NOAA FISHERIES

Spatial and temporal patterns in fertilization and settlement of young gag (Mycteroperca microlepis) along the West Florida Shelf Fitzhugh, Gary R., Christopher C. Koenig, Felicia C. Coleman, Churchill B. Grimes, and Wilton Sturges III Bulletin of Marine Science 77(3):377-396

Updated status of federally listed ESUs of west coast salmon and steelhead Good, Thomas P., Robin S. Waples, and Pete Adams (eds.) NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-66. 598 p.

CREATING A COMPREHENSIVE DAM DATASET FOR ASSESSING ANADROMOUS FISH PASSAGE IN CALIFORNIA GOSLIN, MATTHEW N. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-376. 26 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CALIFORNIA - FISH PASSAGES - DAMS - DATASET - ASSESSMENT

Using lasers to investigate deepwater habitats in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary off central California [abstract] Grimes, C.B., M. Yoklavich, W. Wakefield, and H.G. Greene In: P. W. Barnes and J. P. Thomas (eds.), Benthic habitats and the effects of fishing, p. 204. American Fisheries Society Symposium 41.

Report of the Expert Panel on the future of the coded wire tag recovery program for Pacific salmon Hankin, David G., John H. Clark, Richard B. Deriso, John Carlos Garza, Gary S. Morishima, Brian E. Riddell, Carl Schwarz, and James B. Scott Pacific Salmon Commission, Vancouver, BC, Canada. 230 p.

RECENT EFFORTS TO MONITOR ANADROMOUS ONCORHYNCHUS SPECIES IN THE CALIFORNIA COASTAL REGION: A COMPILATION OF METADATA HELMBRECHT, SARAH, AND DAVID A. BOUGHTON U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-381. 200 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CALIFORNIA - COASTAL MONITORING - METADATA

Hierarchical analysis of production efficiency. Holloway, G., D. Tomberlin, and X. Irz. R. Scarpa and A. Alberini (eds.), Applications of Simulation Methods in Environmental and Resource Economics, chapter 9. Springer Publishing, Dortrecht, Netherlands. RESOURCE ECONOMICS - PRODUCTION - EFFICIENCY

Coherent regional responses. King, J. R., H. Batchelder, J. Boldt, W. Crawford, A. Hollowed, S. Kim, V. Lapko, A. MacCall, D. Mackas, N. Mantua, G. McFarlane, S. McKinnell, J. Overland, I. Perry, J. Polovina, J. Schweigert, F. Schwing, Q. Tang, A. Yatsu, and J. Zhao J.R. King (ed.), Report of the study group on fisheries and ecosystem responses to recent regime shifts. PICES Scientific Report 28:37-50. MARINE RESOURCES - REGIONAL RESPONSES

Implications for the management of marine resources. King, J.R., G. McFarlane, A. Hollowed, A. MacCall, and J. Polovina. J.R. King (ed.), Report of the study group on fisheries and ecosystem responses to recent regime shifts. PICES Scientific Report 28:51-54. MARINE RESOURCES - MANAGEMENT - IMPLICATIONS

Klamath River fall Chinook age-specific escapement, river harvest, and run size estimates, 2004 run Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California. 15 p.

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall Chinook, 2005 season Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California. 24 p.

Dynamics of genetic differentiation in the Rio Negro tuco-tuco (Ctenomys rionegrensis) at the local and geographical scales Lessa, Enrique P., Gabriela Wlasiuk, and John Carlos Garza In: E. A. Lacey and P. Myers (eds.), Mammalian diversification: from chromosomes to phylogeography, p. 155-173. University of California Publications in Zoology, vol. 133.

Recent ecosystem changes in the California Current. MacCall, A., H. Batchelder, J. King, D. Mackas, N. Mantua, G. McFarlane, I. Perry, J. Schweigert, and F. Schwing. J.R. King (ed.), Report of the study group on fisheries and ecosystem responses to recent regime shifts. PICES Scientific Report 28: Appendix 2, p. 65-86. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT - ECOSYSTEM CHANGES

Assessment of vermilion rockfish in southern and northern California MacCall, Alec D. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 128 p.

Juvenile chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) growth on the central California coast during the 1998 El Niño and 1999 La Niña. MacFarlane, R. B., S. Ralston, C. Royer, and E. C. Norton. Fisheries Oceanography 14(5):321-332. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CHINOOK - JUVENILES - GROWTH - CALIFORNIA

Strengthening scientific input and ecosystem-based fishery management for the Pacific and North Pacific Fishery Management Councils: Suggestions from a panel discussion Marasco, Richard, Daniel Goodman, Churchill Grimes, Peter Lawson, André Punt, and Terry Quinn Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Portland, Oregon. 42 p.

Green sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) status review update NOAA Fisheries Biological Review Team, Santa Cruz Laboratory, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries. 31 p.

Optimizing the removal of small fish passage barriers. O'Hanley, J. R., and D. Tomberlin. Enviornmental Modeling and Assessment 10(2):85-98. FISH PASSAGES - BARRIERS - REMOVAL

Klamath River fall chinook stock-recruitment analysis Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 36 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis for 2005 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 90 p.

Preseason report II: Analysis of proposed regulatory options for 2005 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 47 p.

Preseason report III: Analysis of council adopted management measures for 2005 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 35 p.

Review of 2004 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 308 p.

Technical basis for the Klamath River fall chinook conservation objective Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 6 p.

High levels of statistical uncertainty in 'gametic' recapture estimates of male abundance in humpback whales Palsboll, Per J., Martine Berube, Eric C. Anderson, and Kevin K. Dunham Marine Ecology Progress Series 295:305-307

Age, growth, life history, and fisheries of the sand sole, Psettichthys melanostictus Pearson, Donald E., and Samuel V.G. McNally Marine Fisheries Review 67(4):9-18

SUMMARY OF MONITORING ACTIVITIES FOR ESA-LISTED SALMONIDS IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY PIPAL, KERRIE A. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-373. 208 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CALIFORNIA CENTRAL VALLEY - ESA-LISTED - MONITORING ACTIVITIES - SUMMARY

Pigment variability in larval Sebastes jordani off central California. Sakuma, K. M., C. A. Taylor, and W. Watson. Journal of Fish Biology 67:510-520. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - SHORTBELLY ROCKFISH - LARVAE - PIGMENT VARIABILITY - CALIFORNIA

HISTORICAL AND CURRENT DISTRIBUTION OF PACIFIC SALMONIDS IN THE CENTRAL VALLEY, CA SCHICK, ROBERT S., ARWEN L. EDSALL, STEVEN T. LINDLEY U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-369. 25 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - STEELHEAD - PACIFIC - CALIFORNIA - CENTRAL VALLEY - DISTRIBUTION - HISTORICAL AND CURRENT - FALL - SPATIAL DATA GUIDE

Parentage analysis of the canyon mouse (Peromyscus crinitus): evidence for multiple paternity Shurtliff, Quinn R., Devon E. Pearse, and Duke S. Rogers Journal of Mammalogy 86(3):531-540

HISTORICAL OCCURRENCE OF COHO SALMON IN STREAMS OF THE CENTRAL CALIFORNIA COAST COHO SALMON EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT UNIT SPENCE, BRIAN C., SCOTT L. HARRIS, WELDON E. JONES, MATTHEW N. GOSLIN, ADITYA AGRAWAL, AND ETHAN MORA U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-383. 80 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - COHO - CALIFORNIA - HISTORICAL POPULATIONS - COASTAL MONITORING - STREAMS - EVOLUTIONARILY SIGNIFICANT UNITS

Use of acoustic tags to estimate natural mortality, spillover, and movements of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) in a marine reserve. Starr, R. M., V. O'Connell, S. Ralston, and L. Breaker. Marine Technology Society Journal 39(1):19-30. MARINE FISHES - LINGCOD - NATURAL MORTALITY - SPILLOVER - MOVEMENTS - ESTIMATES - ACOUSTIC TAGS - MARINE RESERVE

Christmas tree corals: a new species discovered off southern California. Yoklavich, M., and M. Love. Journal of Marine Education 21(4):27-30. INVERTEBRATES - CORALS - CHRISTMAS TREE CORAL - NEW SPECIES - CALIFORNIA

Using video observations from submersibles and laser line scanners to survey benthic fishes, macro-invertebrates and habitat types in deepwater off California Yoklavich, Mary In: D.A. Somerton and C.T. Glendhill (eds.), Report of the National Marine Fisheries Service workshop on underwater video analysis (August 4-6, 2004), p. 19-23. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-68.

Proceedings of the Salmon Habitat Restoration Cost Workshop. Allen, S., R. Carlson, and C. Thomson (eds.) Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Portland, Oregon. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - HABITAT RESTORATION - COST - COSTS - WORKSHOP PROCEEDINGS

Status of the California sheephead (Semicossyphus pulcher) stock (2004) Alonzo, Suzanne H., Meisha Key, Teresa Ish, and Alec D. MacCall Report submitted to California Department of Fish and Game. 171 p.

Habitat mapping: characterizing Sanctuary seafloors Anderson, Tara Ecosystem Observations for the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary 2004:8-9

Cruise report DS-04-03, David Starr Jordan, May 4 - June 11, 2004: rockfish recruitment assessment Baltz, Ken National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, California. 24 p.

Determining the importance of stock structure, and production sources to population dynamics of California Chinook salmon using otoliths as geochemical signatures Barnett-Johnson, Rachel Report to the University of California Marine Council, Coastal Environmental Quality Initiative. 8 p.

Maternal age as a determinant of larval growth and survival in a marine fish, Sebastes melanops Berkeley, Steven A., Colin Chapman, and Susan M. Sogard Ecology 85(5):1258-1264

Real options analysis of fishing fleet dynamics: a test Bosetti, Valentina, and David Tomberlin FEEM Nota di Lavoro (Working Paper) 102.2004, Natural Resources Management. Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei, Milan, Italy. 12 p.

The California rockfish conservation area and groundfish trawlers at Moss Landing harbor. Dalton, M. G., and S. Ralston. Marine Resource Economics 19(1):67-83. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - ROCKFISH - CALIFORNIA - CONSERVATION AREA - GROUNDFISH TRAWLERS - MOSS LANDING HARBOR

Beyond 'lognormal versus gamma': discrimination among error distributions for generalized linear models. Dick, E. J. Fisheries Research 70:351-366. FISHERIES SCIENCE - STATISTICS - ERROR DISTRIBUTIONS - DISCRIMINATION - GENERALIZED LINEAR MODELS - MODELING

Population structure and history of steelhead trout in California Garza, John Carlos, Libby Gilbert-Horvath, Joe Anderson, Tommy Williams, Brian Spence, and Heidi Fish In: J. Irvine, et al. (eds.), Workshop on Application of Stock Identification in Defining Marine Distribution and Migration of Salmon (Honolulu, Hawaii, USA, November 1-2, 2003). North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Technical Report 5:129-131. ANADROMOUS FISHES - STEELHEAD - CALIFORNIA - POPULATIONS - POPULATION STRUCTURE - HISTORY

Recommendations for developing fishery management plan conservation objectives for Sacramento River winter Chinook and Sacramento River spring Chinook: Progress report Grover, Allen, Alice Low, Paul Ward, Jim Smith, Michael Mohr, Dan Viele, and Chuck Tracy In: March 2004 Briefing Book, Exhibit C.7.b, SRWSC Workgroup Report. Pacific Fisheries Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 30 p.

Interactions between endangered wild and hatchery salmonids: can the pitfalls of artificial propagation be avoided in small coastal streams? Hayes, S. A., M. H. Bond, C. V. Hanson, and R. B. MacFarlane. Journal of Fish Biology 65 (supp. A):101-121. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMONIDS - SALMON - WILD - HATCHERY - INTERACTIONS - ARTIFICIAL PROPAGATION

Discussion theme 3: Fish production and fishery performance He, Xi, and Keith Bigelow In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 33-34. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

Comparison of standard length, fork length, and total length for measuring west coast marine fishes. Kahn, R. G., D. E. Pearson, and E. J. Dick. Marine Fisheries Review 66(1):31-33. MARINE FISHES - WEST COAST - PHYSIOLOGY - MEASUREMENT - STANDARD LENGTH - FORTH LENGTH - TOTAL LENGTH

Klamath River fall chinook age-specific escapement, 2003 run Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California. 16 p.

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall chinook, 2004 season Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California. 30 p.

Description and growth of larval and pelagic juvenile pygmy rockfish (Sebastes wilsoni) (family Sebastidae). Laidig, T. E., K. M. Sakuma, and J. A. Stannard. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 102:452-463. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - PYGMY ROCKFISH - LARVAL - LARVAE - JUVENILES - DESCRIPTION - GROWTH - PELAGIC

Population structure of threatened and endangered chinook salmon ESUs in California's Central Valley basin [public review draft] Lindley, S. T., R. Schick, B. P. May, J. J. Anderson, S. Greene, C. Hanson, A. Low, D. McEwan, R. B. MacFarlane, C. Swanson, and J. G. Williams NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, CA. 93 p. [Final version of this report released as NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-360, April 2004.]

POPULATION STRUCTURE OF THREATENED AND ENDANGERED CHINOOK SALMON ESUs IN CALIFORNIA'S CENTRAL VALLEY BASIN LINDLEY, STEVEN T., ROBERT S. SCHICK, B.P. MAY, J.J. ANDERSON, S. GREENE, C. HANSON, A. LOW, D. MCEWAN, R.B. MACFARLANE, C. SWANSON, J.G. WILLIAMS U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-360. 56 p. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CHINOOK - CALIFORNIA - POPULATION STRUCTURE - THREATENED - ENDANGERED

Discussion theme 4: Advice in fluctuating environments MacCall, Alec In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 35-36. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

Santa Cruz Laboratory program review 2004 NMFS Santa Cruz Laboratory National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, California. 178 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis for 2004 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 90 p.

Preseason report II: Analysis of proposed regulatory options for 2004 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 39 p.

Preseason report III: Analysis of council adopted management measures for 2004 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 30 p.

Review of 2003 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 306 p.

Low genetic variability in the highly endangered Mediterranean monk seal. Pastor, T., J. C. Garza, P. Allen, W. Amos, and A. Aguilar. Journal of Heredity 95(4):291-300. MARINE MAMMALS - PINNIPEDS - SEALS - MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL - ENDANGERED SPECIES - GENETICS - VARIABILITY

Beyond Fst: analysis of population genetic data for conservation. Pearse, D. E., and K. A. Crandall. Conservation Genetics 5:585-602. CONSERVATION BIOLOGY - POPULATION DYNAMICS - BIOLOGICAL POPULATIONS - GENETICS - DNA - ANALYSIS - DATA - MODELS - GENE FLOW - POPULATIONS - POPULATION STRUCTURE - ABUNDANCE - FST - BAYESIAN - METHODS - DEMOGRAPHIC HISTORY

Sources of age determination errors for sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria). Pearson, D. E., and F. R. Shaw. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 102:127-141. MARINE FISHES - SABLEFISH - AGE DETERMINATION - AGEING - ERRORS

West coast groundfish: the rockfish problem [abstract] Ralston, Stephen In: George M. Watters (ed.), Proceedings of the NMFS workshop on building environmentally explicit stock assessments, p. 21. NMFS SWFSC Administrative Report PFEL-04-01.

Behavioral impairment after escape from trawl codends may not be limited to fragile fish species. Ryer, C. H., M. L. Ottmar, and E. A. Sturm. Fisheries Research 66:261-269. MARINE FISHES - SABLEFISH - WALLEYE POLLACK - JUVENILES - FISHING - IMPAIRMENT - MORTALITY - TRAWLING - TRAWL CODENDS - FRAGILE FISH SPECIES - PREDATION

Movements of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) in southeast Alaska: potential for increased conservation and yield from marine reserves. Starr, R. M., V. O'Connell, and S. Ralston. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 61(7):1083-1094. MARINE FISHES - LINGCOD - MOVEMENTS - CONSERVATION - YIELD - MARINE RESERVES

A review of the ecological effectiveness of subtidal marine reserves in Central California. Part I: Synopsis of scientific investigations Starr, Richard M., Mark H. Carr, Jennifer Caselle, James A. Estes, Caroline Pomeroy, Craig Syms, David A. VenTresca, and Mary M. Yoklavich Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series MSD-04-2. NOAA Marine Sanctuaries Division, Silver Spring, MD. 128 p.

A review of the ecological effectiveness of subtidal marine reserves in Central California. Part II: Summary of existing marine reserves in Central California and their potential benefits. Starr, Richard M., Mark H. Carr, Jennifer Caselle, James A. Estes, Craig Syms, David A. VenTresca, and Mary M. Yoklavich Marine Sanctuaries Conservation Series MSD-04-3. NOAA Marine Sanctuaries Division, Silver Spring, MD. 13 p.

A multispecies approach to subsetting logbook data for purposes of estimating CPUE. Stephens, A., and A. MacCall. Fisheries Research 70:299-310. FISHERIES MANAGEMENT - MULTISPECIES APPROACH - LOGBOOK DATA - SUBSETS - CATCH PER UNIT EFFORT - CPUE

Salmon habitat restoration cost workshop: introduction. Thomson, C. S. T. Allen, C. Thomson, and R. Carlson, Proceedings of the Salmon Habitat Restoration Cost Workshop, p. 1-2. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Portland, Oregon. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - HABITAT RESTORATION - COST - COSTS - WORKSHOP - INTRODUCTION

Workshop conclusions and recommendations. Thomson, C. S. T. Allen, C. Thomson, and R. Carlson, Proceedings of the Salmon Habitat Restoration Cost Workshop, p. 236-251. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Portland, Oregon. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - HABITAT RESTORATION - COST - COSTS - WORKSHOP - CONCLUSION - RECOMMENDATIONS

The allocation problem in habitat restoration. Tomberlin, D. S. T. Allen, C. Thomson, and R. Carlson, Proceedings of the Salmon Habitat Restoration Cost Workshop, p. 33-40. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission, Portland, Oregon. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - HABITAT RESTORATION - COST - COSTS - WORKSHOP - ALLOCATION PROBLEM

Solving real options models of fisheries investment when salvage value is difficult to estimate Tomberlin, David, and Valentina Bosetti In: What are responsible fisheries: Proceedings of the Twelfth Biennial Conference of the International Institute of Fisheries Economics and Trade (CD-ROM), 10 p. International Institute for Fisheries Economics and Trade, Corvallis, Oregon.

Marine managed areas designated by NOAA Fisheries: a characterization study and preliminary assessment Wooninck, Lisa, and Carli Bertrand J.B. Shipley (ed.), Aquatic protected areas as fisheries management tools. American Fisheries Society Symposium 42:89-103

California coastal chinook salmon Bjorkstedt, Eric P. In: Updated status of federally listed ESUs of west coast salmon and steelhead, p. A116-A123. National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Salmon Biological Review Team (Seattle, WA and Santa Cruz, CA).

Central California Coast steelhead Boughton, David In: Updated status of federally listed ESUs of west coast salmon and steelhead, p. B98-B106. National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Salmon Biological Review Team (Seattle, WA and Santa Cruz, CA).

Northern California steelhead ESU Boughton, David In: Updated status of federally listed ESUs of west coast salmon and steelhead, p. B85-B97. National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Salmon Biological Review Team (Seattle, WA and Santa Cruz, CA).

South-central California steelhead Boughton, David In: Updated status of federally listed ESUs of west coast salmon and steelhead, p. B107-B114. National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Salmon Biological Review Team (Seattle, WA and Santa Cruz, CA).

Southern California steelhead Boughton, David In: Updated status of federally listed ESUs of west coast salmon and steelhead, p. B115-B123. National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Salmon Biological Review Team (Seattle, WA and Santa Cruz, CA).

Marine fisheries of the USA: moving from single-species management to a more holistic ecosystem-based approach Brock, Robert J., James A. Bohnsack, Michael J. Fogarty, Steven A. Murawski, Mary M. Yoklavich, and Milton S. Love In: J. P. Beumer, A. Grant, and D. C. Smith (eds.), Aquatic protected areas: what works best and how do we know?, p. 521-531. University of Queensland Printery, St. Lucia, Queensland, Australia.

Abundance and distribution patterns of nekton and micronekton in the northern California Current transition zone. Brodeur, R. D., W. G. Pearcy, and S. Ralston Journal of Oceanography 59:515-535. OCEANOGRAPHY - CALIFORNIA CURRENT - NORTHERN - TRANSITION ZONE - MARINE ORGANISMS - NEKTON - MICRONEKTON - ABUNDANCE - DISTRIBUTION - PATTERNS

Consequences of alternative decommissioning options to reef fish assemblages and implications for decommissioning policy: final technical summary, final study report Carr, Mark H., Michael Vincent McGinnis, Graham E. Forrester, Jeffrey Harding, Peter T. Raimondi University of California, Santa Barbara, Marine Science Institute, Coastal Research Center. MMS OCS Study 2003-053 (U.S. Minerals Management Service). 104 p.

Movements of Gulf sturgeon (Acipenser oxyrinchus desotoi) in nearshore habitat as determined by acoustic telemetry Edwards, Randy E., Kenneth J. Sulak, Michael T. Randall, and Churchill B. Grimes Gulf of Mexico Science 21(1):59-70

Report on the genetics of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) held at Warm Springs (Don Clausen) Hatchery for recovery efforts in the Russian River Garza, John Carlos, and Elizabeth Gilbert-Horvath NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, CA. 17 p.

Rebuilding analysis for widow rockfish in 2003 He, Xi, Andre Punt, Alec D. MacCall, and Stephen V. Ralston Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 21 p.

Status of the widow rockfish resource in 2003 He, Xi, Stephen V. Ralston, Alec D. MacCall, Donald E. Pearson, and Edward J. Dick Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 138 p.

Klamath River fall chinook age-specific escapement, 2001 run Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California.

Klamath River fall chinook age-specific escapement, 2002 run Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California.

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall chinook, 2003 season Klamath River Technical Advisory Team Klamath Fishery Management Council, Yreka, California. 19 p.

Age and growth of blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) from central and northern California. Laidig, T. E., D. E. Pearson, and L. L. Sinclair. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 101:800-808. MARINE FISHES - ROCKFISHES - BLUE ROCKFISH - AGE - GROWTH - LIFE HISTORY - NORTHERN CALIFORNIA - CENTRAL CALIFORNIA

Estimation of population growth and extinction parameters from noisy data. Lindley, S. T. Ecological Applications 13(3):806-813. MARINE MAMMALS - LUTRINAE - SEA OTTERS - CALIFORNIA SEA OTTER - RANDOM-WALK-WITH-DRIFT MODEL - MODELS - DIFFUSION APPROXIMATION - PARAMETERS - DATA - POPULATIONS - GROWTH - EXTINCTION - ESTIMATIONS - CONSERVATION BIOLOGY - MAMMALS - GRIZZLY BEAR

Modeling the effect of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) on the population viability of Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha). Lindley, S. T., and M. S. Mohr. Fishery Bulletin (U.S.) 101:321-331. ANADROMOUS FISHES - SALMON - CHINOOK - STRIPED BASS - SACRAMENTO RIVER - WINTER-RUN - MODELS - MODELING - POPULATIONS - POPULATION VIABILITY

California Central Valley steelhead Lindley, Steve In: Updated status of federally listed ESUs of west coast salmon and steelhead, p. B124-B134. National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Salmon Biological Review Team (Seattle, WA and Santa Cruz, CA).

Central Valley spring-run chinook salmon Lindley, Steven T. In: Updated status of federally listed ESUs of west coast salmon and steelhead, p. A131-A142. National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Salmon Biological Review Team (Seattle, WA and Santa Cruz, CA).

Sacramento River winter-run chinook salmon Lindley, Steven T. In: Updated status of federally listed ESUs of west coast salmon and steelhead, p. A124-A130. National Marine Fisheries Service, West Coast Salmon Biological Review Team (Seattle, WA and Santa Cruz, CA).

Assessing extinction risk for west coast salmon: proceedings of the workshop (November 13-15, 1996, Seattle, Washington) MacCall, A.D., and T.C. Wainwright (eds.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-56, 197 p.

A comparison between the requirements of ESA and MSFCMA for overfished stocks MacCall, Alec In: P. M. Mace (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh NMFS National Stock Assessment Workshop: (Re)building sustainable fisheries and marine ecosystems, p. 16. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-62.

Bocaccio rebuilding analysis for 2003 MacCall, Alec D. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 14 p.

Status of bocaccio off California in 2003 MacCall, Alec D. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 56 p.

Topic 2: Considerations for stock rebuilding MacCall, Alec, and Russell Brown In: P. M. Mace (ed.), Proceedings of the Seventh NMFS National Stock Assessment Workshop: (Re)building sustainable fisheries and marine ecosystems, p. 33-34. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-62.

Salmon research program: external review 2003 NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center National Marine Fisheries Service, Santa Cruz, California. 133 p.