and Breeding Workshop BMC Genomics 26:155 (24 p.)

GSCRAMBLE: Simulation of admixed individuals without reuse of genetic material Anderson, Eric C., Rachael M. Giglio, Matthew G. DeSaix, and Timothy J. Smyser Molecular Ecology Resources 25(4):e14069 (15 p.)

Mesopelagic fish traits: Functions and trade-offs Andresen, Henrike, Leandro Nole Eduardo, M. Pilar Olivar, P. Daniel van Denderen, Jerome Spitz, Aurore A. Maureaud, Anik Brind'Amour, Noelle M. Bowlin, Eva Garcia-Seoane, Tom J. Langbehn, Tracy T. Sutton, Heino O. Fock, Anne Gro V. Salvanes, and Martin Lindegren Fish and Fisheries 26(1):83-103

Growth of juvenile red abalone (Haliotis rufescens) co-cultivated with two densities of warty sea cucumber (Apostichopus parvimensis) Bauer, Jeremie, Rodrigo Beas-Luna, Ricardo Searcy-Bernal, Fiorenza Michell, Leonardo Vazquez-Vera, Charles Boch, Eugenio Carpizo-Ituarte, Fabiola Lafarga-De la Cruz, Gabriela Montano-Moctezuma, and Julio Lorda New Zealand Journal of Marine and Freshwater Research 59(1):183-197

Elephant seals as ecosystem sentinels for the northeast Pacific Ocean twilight zone Beltran, Roxanne S., Allison R. Payne, A. Marm Kilpatrick, Conner M. Hale, Madison Reed, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, Joffrey Jouma'a, Patrick W. Robinson, Emma Houle, Wade Matern, Alea Sabah, Kathryn Lewis, Samantha Sebandal, Allison, Coughlin, Natalia Valdes Heredia, Francesca Penny, Sophie Rose Dalrymple, Heather Penny, Meghan Sherrier, Ben Peterson, Joanne Reiter, Burney J. Le Boeuf, Daniel P. Costa Science 387(6735):764-769

Checklist of ichthyoplankton of NORI-D polymetallic nodule exploration claim (eastern Clarion-Clipperton Zone) during winter 2021 Bergman, Leah A., Javier Montenegro, Charlotte A. Seid, Tiffany S. Bachtel, Frazer Mann, Erik V. Thuesen, Dhugal J. Lindsay, and Jeffrey C. Drazen Biodiversity Data Journal 13:e137744 (23 p.)

Multi-decade northward shift of loggerhead sea turtle pelagic habitat as the eastern North Pacific Transition Zone becomes more oligotrophic Briscoe, Dana K., Larry B. Crowder, George H. Balazs, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Alberto Abreu, Catherine A. Lee Hing, Masanori Kurita, Masanori Mori, Denise M. Parker, Marc R. Rice, Tomomi Saito, Bianca S. Santos, Calandra N. Turner Tomaszewicz, Noah Yamaguchi, and Jeffrey J. Polina Frontiers in Marine Science 11:1513162 (13 p.)

Continuing long-term shifts in larval fish phenology in the southern California Current Ecosystem are matched by rapid advances in the north Chen, Kathryn S., Colleen M. Petrik, Rebecca G. Asch, Andrew R. Thompson, and Toby D. Auth Global Change Biology 31(3):e70141 (14 p.)

In memoriam: Dmitry Tormosov 1937-2024 Clapham, Phillip J., Vladimir N. Burkanov, Yulia V. Ivashchenko, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Marine Mammal Science 41(1):e13205 (3 p.)

The subpopulation problem in Pacific sardine, revisited Craig, Matthew T., Brad E. Erisman, Ella S. Adams-Herrmann, Kelsey C. James, and Andrew R. Thompson U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-713. 65 p.

Harnessing the power of photo-id data for apportionment to migratory whale herds: U.S. West Coast humpback whale stock proportions by latitude for the period 2019-2024 Curtis, K. Alexandra, John Calambokidis, Katherina Audley, Elizabeth A. Becker, Lars Bejder, Nancy Black, James V. Carretta, Paula Cabanilles, Melvin G. Castaneda, Ted Cheeseman, Jens J. Currie, Enrique de Luna, Joelle De Weerdt, Nicole Doe, Thomas Doniol-Valcroze, Kiirsten Flynn, Karin A. Forney, Astrid Frisch-Jordan, Shauna Fry, Christine Gabriele, Brian Gisborne, Jessica L. Huggins, Edward Lyman, Pamela Martinez-Loustalot, Christie J. McMillan, Adam A. Pack, Ester Quintana-Rizzo, Nicola Ransome, Tasli J.H. Shaw, Andy Szabo, Leigh Torres, Jorge Urban R., Martin van Aswegen, Janie Wray, Jeffrey Moore U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-723. 36 p.

Spectacled porpoise Phocoena dioptrica Lahille, 1912 Dellabianca, Natalia A., Paula A. Olson, and Robert L. Brownell, Jr. In: Thomas A. Jefferson (ed.), Ridgway and Harrison's Handbook of Marine Mammals, Volume 1: Coastal dolphins and porpoises, p. 519-535. Academic Press.

Consumer- and seaweed-specific impacts of invasion-mediated changes to detrital subsidies on rocky shores DeSantiago, Ricardo, Wendi K. White, John R. Hyde, Katherine M. Swiney, and Jeremy D. Long Ecosphere 16(2):e70165 (12 p.)

Evaluating the robustness of generalized additive models as a tool for threshold detection in variable environments Detmer, A. Raine, Eric J. Ward, Mary E. Hunsicker, Kelly S. Andrews, Michele Conrad, Bridget E. Ferriss, Elliott L. Hazen, Kirstin K. Holsman, Julia Indivero, Scott I. Large, Michael Malick, Kristin N. Marshall, Stuart H. Munsch, Kiva L. Oken, William H. Satterthwaite, S. Kalei Shotwell, Andrew R. Thompson, and Jameal F. Samhouri Ecosphere 16(3):e70117 (18 p.)

Comparing fishery-independent and fishery-dependent data to characterize West Coast groundfish populations Dodgen, Rose E., Melissa H. Monk, Grant T. Waltz, and Dean E. Wendt Marine and Coastal Fisheries 17(1):vtaf002 (17 p.)

Abundance of eastern North Pacific gray whales 2024/2025 Eguchi, Tomo, Aimee Lang, David Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-724. 11 p.

Integrating cultural dimensions in sperm whale (Physeter macrocephalus) conservation: threats, challenges, and solutions Eguiguren, Ana, Isabel Avila, Sarah Mesnick, Mauricio Cantor, Taylor Hersh, Hector Perez-Puig, Patricia Rosero, Luke Rendell, Hal Whitehead, Constanza Rojas, and Juan Jose Alvala Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 380: 20240142. Eastern Tropical Pacific, behaviour, conservation, anthropogenic threats, social transmission, sperm whale clans

Systematic review of somatic growth patterns in relation to population structure for Pacific Sardine (Sardinops sagax) along the Pacific Coast of North America Erisman, Brad, Matthew Craig, Kelsey James, Brittany Schwartzkopf, and Emmanis Dorval U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-708. 67 p.

Metabolism and hypoxia tolerance of the endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni): Implications for conservation and restoration efforts Fan, Stephanie J., Taylor R. Smith, Nasseer Idrisi, John R. Hyde, Nicholas C. Wegner. Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 589:152107 xx p.

Quantifying time-dependent climate and ecosystem relationships in the California Current System Feddern, Megan L., Eric J. Ward, Michael A. Litzow, Mary E. Hunsicker, Michael G. Jacox, Isaac D. Schroeder, William H. Satterthwaite, Curry J. Cunningham, Nicholas A. Bond, Michael J. Malick, and Brian J. Burke Geophysical Research Letters 52: e2024GL113431. 11 p.

Incorporating local information to predict thermal stress for diverse species FitzGerald, Alyssa M. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 82:1-21

A collaborative climate vulnerability assessment of California marine fishery species Frawley, Timothy, Mikaela Provost, Lyall Bellquist, Noah Ben-Aderet, Hannah Blondin, Stephanie Brodie, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Michael Jacox, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Huff McGonigal, and Kirsten Ramey PLOS Climate 4(2):e0000574 (32 p.)

Whole mitochondrial DNA sequencing improves resolution of population structure for Pacific green turtles (Chelonia mydas) Frey, Amy, Erin L. LaCasella, Michael P. Jensen, Peter H. Dutton Frontiers in Marine Science 12:1581306. 10 p.

Integrating landscapes of fear and energy reveals the behavioural strategies that shape predator-prey interactions Gil, Michael A., Cyril J. Michel, Simone Olivetti, Vamsi Sridharan, and Andrew M. Hein Ecology Letters 28(2):e70068 (12 p.)

Evaluating three modelling frameworks for assessing changes in fin whale distribution in the Mediterranean Sea Grossi, Francesca, Elliott L. Hazen, Giulio De Leo, Lea David, Nathalie Di-Meglio, Antonella Arcangeli, Eugenia Pasanisi, Ilaria Campana, Miriam Paraboschi, Alberto Castelli, Massimiliano Rosso, Aurelie Moulins, and Paola Tepsich Ecology and Evolution 15(3):e71007 (17 p.)

Evaluating the potential to quantify salmon habitat via UAS-based particle image velocimetry Harrison, Lee R., Carl J. Legleiter, Brandon T. Overstreet, and James S. White Water Resources Research 61(3):e2024WR038045 (21 p.)

Status, trends and conservation of global sea turtle populations Hays, Graeme C., Jacques-Olivier Laloe, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Nature Reviews Biodiversity 1(2):119-133

Obituary: Thomas James (Mac) McIntyre (1940-2024) Heany, Lawrence R., Robert L. Brownell Jr., Robert P. McIntyre, Charles W. Potter, Duane A. Schlitter, and Robert M. Timm Journal of Mammalogy 106(2):531-535

Long-term population trend of northern anchovy (Engraulis mordax) in the California Current system Hinchliffe, Charles, Peter T. Kuriyama, Andre E. Punt, John C. Field, Andrew R. Thompson, Jarrod A. Santora, Barbara A. Muhling, Stefan Koenigstein, Pierre-Yves Hernvann, and Desiree Tommasi ICES Journal of Marine Science 82(1):fsae177 (17 p.)

Early evidence for establishment of a Chinook salmon population in a restored watershed Hitt, Lauren G., Malte Willmes, George Whitman, Mackenzie C. Miner, Carson Jeffres, Rachel C. Johnson, Dennis E. Cocherell, Nann A. Fangue, and Andrew L. Rypel Ecosphere 16(3):e70207 (18 p.)

Identifying the influence of hydroclimatic factors on streamflow: A multi-model data driven approach Islam, Khandaker Iftekharul, and James Matthew Gilbert Journal of Hydrology 652:132684 (22 p.)

Environment-driven trends in larval abundance predict fishery recruitment in two saltwater basses Jarvis Mason, Erica T., William Watson, Eric J. Ward, Andrew R. Thompson, and Brice X. Semmens ICES Journal of Marine Science 82(2):fsae196 (16 p.)

Catch-only stock assessment of Pacific mackerel (Scomber japonicus) for U.S. management in the 2025-26 and 2026-27 fishing years Jensen, Alexander J., Caitlin Allen Akselrud, Juan P. Zwolinski, Peter T. Kuriyama, and Kevin T. Hill U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-718. 19 p.

A review of natural mortality (M) values relevant to coastal pelagic species (CPS) finfish managed under the Pacific Fishery Management Council CPS Fishery Management Plan Jensen, Alexander J., Peter T. Kuriyama, Caitlin Allen Aksulrud, and Kevin T. Hill U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-714. 31 p.

Expanding the boundaries: Regional connectivity in green turtle (Chelonia mydas) populations across Micronesia Jensen, Michael P., Erin L. LaCasella, Donald R. Kobayashi, Amy Frey, Tammy M. Summers, Jessy R. Hapdei, George H. Balazs, Shawn K.K. Murakawa, T. Todd Jones, Summer L. Martin, Alexander R. Gaos, Peter H. Dutton Frontier in Marine Science 12:1558792 (14 p.) sea turtles, ocean currents, genetic diversity, mixed stock analysis, conservation, marine ecosystems

Empirical dynamic modeling for prediction and control of pest populations Johnson, Bethany J., Marcella M. Gomez, and Stephan B. Munch Ecological Modelling 504:111081 (11 p.)

Assessing total mortality following seabird wrecks given variable data quantity and quality: the Cassin's auklet die-off Jones, Timothy, Julia K. Parrish, Parker MacCready, Lisa T. Ballance, David W. Bradley, Hillary K. Burgess, Jane E. Dolliver, James T. Harvey, Trevor Joyce, Kirsten Lindquist, Jacqueline Lindsey, Hannarose M. Nevins, Jan Roletto, Laurie Wilson, and Charlie Wright Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 82:1-22

Climate change could amplify weak synchrony in large marine ecosystems Karatayev, Vadim A., Stephan B. Munch, Tanya L. Rogers, and Daniel C. Reuman Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 122(1):e2404155121 (7 p.)

Applications of species distribution modeling and future needs to support marine resource management Karp, Melissa A., Megan Cimino, J. Kevin Craig, Daniel P. Crear, Christopher Haak, Elliott L. Hazen, Isaac Kaplan, Donald R. Kobayashi, Hassan Moustahfid, Barbara Muhling, Malin L. Pinsky, Lauren A. Smith, James T. Thorson, and Phoebe A. Woodworth-Jefcoats ICES Journal of Marine Science 82(3):fsaf024 (19 p.)

An introduction to one of two special issues on frontiers in elasmobranch biology Klimley, A. Peter, R. Dean Grubbs, Maria Cristina Oddone, Ricardo S. Rosa, Guy M.W. Stevens, Nerea Lezama-Ochoa, Joshua D. Stewart, Melissa R. Cronin, and Yunkai Li Environmental Biology of Fishes 108:437-439

Eco-evolutionary consequences of selective exploitation on metapopulations illustrated with Atlantic salmon Lamarins, Amaia, Stephanie M. Carlson, Etienne Prevost, William H. Satterthwaite, and Mathieu Buoro Fish and Fisheries 26(2):291-305

Application of dinoflagellate-specific satellite models to aid Alexandrium catenella bloom monitoring in the Bering and Chukchi seas Lange, Priscila K., Evangeline Fachon, Jens M. Nielsen, Michael Brosnahan, Jiaxu Zhang, Calvin W. Mordy, Jeanette C. Gann, Michael W. Lomas, Emma Pate, Gay Sheffield, Phyllis Stabeno, Dale Robinson, Mrunmayee Pathare, Kathi A. Lefebvre, Donald M. Anderson, and Lisa B. Eisner Journal of Environmental Management 380:125042 (15 p.)

Randomization method for evaluating the reliability of a recruitment index in an integrated assessment model Lee, Huihua, Kevin R. Piner, Mark N. Maunder, and Hiromu Fukuda Fishery Bulletin, (U.S.) 123(3):179–189

Climate change influences via species distribution shifts and century-scale warming in an end-to-end California Current Ecosystem model Liu, Owen R., Isaac C. Kaplan, Pierre-Yves Hernvann, Elizabeth A. Fulton, Melissa A. Haltuch, Chris J. Harvey, Kristin N. Marshall, Barbara Muhling, Karma Norman, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Alberto Rovellini, and Jameal F. Samhouri Global Change Biology 31(1):e70021 (15 p.)

Update on the presence of Japanese Sardine (Sardinops melanosticta) in the California Current Large Marine Ecosystem 2024 Longo, Gary, Kelsey James, Kristen Hinton, Jennifer Topping, and Matthew Craig U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-717. 10 p.

Vertical energy seascapes and diving behaviour modulate metabolic scope in a pelagic predator Luongo, Sarah M., Nicholas C. Wegner, Zachary R. Skelton, Sofia Ortega-Garcia, Ruben Rodriguez-Sanchez, Heather Fenix, Meghan Lake, John B. O'Sullivan, Seishiro Furukawa, Ryo Kawabe, and Yannis P. Papastamatiou Proceedings of the Royal Society B 292(2045):20250200 (10 p.)

Nearshore use increases propensity to accumulate persistent organic pollutants in two thresher shark species Lyons, Kady, Piper Rackley, Antonella Preti, Aaron B. Carlisle Science of the Total Environment 982:179673. 10 p.

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