NOAA FISHERIES

Performance of fish-habitat classifiers based on derived predictors from a coupled biophysical model Weber, Edward D., Yi Chao, and Fei Chai Journal of Marine Systems 186:105-114

Reduced swimming and metabolic fitness of aquaculture-reared California Yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis) in comparison to wild-caught conspecifics Wegner, Nicholas C., Mark A. Drawbridge, and John R. Hyde Aquaculture 486:51-56

Effects of the Blob on settlement of spotted sand bass, Paralabrax maculatofasciatus, to Mission Bay, San Diego, CA Basilio, Anthony, Steven Searcy, and Andrew R. Thompson PLoS ONE 12(11):e0188449 (15 p.)

Body temperature, cerebral vasculature, and the potential for brain warming in cownose rays (Rhinoptera bonuses) [abstract] Bedore, C.N., and N.C. Wegner Integrative and Comparative Biology 57(supp.1):e11

Impacts of recently implemented recreational fisheries regulations on the Commercial Passenger Fishing Vessel fishery for Paralabrax sp. in California Bellquist, Lyall, Brice Semmens, Stephen Stohs, and Alayna Siddall Marine Policy 86:134-143

Can diagnostic tests help identify model misspecification in integrated stock assessments? Carvalho, Felipe, Andre E. Punt, Yi-Jay Chang, Mark N. Maunder, and Kevin R. Piner Fisheries Research 192:28-40

Stock assessment for blue shark in the North Pacific using stock synthesis Carvalho, Felipe, Mikihiko Kai, Tim Sippel, and Kevin Piner Submitted to the ISC Shark Working Group Workshop (17-24 March 2017, La Jolla, California). ISC (International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean), Working Paper ISC/17/SHARKWG-1/5. 52 p.

Uses of genetic parentage analysis in cultured California yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis) Craig, Matthew, Catherine Purcell, Kevin Stuart, Mark Drawbridge, and John Hyde In: Kristen Gruenthal, Clete Otoshi, Paul Olin, and Mike Rust (eds.), Genetics and breeding in aquaculture: Proceedings of the 44th U.S.-Japan Aquaculture Panel Symposium (NOAA Northwest Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington, November 1, 2016), p. 58-62. NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-175.

Status review report of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) Craig, Matthew, Steven Bograd, Heidi Dewar, Michael Kinney, Hui-hua Lee, Barbara Muhling, and Barbara Taylor U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-587. 101 p.

Mobile acoustic sampling to map bathymetry and quantify the densities and distributions of salmonid smolt predators in the San Joaquin River Cutter, G.R. Jr., S.C. Manugian, J. Renfree, J. Smith, C. Michel, D. Huff, T.S. Sessions, B.E. Elliot, K. Stierhoff, S. Mau, D. Murfin, and D.A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-575. 134 p.

A method to consistently approach the target total fishing fraction of Pacific Sardine and other internationally exploited fish stocks Demer, David A., and Juan P. Zwolinski North American Journal of Fisheries Management 37(2):284-293

2016 USA–Norway EK80 Workshop Report: Evaluation of a wideband echosounder for fisheries and marine ecosystem science Demer, David A., Lars N. Andersen, Chris Bassett, Laurent Berger, Dezhang Chu, Jeff Condiotty, George R. Cutter Jr., Briony Hutton, Rolf Korneliussen, Naig Le Bouffant, Gavin Macaulay, William L. Michaels, David Murfin, Armin Pobitzer, Josiah S. Renfree, Thomas S. Sessions, Kevin L. Stierhoff, and Charles H. Thompson ICES Cooperative Research Report no. 336. 70 p.

Pacific sardine spawning dynamics and egg production in the California Current Ecosystem during the Daily Egg Production Method survey in 2016 [abstract] Dorval, Emmanis, Beverly J. Macewicz, David A. Griffith, and Yuhong Gu In: Stephanie Flores and Gerard DiNardo (eds.), Proceedings of the 2016 Trinational Sardine & Small Pelagics Forum (La Jolla, California, United States of America, December 8-9, 2016), p. 43. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-17-03.

Coherent assessments of Europe's marine fishes show regional divergence and megafauna loss. Fernandes, Paul G., Gina M. Ralph, Ana Nieto, Mariana Garcia Criado, Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos, Christos D. Maravelias, Robin M. Cook, Riley A. Pollom, Marcelo Kovacic, David Pollard, Edward D. Farrell, Ann-Britt Florin, Beth A. Polidoro, Julia M. Lawson, Pascal Lorance, Franz Uiblein, Matthew Craig, David J. Allen, Sarah L. Fowler, Rachel H.L. Walls, Mia T. Comeros-Raynal, Michael S. Harvey, Manuel Dureuil, Manuel Biscoito, Caroline Pollock, Sophy R. McCully Phillips, Jim R. Ellis, Constantinos Papaconstantinou, Alen Soldo, Cetin Keskin, Steen Wilhelm Knudsen, Luis Gil de Sola, Fabrizio Serena, Bruce B. Collette, Kjell Nedreaas, Emilie Stump, Barry C. Russell, Silvia Garcia, Pedro Afonso, Armelle B.J. Jung, Helena Alvarez, Joao Delgado, Nicholas K. Dulvy, and Kent E. Carpenter Nature Ecology & Evolution 1:0170 (8 p.)

Proceedings of the 2015 Trinational Sardine Forum (La Jolla, California, USA, December 1-3, 2015) Flores, Stephanie, and Gerard DiNardo U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-17-02. 48 p.

Proceedings of the 2016 Trinational Sardine and Small Pelagics Forum (La Jolla, California, USA, December 8-9, 2016) Flores, Stephanie, and Gerard DiNardo U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-17-03. 46 p.

DNA sequencing as a tool to monitor marine ecological status Goodwin, Kelly D., Luke R. Thompson, Bernardo Duarte, Tim Kahlke, Andrew R. Thompson, Joao C. Marques, and Isabel Cacador Frontiers in Marine Science 4:107 (14 p.)

2016 Pacific Fishery Management Council report Griffin, Kerry, and Dale Sweetnam In: Stephanie Flores and Gerard DiNardo (eds.), Proceedings of the 2016 Trinational Sardine & Small Pelagics Forum (La Jolla, California, United States of America, December 8-9, 2016), p. 16. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-17-03.

Local, regional and global markets: what drives the tuna fisheries Guillotreau, Patrice, Dale Squires, Jenny Sun, and Guillermo A. Compean Reviews in Fish Biology and Fisheries 27(4):909-929

Oceanographic determinants of ocean sunfish (Mola mola) and bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) bycatch patterns in the California large mesh drift gillnet fishery Hahlbeck, Nick, Kylie L. Scales, Heidi Dewar, Sara M. Maxwell, Steven J. Bograd, and Elliott L. Hazen Fisheries Research 191:154-163

The pelagic habitat analysis module for ecosystem-based fisheries science and management Harrison, Daniel P., Michael G. Hinton, Suzanne Kohin, Edward M. Armstrong, Stephanie Snyder, Frank O'Brien, and Dale K. Kiefer Fisheries Oceanography 26(3):316-335

California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA): California Current Ecosystem status report, 2017 Harvey, Chris, and Toby Garfield (eds.) A report of the NOAA CCIEA Team to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. 63 p.

Ecosystem status report of the California Current for 2017: a summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA) Harvey, Chris, Newell Garfield, Gregory Williams, Kelly Andrews, Caren Barcelo, Katie Barnas, Steven Bograd, Richard Brodeur, Brian Burke, Jason Cope, Lynn deWitt, John Field, Jennifer Fisher, Correigh Greene, Thomas Good, Elliott Hazen, Daniel Holland, Michael Jacox, Stephen Kasperski, Su Kim, Andrew Leising, Sharon Melin, Cheryl Morgan, Stuart Munsch, Karma Norman, William T. Peterson, Melissa Poe, Jameal Samhouri, Isaac Schroeder, William Sydeman, Julie Thayer, Andrew Thompson, Nick Tolimieri, Anna Varney, Brian Wells, Thomas Williams, and Jeannette Zamon U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-139. 52 p.

Testing the effects of manipulated predator densities and environmental variables on juvenile salmonid survival in the lower San Joaquin River Hayes, Sean, David Huff, David Demer, Cyril Michel, George (Randy) Cutter, Nick Demetras, Brendan Lehman, Suzanne Manugian, Steve Lindley, Joseph Smith, Thomas Quinn, Jacob McQuirk, Mike Cane, Marty Gingras, and Mike Harris Report prepared for California Department of Water Resources, Bay-Delta Office, Temporary Barriers and Lower San Joaquin, Agreement no. 4600010100. 266 p.

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee He, Xi, and John Field (eds.), Aaron Mamula, Susan Sogard, Andrew Thompson, Nick Wegner, and Mary Yoklavich In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 58th annual meeting of the TSC (April 25-26, 2017, Juneau, Alaska), p. 362-385. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Can the United States have its fish and eat it too? Helvey, Mark, Caroline Pomeroy, Naresh C. Pradhan, Dale Squires, and Stephen Stohs Marine Policy 75:62-67

An economic profile of the charter fishing fleet in California Hilger, James, and Sabrina Lovell Marine Fisheries Review 79(3-4):26-33

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2017 for U.S. management in 2017-18 Hill, Kevin T., Paul R. Crone, and Juan Zwolinski U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-576. 262 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - FISHERY MANAGEMENT - POPULATIONS - ABUNDANCE

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2016 for U.S.A. management in 2016-2017 Hill, Kevin T., Paul R. Crone, Emmanis Dorval, and Beverly J. Macewicz In: Stephanie Flores and Gerard DiNardo (eds.), Proceedings of the 2016 Trinational Sardine & Small Pelagics Forum (La Jolla, California, United States of America, December 8-9, 2016), p. 17-25. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-17-03.

Composition and interannual variability in trace element profiles of Pacific sardine otoliths Javor, Barbara J., and Emmanis Dorval CalCOFI Reports 58:95-104

Stock assessment for the North Pacific blue shark (Prionace glauca) using a Bayesian state-space surplus production model Kai, Mikihiko, Felipe Carvalho, Hiroki Yokoi, Minoru Kanaiwa, Norio Takahashi, Jon Brodziak, Tim Sippel, and Suzanne Kohin Submitted to the ISC Shark Working Group Workshop (17-24 March 2017, La Jolla, California). ISC (International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean), Working Paper ISC/17/SHARKWG-1/04. 47 p.

Predicting the spatio-temporal distributions of pelagic sharks in the western and central North Pacific Kai, Mikihiko, James T. Thorson, Kevin R. Piner, and Mark N. Maunder Fisheries Oceanography 26(5):569-582

Spatiotemporal variation in size-structured populations using fishery data: an application to shortfin mako (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the Pacific Ocean Kai, Mikihiko, James T. Thorson, Kevin R. Piner, and Mark N. Maunder Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74(11):1765-1780

An analytical approach to sparse telemetry data Kinney, Michael J., David Kacev, Suzanne Kohin, and Tomoharu Eguchi PLoS ONE 12(11):e0188660 (23 p.)

Influence of climate on the biodiversity and community structure of fishes in the southern California Current Koslow, J. Anthony, Helena McMonagle, and William Watson Marine Ecology Progress Series 571:193-206

Effects of age-based movement on the estimation of growth assuming random-at-age or random-at-length data Lee, H.H., L.R. Thomas, K.R. Piner, and M.N. Maunder Journal of Fish Biology 90(1):222-235

Evaluation of alternative modelling approaches to account for spatial effects due to age-based movement Lee, Hui-Hua, Kevin R. Piner, Mark N. Maunder, Ian G. Taylor, and Richard D. Methot Jr. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 74(11):1832-1844

Reducing marine mammal bycatch in global fisheries: An economics approach Lent, Rebecca, and Dale Squires Deep-Sea Research II 140:268-277

Assessing Fukushima-derived radiocesium in migratory Pacific predators Madigan, Daniel J., Zofia Baumann, Owyn E. Snodgrass, Heidi Dewar, Michelle Berman-Kowalewski, Kevin C. Weng, Jun Nishikawa, Peter H. Dutton, and Nicholas S. Fisher Environmental Science and Technology 51(16):8962-8971

Temporal resolutions in species distribution models of highly mobile marine animals: Recommendations for ecologists and managers Mannocci, Laura, Andre M. Boustany, Jason J. Roberts, Daniel M. Palacios, Daniel C. Dunn, Patrick N. Halpin, Shay Viehman, Jerry Moxley, Jesse Cleary, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Elizabeth A. Becker, Beth Gardner, Jason R. Hartog, Elliott L. Hazen, Megan C. Ferguson, Karin A. Forney, Brian P. Kinlan, Matthew J. Oliver, Charles T. Perretti, Vincent Ridoux, Steven L.H. Teo, and Arliss J. Winship Diversity and Distributions 23(10):1098-1109

Population genomics reveals high gene flow in grass rockfish (Sebastes rastrelliger) Martinez, Edith, Vincent Buonaccorsi, John R. Hyde, and Andres Aguilar Marine Genomics 33:57-63

Quest for the Holy Grail: The stock-recruitment curve in fishery stock assessment Maunder, Mark N., and Kevin R. Piner In: Report of the Groundfish Productivity Workshop of the Pacific Fishery Management Council's Scientific and Statistical Committee (NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington, December 6-8, 2016), p. 3-6. March 2017 Briefing Book, Agenda item I.2, Attachment 2. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon.

Dealing with data conflicts in statistical inference of population assessment models that integrate information from multiple diverse data sets Maunder, Mark N., and Kevin R. Piner Fisheries Research 192:16-27

Data conflict and weighting, likelihood functions and process error Maunder, Mark N., Paul R. Crone, Andre E. Punt, Juan L. Valero, and Brice X. Semmens Fisheries Research 192:1-4

Collapse and recovery of forage fish populations prior to commercial exploitation McClatchie, S., I.L. Hendy, A.R. Thompson, and W. Watson Geophysical Research Letters 44(4):1877-1885

Collapse and recovery of forage fish populations [abstract] McClatchie, Sam, Andrew R. Thompson, Ingrid L. Hendy, and William Watson In: Stephanie Flores and Gerard DiNardo (eds.), Proceedings of the 2016 Trinational Sardine & Small Pelagics Forum (La Jolla, California, United States of America, December 8-9, 2016), p. 41. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-17-03.

How important are coastal fronts to albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) habitat in the Northeast Pacific Ocean? Nieto, Karen, Yi Xu, Steven L.H. Teo, Sam McClatchie, and John Holmes Progress in Oceanography 150:62-71

ENSO impacts on ecosystem indicators in the California Current System Ohman, Mark D., Nate Mantua, Julie Keister, Marisol Garcia-Reyes, and Sam McClatchie US CLIVAR Variations 15(1):8-15

Estimating fish abundance at spawning aggregations from courtship sound levels Rowell, Timothy J., David A. Demer, Octavio Aburto-Oropeza, Juan Jose Cota-Nieto, John R. Hyde, and Brad E. Erisman Scientific Reports 7:3340 (14 p.)

Lingcod Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel report Sampson, David, Panayiota Apostolaki, Norman Hall, and Kevin Piner Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 35 p.

Pacific ocean perch Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel report Sampson, David, Panayiota Apostolaki, Norman Hall, and Kevin Piner Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 25 p.

Fit to predict? Eco-informatics for predicting the catchability of a pelagic fish in near real time Scales, Kylie L., Elliott L. Hazen, Sara M. Maxwell, Heidi Dewar, Suzanne Kohin, Michael G. Jacox, Christopher A. Edwards, Dana K. Briscoe, Larry B. Crowder, Rebecca L. Lewison, and Steven J. Bograd Ecological Applications 27(8):2313-2329

Spatial patterns of Achoveta (Engraulis ringens) eggs and larvae in relation to pCO2 in the Peruvian upwelling system Shen, Sara G., Andrew R. Thompson, Jonathan Correa, Peer Fietzek, Patricia Ayon, and David M. Checkley Jr. Proceedings of the Royal Society B 284(1855):20170509 (9 p.)

Searching for M: Is there more information about natural mortality in stock assessments than we realize? Sippel, Tim, Hui Hua Lee, Kevin Piner, and Steven L.H. Teo Fisheries Research 192:135-140

Crossing the line: Tunas actively exploit submesoscale fronts to enhance foraging success Snyder, Stephanie, Peter J.S. Franks, Lynne D. Talley, Yi Xu, and Suzanne Kohin Limnology and Oceanography Letters 2(5):187-194

2017 highly migratory species annual report Southwest Fisheries Science Center U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-17-04. 50 p.

Effort rights-based management Squires, Dale, Mark Maunder, Robin Allen, Peder Andersen, Kepa Astorkiza, Douglas Butterworth, Gonzalo Caballero, Raymond Clarke, Hans Ellefsen, Patrice Guillotreau, John Hampton, Rognvaldur Hannesson, Elizabeth Havice, Mark Helvey, Samuel Herrick Jr., Kjartan Hoydal, Vishwanie Maharaj, Rebecca Metzner, Iago Mosqueira, Ana Parma, Ivan Prieto-Bowen, Victor Restrepo, Shaufique Fahmi Sidique, Stein Ivar Steinsham, Eric Thunberg, Ikerne del Valle, and Niels Vestergaard Fish and Fisheries 18(3):440-465

Report on the collection of data during the Acoustic-Trawl and Daily Egg Production Methods survey of coastal pelagic fish species and krill (1504SH) within the California Current Ecosystem, 28 March to 1 May 2015, conducted aboard Fisheries Survey Vessel Bell M. Shimada Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, Josiah S. Renfree, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-580. 23 p.

Report on the collection of data during the Acoustic-Trawl and Daily Egg Production Methods survey of coastal pelagic fish species and krill (1604RL) within the California Current Ecosystem, 22 March to 22 April 2016, conducted aboard Fisheries Survey Vessel Reuben Lasker Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, Josiah S. Renfree, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-581. 24 p.

Report on the collection of data during the Acoustic-Trawl and Daily Egg Production Methods survey of coastal pelagic fish species and krill (1704RL) within the California Current Ecosystem, 21 March to 22 April 2017, conducted aboard Fisheries Survey Vessel Reuben Lasker Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, Josiah S. Renfree, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-582. 26 p.

Analysis of increasing the required VMS ping rate for the California drift gillnet fishery Stohs, Stephen M., and Tim Sippel U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-570. 18 p.

Will American consumers pay more for eco-friendly labeled canned tuna? Estimating US consumer demand for canned tuna varieties using scanner data Sun, Chin-Hwa Jenny, Fu-Sung Chiang, Matthew Owens, and Dale Squires Marine Policy 79:62-69

2017 Billfish Newsletter SWFSC Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 24 p. Billfish Tagging Program; International Billfish Angler Survey; marine recreational fisheries; catches; CPUE; tagging; tags;

Meta-analysis of north Pacific albacore tuna natural mortality: an update Teo, Steven L.H. Submitted to the ISC Albacore Working Group Intercessional Workshop (11-19 April 2017, La Jolla, California). ISC (International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean), Working Paper ISC/17/ALBWG/07. 11 p.

Catch and size composition time series of the US and Mexico surface fishery for the 2017 north Pacific albacore tuna assessment Teo, Steven L.H. Submitted to the ISC Albacore Working Group Intercessional Workshop (11-19 April 2017, La Jolla, California). ISC (International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean), Working Paper ISC/17/ALBWG/08. 18 p.

Relative abundance indices of juvenile albacore tuna for the US surface fishery in the north Pacific Ocean Teo, Steven L.H. Submitted to the ISC Albacore Working Group Intercessional Workshop (11-19 April 2017, La Jolla, California). ISC (International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean), Working Paper ISC/17/ALBWG/09. 15 p.

Catch and size composition time series of the US pelagic longline fleets for the 2017 north Pacific albacore tuna assessment Teo, Steven L.H. Submitted to the ISC Albacore Working Group Intercessional Workshop (11-19 April 2017, La Jolla, California). ISC (International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean), Working Paper ISC/17/ALBWG/10. 13 p.

Relative abundance indices of adult albacore tuna for the US pelagic longline fishery in the north Pacific Ocean Teo, Steven L.H. Submitted to the ISC Albacore Working Group Intercessional Workshop (11-19 April 2017, La Jolla, California). ISC (International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean), Working Paper ISC/17/ALBWG/11. 15 p.

Larval abundances of rockfishes that were historically targeted by fishing increased over 16 years in association with a large marine protected area Thompson, Andrew R., Dustin C. Chen, Lian W. Guo, John R. Hyde, and William Watson Royal Society Open Science 4:170639 (13 p.)

Correcting for bias in CalCOFI ichthyoplankton abundance estimates associated with the 1977 transition from ring to bongo net sampling Thompson, Andrew R., Sam McClatchie, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, and Cleridy E. Lennert-Cody CalCOFI Reports 58:113-123

Oceanographic influences on the distribution and relative abundance of market squid paralarvae (Doryteuthis opalescens) off the Southern and Central California coast Van Noord, Joel E., and Emmanis Dorval Marine Ecology 38(3):e12433 (11 p.)

State of the California Current 2016-17: Still anything but "normal" in the north Wells, Brian K., Isaac D. Schroeder, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, Andrew Leising, Nathan Mantua, Jarrod A. Santora, Jennifer Fisher, William T. Peterson, Eric Bjorkstedt, Roxanne R. Robertson, Francisco P. Chavez, Ralf Goericke, Raphael Kudela, Clarissa Anderson, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Richard D. Brodeur, Elizabeth A. Daly, Cheryl A. Morgan, Toby D. Auth, John C. Field, Keith Sakuma, Sam McClatchie, Andrew R. Thompson, Edward D. Weber, William Watson, Robert M. Suryan, Julia Parrish, Jane Dolliver, Stephanie Loredo, Jessica M. Porquez, Jeannette E. Zamon, Stephanie R. Schneider, Richard T. Golightly, Pete Warzybok, Russell Bradley, Jaime Jahncke, William Sydeman, Sharon R. Melin, John A. Hildebrand, Amanda J. Debich, and Bruce Thayre CalCOFI Reports 58:1-55

Age validation of the blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the eastern Pacific Ocean Wells, R.J. David, Natalie Spear, and Suzanne Kohin Marine and Freshwater Research 68(6):1130-1136

Influence of fronts on the spatial distribution of albacore tuna (Thunnus alalunga) in the Northeast Pacific over the past 30 years (1982-2011) Xu, Yi, Karen Nieto, Steven L.H. Teo, Sam McClatchie, and John Holmes Progress in Oceanography 150:72-78

Acoustic trawl surveys in the California Current during 2016: preliminary results and research needs [abstract] Zwolinski, Juan P., David A. Demer, Beverly J. Macewicz, George R. Cutter Jr., Scott A. Mau, David W. Murfin, Josiah S. Renfree, Thomas S. Sessions, and Kevin L. Stierhoff In: Stephanie Flores and Gerard DiNardo (eds.), Proceedings of the 2016 Trinational Sardine & Small Pelagics Forum (La Jolla, California, United States of America, December 8-9, 2016), p. 45. NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-17-03.

Distribution, biomass and demography of the central-stock of northern anchovy during summer 2016, estimated from acoustic-trawl sampling Zwolinski, Juan P., David A. Demer, Beverly J. Macewicz, Scott Mau, David Murfin, Danial Palance, Josiah S. Renfree, Thomas S. Sessions, and Kevin Stierhoff U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-572. 18 p.

Feasibility and patient acceptance of emergency department-based influenza vaccination in a military medical center Arkin Hilger, Keren, James R. Hilger, Shannon D. Putnam, Shaun D. Carstairs, and Ryan C. Maves Military Medicine 181(8):883-886

Climate science strategy of the US National Marine Fisheries Service Busch, D. Shallin, Roger Griffis, Jason Link, Karen Abrams, Jason Baker, Russell E. Brainard, Michael Ford, Jonathan A. Hare, Amber Himes-Cornell, Anne Hollowed, Nathan J. Mantua, Sam McClatchie, Michelle McClure, Mark W. Nelson, Kenric Osgood, Jay O. Peterson, Michael Rust, Vincent Saba, Michael F. Sigler, Seth Sykora-Bodie, Christopher Toole, Eric Thunberg, Robin S. Waples, and Richard Merrick Marine Policy 74:58-67

Movements and distribution of juvenile common thresher sharks Alopias vulpinus in Pacific coast waters of the USA and Mexico Cartamil, D., J. Wraith, N.C. Wegner, D. Kacev, C.H. Lam, O. Santana-Morales, O. Sosa-Nishizaki, M. Escobedo-Olvera, S. Kohin, J.B. Graham, and P. Hastings Marine Ecology Progress Series 548:153-163

Direct estimates of gear selectivity for the North Pacific blue shark using catch-at-length data: implications for stock assessment Carvalho, Felipe, and Tim Sippel Submitted to the ISC Shark Working Group Workshop (14-21 November 2016, Busan, South Korea). ISC (International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean), Working Paper ISC/16/SHARKWG-1/13. 10 p.

Population status assessment and restoration modeling of white abalone Haliotis sorenseni in California Catton, Cynthia A., Kevin L. Stierhoff, and Laura Rogers-Bennett Journal of Shellfish Research 35(3):593-599

Populations structure of blue marlin, Makaira nigricans, in the Pacific and eastern Indian Oceans Chen, Hui, Chia-Hao Chang, Chi-Lu Sun, Kwang-Tsao Shao, Su-Zan Yeh, and Gerard DiNardo Zoological Studies 55:33 (15 p.)

Review of the splendid perches, Callanthias (Percoidei: Callanthiidae), by William D. Anderson, Jr, G. David Johnson and Carole C. Baldwin [book review] Craig, Matthew T. Marine Biology Research 12(2):210

Vulnerabilities and fisheries impacts: the uncertain future of manta and devil rays Croll, Donald A., Heidi Dewar, Nicholas K. Dulvy, Daniel Fernando, Malcolm P. Francis, Felipe Galvan-Magana, Martin Hall, Shawn Heinrichs, Andrea Marshall, Douglas McCauley, Kelly M. Newton, Giuseppe Notarbartolo-di-Sciara, Mary O'Malley, John O'Sullivan, Marloes Poortvliet, Marlon Roman, Guy Stevens, Bernie R. Tershy, and William T. White Aquatic Conservation 26(3):562-575

Toward a typology of interactions between small-scale fisheries and global seafood trade Crona, Beatrice I., Xavier Basurto, Dale Squires, Stefan Gelcich, Tim M. Daw, Ahmed Khan, Elizabeth Havice, Victoria Chomo, Max Troell, Eny A. Buchary, and Edward H. Allison Marine Policy 65:1-10

Remote sensing of habitat characteristics using echo metrics and image-based seabed classes Cutter, George R. Jr., Kevin L. Stierhoff, and David A. Demer ICES Journal of Marine Science 73(8):1965-1974

Development of underwater recorders to quantify predation of juvenile Chinook salmon (Oncorhynchus tshawytscha) in a river environment Demetras, Nicholas J., David D. Huff, Cyril J. Michel, Joseph M. Smith, George R. Cutter, Sean A. Hayes, and Steven T. Lindley Fishery Bulletin 114(2):179-185

Surgeons and suture zones: Hybridization among four surgeonfish species in the Indo-Pacific with variable evolutionary outcomes DiBattista, Joseph D., Jonathan Whitney, Matthew T. Craig, Jean-Paul A. Hobbs, Luiz A. Rocha, Kevin A. Feldhein, Michael L. Berumen, and Brian W. Bowen Molecular Phylogenetics and Evoluation 101:203-215

Spawning biomass of Pacific sardine (Sardinops sagax) estimated from the daily egg production method off California in 2015 Dorval, Emmanis, Beverly J. Macewicz, David A. Griffith, and Yuhong Gu U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-560. 41 p.

California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA): State of the California Current report, 2016 Garfield, Toby, and Chris Harvey (eds.) A report of the NOAA CCIEA Team to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. 45 p.

Modeling variable phanerozoic oxygen effects on physiology and evolution Graham, Jeffrey B., Corey J. Jew, Nicholas C. Wegner In: Robert C. Roach, Peter D. Wagner, and Peter H. Hackett (eds.), Hypoxia: translation in progress, p. 409-426. Springer.

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Draft agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee He, Xi, and John Field (eds.), Aaron Mamula, Susan Sogard, William Watson, Nick Wegner, and Mary Yoklavich In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 57th annual meeting of the TSC (April 26-27, 2016, Newport, Oregon), p. 308-326. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2016 for U.S.A. management in 2016-17 Hill, Kevin T., Paul R. Crone, Emmanis Dorval, and Beverly J. Macewicz U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-562. 184 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - FISHERY MANAGEMENT - POPULATIONS - ABUNDANCE

Stability of trace elements in otoliths of juvenile Pacific sardine Sardinops sagax Javor, Barbara J., and Emmanis Dorval CalCOFI Reports 57:109-123

Oxytetracycline age validation of an adult shortfin mako shark Isurus oxyrinchus after 6 years at liberty Kinney, M.J., R.J.D. Wells, and S. Kohin Journal of Fish Biology 89(3):1828-1833

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