NOAA FISHERIES

Marine angler expenditures for Southern California based trips to non-US waters, 2016 Hilger, James, Rachel Mahler, Sabrina J. Lovell, and Charles Villafana U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-611. 9 p.

Assessment of the Pacific sardine resource in 2019 for U.S. management in 2019-20 Hill, Kevin T., Paul R. Crone, and Juan P. Zwolinski U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-615. 130 p. MARINE FISHES - SARDINES - PACIFIC - FISHERY MANAGEMENT - POPULATIONS - ABUNDANCE

Short-finned pilot whales (Globicephala macrorhynchus) of the Mariana Archipelago: Individual affiliations, movements, and spatial use Hill, Marie C., Andrea R. Bendlin, Amy M. Van Cise, Aliza Milette-Winfree, Allan D. Ligon, Adam C. Ü, Mark H. Deakos, and Erin M. Oleson Marine Mammal Science 35(3):797-824

Individual variation in migratory movements of chinstrap penguins leads to widespread occupancy of ice-free winter habitats over the continental shelf and deep ocean basins of the Southern Ocean Hinke, Jefferson T., Maria M. Santos, Malgorzata Korczak-Abshire, Gennadi Milinevsky, and George M. Watters PLoS ONE 14(12):e0226207 (19 p.)

An exploration of factors that relate to the occurrence of multiple brooding in rockfishes (Sebastes spp.) Holder, Anna M., and John C. Field Fishery Bulletin 117(3):180-188

Toward climate resiliency in fisheries management Holsman, Kirstin K., Elliott Lee Hazen, Alan Haynie, Sophie Gourguet, Anne Hollowed, Steven J. Bograd, Jameal F. Samhouri, and Kerim Aydin ICES Journal of Marine Science 76(5):1368-1378

Host-derived population genomics data provides insights into bacterial and diatom composition of the killer whale skin Hooper, Rebecca, Jaelle C. Brealey, Tom van der Valk, Antton Alberdi, John W. Durban, Holly Fearnbach, Kelly M. Robertson, Robin W. Baird, M. Bradley Hanson, Paul Wade, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Phillip A. Morin, Jochen B.W. Wolf, Andrew D. Foote, and Katerina Guschanski Molecular Ecology 28(2):484-502

Improving marine turtle conservation in Myanmar Howard, Robert, Ko Myint, Phone Maw, Phone Zaw, and Manjula Tiwari Oryx 53(3):409

Movements and habitat use of juvenile silky sharks in the Pacific Ocean inform conservation strategies Hutchinson, Melanie, Daniel M. Coffey, Kim Holland, David Itano, Bruno Leroy, Suzanne Kohin, Russell Vetter, Ashley J. Williams, and Johanna Wren Fisheries Research 210:131-142

Marine heatwaves in a changing climate Jacox, Michael G. Nature 571(7766):485-487

Predicting the evolution of the 2014-2016 California Current System marine heatwave from an ensemble of coupled global climate forecasts Jacox, Michael G., Desiree Tommasi, Michael A. Alexander, Gaelle Hervieux, and Charles A. Stock Frontiers in Marine Science 6:497 (13 p.)

On the skill of seasonal sea surface temperature forecasts in the California Current System and its connection to ENSO variability Jacox, Michael G., Michael A. Alexander, Charles A. Stock, and Gaelle Hervieux Climate Dynamics 53(12):7519-7533

Decline towards extinction of Mexico's vaquita porpoise (Phocoena sinus) Jaramillo-Legorreta, Armando M., Gustavo Cardenas-Hinojosa, Edwyna Nieto-Garcia, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Len Thomas, Jay M. Ver Hoef, Jeffrey Moore, Barbara Taylor, Jay Barlow, and Nicholas Tregenza Royal Society Open Science 6:190598 (11 p.)

The evolutionary history and global phylogeography of the green turtle (Chelonia mydas) Jensen, Michael P., Nancy N. Fitzsimmons, Jerome Bourjea, Tomoko Hamabata, Joshua Reece, and Peter H. Dutton Journal of Biogeography 46(5):860-870

Fe sources and transport from the Antarctic Peninsula shelf to the southern Scotia Sea Jiang, Mingshun, Christopher I. Measures, Katherine A. Barbeau, Matthew A. Charette, Sarah T. Gille, Mariko Hatta, Mati Kahru, B. Gregory Mitchell, Alberto C. Naveira Garabato, Christian Reiss, Karen Selph, and Meng Zhou Deep Sea Research I 150:103060

Accounting for shifting distributions and changing productivity in the development of scientific advice for fishery management Karp, Melissa A., Jay O. Peterson, Patrick D. Lynch, Roger B. Griffis, Charles F. Adams, William S. Arnold, Lewis A.K. Barnett, Yvonne deReynier, Jane DiCosimo, Kari H. Fenske, Sarah K. Gaichas, Anne Hollowed, Kirstin Holsman, Mandy Karnauskas, Donald Kobayashi, Andrew Leising, John P. Manderson, Michelle McClure, Wendy E. Morrison, Erin Schnettler, Andrew Thompson, James T. Thorson, John F. Walter III, Annie J. Yau, Richard D. Methot, and Jason S. Link ICES Journal of Marine Science 76(5):1305-1315

Night and day: Diel differences in ship strike risk for fin whales (Balaenoptera physalus) in the California Current System Keen, Eric M., Kylie L. Scales,Brenda K. Rone, Elliott L. Hazen, Erin A. Falcone, and Gregory S. Schorr Frontiers in Marine Science 6:730 (16 p.)

Estimating recruitment variability and productivity in Antarctic krill Kinzey, Douglas, George M. Watters, and Christian S. Reiss Fisheries Research 217:98-107

Ocean abundance projections and prospective harvest levels for Klamath River fall Chinook, 2019 season Klamath River Technical Team Klamath River Technical Team. 31 p.

Klamath River fall Chinook salmon age-specific escapement, river harvest, and run size estimates, 2018 run Klamath River Technical Team Klamath River Technical Team. 21 p.

A versatile Rapture (RAD-Capture) platform for genotyping marine turtles Komoroske, Lisa M., Michael R. Miller, Sean M. O'Rourke, Kelly R. Stewart, Michael P. Jensen, and Peter H. Dutton Molecular Ecology Resources 19(2):497-511

The evolving response of mesopelagic fishes to declining midwater oxygen concentrations in the southern and central California Current Koslow, J. Anthony, Pete Davison, Erica Ferrer, S. Patricia A. Jimenez Rosenberg, Gerardo Aceves-Medina, and William Watson ICES Journal of Marine Science 76(3):626-638

Food caching by a marine apex predator, the leopard seal (Hydrurga leptonyx) Krause, Douglas J., and Tracey L. Rogers Canadian Journal of Zoology 97(6):573-578

Ontogenetic changes in cutaneous and branchial ionocytes and morphology in yellowfin tuna (Thunnus albacares) larvae Kwan, Garfield T., Jeanne B. Wexler, Nicholas C. Wegner, and Martin Tresguerres Journal of Comparative Physiology B 189(1):81-95

Quantification of cutaneous ionocytes in small aquatic organisms Kwan, Garfield T., Shane H. Finnerty, Nicholas C. Wegner, and Martin Tresguerres Bio-protocol 9(9):e3227 (22 p.)

Spatial distribution and population structure of juvenile Antarctic toothfish (Dissostichus mawsoni) in the South Shetland Islands La Mesa, Mario, Emilio Riginella, and Christopher D. Jones Polar Biology 42(12):2237-2247

Climate sensitivities and uncertainties in food-web pathways supporting larval bluefin tuna in subtropical oligotrophic oceans Landry, Michael R., Lynnath E. Beckley, and Barbara A. Muhling ICES Journal of Marine Science 76(2):359-369

On the use of conditional age at length data as a likelihood component in integrated population dynamics models Lee, Huihua, Kevin R. Piner, Ian G. Taylor, and Toshihide Kitakado Fisheries Research 216:204-211

Resource abundance, fisheries management, and fishing ports: The U.S. Atlantic sea scallop fishery Lee, Min-Yang, Sharon Benjamin, Andrew Carr-Harris, Deborah Hart, and Cameron Speir Agricultural and Resource Economics Review 48(1):71-99

Reproductive ecology and size-dependent fecundity in the petrale sole (Eopsetta jordani) in waters off California, Oregon, and Washington Lefebvre, Lyndsey S., Cherisa L. Friedlander, and John C. Field Fishery Bulletin 117(4):291-302

Remote sensing of river bathymetry: Evaluating a range of sensors, platforms, and algorithms on the upper Sacramento River, California, USA Legleiter, Carl J., and Lee R. Harrison Water Resources Research 55(3):2142-2169

Where predators and prey meet: Anthropogenic contact points between fishes in a freshwater estuary Lehman, Brendan M., Meagan P. Gary, Nicholas J. Demetras, and Cyril J. Michel San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 17(4):3 (19 p.)

Mitogenomic differentiation in spinner (Stenella longirostris) and pantropical spotted dolphins (S. attenuata) from the eastern tropical Pacific Ocean Leslie, Matthew S., Frederick I. Archer, and Phillip A. Morin Marine Mammal Science 35(2):522-551

Potential limitations of behavioral plasticity and the role of egg relocation in climate change mitigation for a thermally sensitive endangered species Liles, Michael J., Tarla Rai Peterson, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Alexander R. Gaos, Eduardo Altamirano, Ana V. Henriquez, Velkiss Gadea, Sofia Chavarria, Jose Urteaga, Bryan P. Wallace, and Markus J. Peterson Ecology and Evolution 9(4):1603-1622

Bridging disciplines to advance elasmobranch conservation: applications of physiological ecology Lyons, K., J.S. Bigman, D. Kacev, C.G. Mull, A.B. Carlisle, J.L. Imhoff, J.M. Anderson, K.C. Weng, A.S. Galloway, E. Cave, T.R. Gunn, C.G. Lowe, R.W. Brill, and C.N. Bedore Conservation Physiology 7(1):coz011 (14 p.)

Organic contaminants as an ecological tool to explore niche partitioning: a case study using three pelagic shark species Lyons, Kady, Dovi Kacev, Antonella Preti, David Gillett, and Heidi Dewar Scientific Reports 9:12080 (7 p.)

Species-specific characteristics influence contaminant accumulation trajectories and signatures across ontogeny in three pelagic shark species Lyons, Kady, Dovi Kacev, Antonella Preti, David Gillett, Heidi Dewar, and Suzanne Kohin Environmental Science and Technology 53(12):6997-7006

Community Sustainability Cooperatives in Central California: Continued fishery participation through quota share holdings in the Pacific Coast groundfish fishery Mamula, Aaron, and Rosemary Kosaka U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-620. 70 p.

West Coast Fishing Communities Socio-Economic Data Model: technical documentation and guidelines for use Mamula, Aaron, Camille Kohler, Rosemary Kosaka, Anna Varney, and Karma Norman U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-621. 140 p.

The DIP delineation handbook: A guide to using multiple lines of evidence to delineate demographically independent populations of marine mammals Martien, Karen K., Aimee R. Lang, Barbara L. Taylor, Patricia E. Rosel, Samantha E. Simmons, Erin M. Oleson, Peter L. Boveng, and M. Bradley Hanson U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-622. 133 p.

Fidelity to natal social groups and mating within and between social groups in an endangered false killer whale population Martien, Karen K., Barbara L. Taylor, Susan J. Chivers, Sabre D. Mahaffy, Antoinette M. Gorgone, and Robin W. Baird Endangered Species Research 40:219-230

Community-level effects of spatial management in the California drift gillnet fishery Mason, Julia G., Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, Heidi Dewar, and Larry B. Crowder Fisheries Research 214:175-182

Convergence of fishers' knowledge with a species distribution model in a Peruvian shark fishery Mason, Julia G., Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Jeffrey C. Mangel, Stephanie Brodie, Steven J. Bograd, Larry B. Crowder, and Elliott L. Hazen Conservation Science and Practice 1(4):e13 (10 p.)

An annotated genome for Haliotis rufescens (red abalone) and resequenced green, pink, pinto, black, and white abalone species Masonbrink, Rick E., Catherine M. Purcell, Sara E. Boles, Andrew Whitehead, John R. Hyde, Arun S. Seetharam, and Andrew J. Severin Genome Biology and Evolution 11(2):431-438

Editorial: Advances in the biology and conservation of marine turtles Maxwell, Sara M., Annette C. Broderick, Peter H. Dutton, Sabrina Fossette-Halot, Mariana M.P.B. Fuentes, and Richard D. Reina Frontiers in Marine Science 6:9 (3 p.)

Seasonal spatial segregation in blue sharks (Prionace glauca) by sex and size class in the Northeast Pacific Ocean Maxwell, Sara M., Kylie L. Scales, Steven J. Bograd, Dana K. Briscoe, Heidi Dewar, Elliott L. Hazen, Rebecca L. Lewison, Heather Welch, and Larry B. Crowder Diversity and Distributions 25(8):1304-1317

Projecting marine species range shifts from only temperature can mask climate vulnerability McHenry, Jennifer, Heather Welch, Sarah E. Lester, and Vincent Saba Global Change Biology 25(12):4208-4221

Decoupling outmigration from marine survival indicates outsized influence of streamflow on cohort success for California's Chinook salmon populations Michel, Cyril J. Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(8):1398-1410

Linking predation mortality to predator density and survival for out-migrating Chinook Salmon and Steelhead in the lower San Joaquin River and South Delta Michel, Cyril J., Christopher M. Loomis, Mark J. Henderson, Joseph M. Smith, Nicholas J. Demetras, Ilysa S. Iglesias, Brendan M. Lehman, and David D. Huff Report to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife, Contract E1696020. U.S. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California. 58 p.

The characteristics of krill swarms in relation to aggregating Antarctic blue whales Miller, E.J., J.M. Potts, M.J. Cox, B.S. Miller, S. Calderan, R. Leaper, P.A. Olson, R.L. O'Driscoll, and M.C. Double Scientific Reports 9:16487 (13 p.)

Distribution of pelagic thaliaceans, Thetys vagina and Pyrosoma atlanticum, during a period of mass occurrence within the California Current Miller, Rebecca R., Jarrod A. Santora, Toby D. Auth, Keith M. Sakuma, Brian K. Wells, John C. Field, and Richard D. Brodeur CalCOFI Reports 60:94-108

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee Monk, Melissa (ed.), John Field, Tom Laidig, Nick Wegner, and William Watson In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 60th annual meeting of the TSC (April 23-24, 2019, Olympia, Washington), p. 341-354. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

The combined status of gopher (Sebastes carnatus) and black-and-yellow rockfishes (Sebastes chrysomelas) in U.S. waters off California in 2019 Monk, Melissa H., and Xi He Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 200 p.

Estimates of the probability of striking a western North Pacific gray whale during the proposed Makah hunt: 2019 update Moore, Jeffrey E., and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-664. 9 p.

Bayesian inference from the conditional genetic stock identification model Moran, Benjamin M., and Eric C. Anderson Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 76(4):551-560

Dynamic habitat use of albacore and their primary prey species in the California Current System Muhling, Barbara, Stephanie Brodie, Owyn Snodgrass, Desiree Tommasi, Heidi Dewar, John Childers, Michael Jacox, Christopher A. Edwards, Yi Xu, and Stephanie Snyder CalCOFI Reports 60:79-93

Warm, dry winters truncate timing and size distribution of seaward-migrating salmon across a large, regulated watershed Munsch, Stuart H., Correigh M. Greene, Rachel C. Johnson, William H. Satterthwaite, Hiroo Imaki, and Patricia L. Brandes Ecological Applications 29(4):e01880 (14 p.)

Movements of electronically tagged shortfin mako sharks (Isurus oxyrinchus) in the eastern North Pacific Ocean Nasby-Lucas, Nicole, Heidi Dewar, Oscar Sosa-Nishizaki, Cara Wilson, John R. Hyde, Russell D. Vetter, James Wraith, Barbara A. Block, Michael J. Kinney, Tim Sippel, David B. Holts, and Suzanne Kohin Animal Biotelemetry 7:12 (26 p.)

Movement ecology of young-of-the-year blue sharks Prionace glauca and shortfin makos Isurus oxyrinchus within a putative binational nursery area Nosal, A.P., D.P. Cartamil, N.C. Wegner, C.H. Lam, and P.A. Hastings Marine Ecology Progress Series 623:99-115

Carmel River steelhead fishery report - 2019 Ohms, Haley A., and David A. Boughton Prepared for California-American Water Company in fulfillment of the Memorandum of Agreement SWC-156. NOAA Fisheries, Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California. 44 p.

Galen B. Rathbun (1944-2019) [obituary] O'Shea, Thomas J., Robert L. Brownell Jr., Helene Marsh, and Katharine Ralls Marine Mammal Science 35(4):1673-1676

Review of 2018 ocean salmon fisheries: Stock assessment and fishery evaluation document for the Pacific Coast Salmon Fishery Management Plan Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 339 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis and environmental assessment Part 1 for 2019 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 127 p.

Preseason report II: Proposed alternatives and environmental assessment Part 2 for 2019 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 68 p.

Preseason report III: Council adopted management measures and environmental assessment Part 3 for 2019 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 47 p.

Ecological correlates of blue whale movement behavior and its predictability in the California Current Ecosystem during the summer-fall feeding season Palacios, Daniel M., Helen Bailey, Elizabeth A. Becker, Steven J. Bograd, Monica L. DeAngelis, Karin A. Forney, Elliott L. Hazen, Ladd M. Irvine, and Bruce R. Mate Movement Ecology 7:26 (21 p.)

Length conversions and mass-length relationships of five forage-fish species in the California current ecosystem Palance, Danial G., Beverly J. Macewicz, Kevin Stierhoff, David A. Demer, and Juan P. Zwolinski Journal of Fish Biology 95(4):1116-1124

Seasonal-to-decadal prediction of marine ecosystems: opportunities, approaches, and applications Payne, Mark R., Alistair J. Hobday, Brian R. MacKenzie, and Desiree Tommasi Frontiers in Marine Science 6:100 (2 p.)

Sex-dependent dominance maintains migration supergene in rainbow trout Pearse, Devon E., Nicola J. Barson, Torfinn Nome, Guangtu Gao, Matthew A. Campbell, Alicia Abadia-Cardoso, Eric C. Anderson, David E. Rundio, Thomas H. Williams, Kerry A. Naish, Thomas Moen, Sixin Liu, Matthew Kent, Michel Moser, David R. Minkley, Eric B. Rondeau, Marine S.O. Brieuc, Simen Rod Sandve, Michael R. Miller, Lucydalila Cedillo, Kobi Baruch, Alvara G. Hernandez, Gil Ben-Zvi, Doron Shem-Tov, Omer Barad, Kirill Kuzishchin, John Carlos Garza, Steven T. Lindley, Ben F. Koop, Gary H. Thorgaard, Yniv Palti, and Sigbjorn Lien Nature Ecology and Evolution 3(12):1731-1742

The intrinsic predictability of ecological time series and its potential to guide forecasting Pennekamp, Frank, Alison C. Iles, Joshua Garland, Georgina Brennan, Ulrich Brose, Ursula Gaedke, Ute Jacob, Pavel Kratina, Blake Matthews, Stephan Munch, Mark Novak, Gian Marco Palamara, Bjorn C. Rall, Benjamin Rosenbaum, Andrea Tabi, Colette Ward, Richard Williams, Hao Ye, and Owen L. Petchey Ecological Monographs 89(2):e01359 (17 p.)

Mixed stock analysis of juvenile green turtles aggregating at two foraging grounds in Fiji reveals major contribution from the American Samoa Management Unit Piovano, Susanna, Aisake Batibasaga, Ana Ciriyawa, Erin L. LaCasella, and Peter H. Dutton Scientific Reports 9:3150 (7 p.)

Long in the tooth: Biological observations from at-sea sightings of strap-toothed beaked whales (Mesoplodon layardii) Pitman, Robert L., John Totterdell, Rebecca Wellard, Pierce Cullen, and Marijke de Boer Marine Mammal Science 35(3):1141-1161

Intraspecific variation in a dominant prey species can bias marine predator dietary estimates derived from stable isotope analysis Polito, Michael J., Wayne Z. Trivelpiece, Christian S. Reiss, Susan G. Trivelpiece, Jefferson T. Hinke, William P. Patterson, and Steven D. Emslie Limnology and Oceanography: Methods 17(4):292-303

Reconstructing sea turtle ontogenetic habitat shifts through trace element analysis of bone tissue Ramirez, Matthew D., Jessica A. Miller, Eric Parks, Larisa Avens, Lisa R. Goshe, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Melissa L. Snover, and Selina S. Heppell Marine Ecology Progress Series 608:247-262

Sonobuoy acoustic data collection during cetacean surveys Rankin, Shannon, Brian Miller, Jessica Crance, Taiki Sakai, and Jennifer L. Keating U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-614. 36 p.

Evaluating stakeholder-derived strategies to reduce the risk of ships striking whales Redfern, Jessica V., Thomas J. Moore, Elizabeth A. Becker, John Calambokidis, Sean P. Hastings, Ladd M. Irvine, Bruce R. Mate, and Daniel M. Palacios Diversity and Distributions 25(10):1575-1585

Transcriptomic analysis of short-term 17α-ethynylestradiol exposure in two Californian sentinel fish species sardine (Sardinops sagax) and mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Renaud, Ludivine, Nisha Agarwal, Dylan J. Richards, Silvia Falcinelli, E. Starr Hazard, Oliana Carnevali, John Hyde, and Gary Hardiman Environmental Pollution 244:926-937

Calibrations of wide-bandwidth tranceivers (WBT Mini) with dual-frequency transducers (ES38-18/200-18C) for Saildrone surveys of the California Current Ecosystem during summer 2018 Renfree, Josiah S., Thomas S. Sessions, David Murfin, Danial G. Palance, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-608. 27 p.

Genome to phenome: Improving animal health, production, and well-being -- A new USDA blueprint for animal genome research 2018-2027 Rexroad, Caird, Jeffrey Vallet, Lakshmi Kumar Matukumalli, James Reecy, Derek Bickhart, Harvey Blackburn, Mark Boggess, Hans Cheng, Archie Clutter, Noelle Cockett, Catherine Ernst, Janet E. Fulton, John Liu, Joan Lunney, Holly Neibergs, Catherine Purcell, Timothy P.L. Smith, Tad Sonstegard, Jerry Taylor, Bhanu Telugu, Alison Van Eenennaam, Curtis P. Van Tassell, and Kevin Wells on behalf of the Agricultural Animal Genomics Community Frontiers in Genetics 10:327 (29 p.)

Long-term isolation at a low effective population size greatly reduced genetic diversity in Gulf of California fin whales Rivera-Leon, Vania E., Jorge Urban, Sally Mizroch, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Tom Oosting, Wensi Hao, Per J. Palsboll, and Martine Berube Scientific Reports 9:12391 (12 p.)

On the future of Argo: A global, full-depth, multi-disciplinary array Roemmich, Dean, Matthew H. Alford, Herve Claustre, Kenneth Johnson, Brian King, James Moum, Peter Oke, W. Brechner Owens, Sylvie Pouliquen, Sarah Purkey, Megan Scanderbeg, Toshio Suga, Susan Wijffels, Nathalie Zilberman, Dorothee Bakker, Molly Baringer, Mathieu Belbeoch, Henry C. Bittig, Emmanuel Boss, Paulo Calil, Fiona Carse, Thierry Carval, Fei Chai, Diarmuid O. Conchubhair, Fabrizio d'Ortenzio, Giorgio Dall'Olmo, Damien Desbruyeres, Katja Fennel, Ilker Fer, Raffaele Ferrari, Gael Forget, Howard Freeland, Tetsuichi Fujiki, Marion Gehlen, Blair Greenan, Robert Hallberg, Toshiyuki Hibiya, Shigeki Hosoda, Steven Jayne, Markus Jochum, Gregory C. Johnson, KiRyong Kang, Nicolas Kolodziejczyk, Arne Kortzinger, Pierre-Yves Le Traon, Yueng-Djern Lenn, Guillaume Maze, Kjell Arne Mork, Tamaryn Morris, Takeyoshi Nagai, Jonathan Nash, Alberto Naveira Garabato, Are Olsen, Rama Rao Pattabhi, Satya Prakash, Stephen Riser, Catherine Schmechtig, Claudia Schmid, Emily Shroyer, Andreas Sterl, Philip Sutton, Lynne Talley, Toste Tanhua, Virginie Thierry, Sandy Thomalla, John Toole, Ariel Troisi, Thomas W. Trull, Jon Turton, Pedro Joaquin Velez-Belchi, Waldemar Walczowski, Haili Wang, Rik Wanninkhof, Amy F. Waterhouse, Stephanie Waterman, Andrew Watcon, Cara Wilson, Annie P.S. Wong, Jianping Xu, and Ichiro Yasuda Frontiers in Marine Science 6:439 (28 p.)

A field effort to capture critically endangered vaquitas Phocoena sinus for protection from entanglement in illegal gillnets Rojas-Bracho, L., F.M.D. Gulland, C.R. Smith, B. Taylor, R.S. Wells, P.O. Thomas, B. Bauer, M.P. Heide-Jorgensen, J. Teilmann, R. Dietz, J.D. Balle, M.V. Jensen, M.H.S. Sinding, A. Jaramillo-Legorreta, G. Abel, A.J. Read, A.J. Westgate, K. Colegrove, F. Gomez, K. Martz, R. Rebolledo, S. Ridgway, T. Rowles, C.E. van Elk, J. Boehm, G. Cardenas-Hinojosa, R. Constandse, E. Nieto-Garcia, W. Phillips, D. Sabio, R. Sanchez, J. Sweeney, F. Townsend, J. Vivanco, J.C. Vivanco, and S. Walker Endangered Species Research 38:11-27

Unsubstantiated claims can lead to tragic conservation outcomes Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo, Richard C. Brusca, Saul Alvarez-Borrego, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Victor Camacho-Ibar, Gerardo Ceballos, Horacio De La Cueva, Jaqueline Garcia-Hernandez, Philip A. Hastings, Gustavo Cardenas-Hinojosa, Armando M. Jaramillo-Legorreta, Rodrigo Medellin, Sarah L Mesnick, Edwyna Nieto-Garcia, Jorge Urban, Enriqueta Velarde, Omar Vidal, Lloyd T. Findley, and Barbara L. Taylor BioScience 69(1):12-14

Reply to Flessa and Colleagues Rojas-Bracho, Lorenzo, Richard C. Brusca, Saul Alvarez-Borrego, Robert L. Brownell Jr., Victor Camacho-Ibar, Gustavo Cardenas-Hinojosa, Gerardo Ceballos, Horacio de la Cueva, Lloyd T. Findley, Jaqueline Garcia-Hernandez, Philip A. Hastings, Armando M. Jaramillo Legorreta, Rodrigo Medellin, Sarah L. Mesnick, Edwyna Nieto-Garcia, Jorge Urban, Enriqueta Velarde, Omar Vidal, and Barbara L. Taylor BioScience 69(5):322-323

Environmental associations of Pacific bluefin tuna (Thunnus orientalis) catch in the California Current system Runcie, Rosa M., Barbara Muhling, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven J. Bograd, Toby Garfield, and Gerard DiNardo Fisheries Oceanography 28(4):372-388

Diet variability of steelhead/Rainbow Trout in a coastal basin in central California: relative importance of seasonal, spatial, and ontogenetic variation Rundio, David E., and Steven T. Lindley Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 148(1):88-105

Accuracy and precision of age determination using growth layer groups for California sea lions (Zalophus californianus) with known ages Rust, Lauren B., Kerri Danil, Sharon R. Melin, and Brent Wilkerson Marine Mammal Science 35(4):1355-1368

Humpback whale song occurrence reflects ecosystem variability in feeding and migratory habitat of the northeast Pacific Ryan, John P., Danelle E. Cline, John E. Joseph, Tetyana Margolina, Jarrod A. Santora, Raphael M. Kudela, Francisco P. Chavez, J. Timothy Pennington, Christopher Wahl, Reiko Michisaki, Kelly Benoit-Bird, Karin A. Forney, Alison K. Stimpert, Andrew DeVogelaere, Nancy Black, and Mark Fischer PLoS ONE 14(9):e0222456 (24 p.)

Seasonal movement patterns of striped bass (Morone saxatilis) in their nonnative range Sabal, Megan C., Cyril J. Michel, Joseph M. Smith, Andrew Hampton, and Sean A. Hayes Estuaries and Coasts 42(2):567-579

Cruise report, NOAA Ship Reuben Lasker RL-19-03, May 5 - June 7, 2019: Rockfish recruitment and ecosystem assessment Sakuma, Keith NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, SWFSC Fisheries Ecology Division, Santa Cruz, California. 19 p.

Trait variation in extreme thermal environments under constant and fluctuating temperatures Salinas, Santiago, Shannon E. Irvine, Claire L. Schertzing, Shelby Q. Golden, and Stephan B. Munch Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society B 374(1768):20180177 (9 p.)

An ecosystem-based risk assessment for California fisheries co-developed by scientists, managers, and stakeholders Samhouri, Jameal F., Errin Ramanujam, Joseph J. Bizzarro, Hayley Carter, Kelly Sayce, and Sara Shen Biological Conservation 231:103-121

Weddell-Scotia Confluence effect on the iron distribution in waters surrounding the South Shetland (Antarctic Peninsula) and South Orkney (Scotia Sea) Islands during the austral summer in 2007 and 2008 Sanchez, Nicolas, Christian S. Reiss, Osmunc Holm-Hansen, Christopher D. Hewes, Kemal C. Bizsel, and Murat V. Ardelan Frontiers in Marine Science 6:771 (16 p.)

Patterns of synchrony and environmental thresholds in the performance of forecast models used for U.S. West Coast Chinook and coho salmon stocks Satterthwaite, William H., Kelly S. Andrews, Jennifer L. Gosselin, Correigh M. Greene, Chris J. Harvey, Mary Hunsicker, Stuart H. Munsch, and Jameal F. Samhouri In: Jeongseok Park and Laura Tessier (eds.), Second NPAFC-IYS Workshop on Salmon Ocean Ecology in a Changing Climate (Portland, Oregon, USA, May 18-20, 2019). North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission, Technical Report 15:157-160

Reply to Horswill and Manica: FTLE is one of a suite of oceanographic variables useful for predicting bycatch risk in marine fisheries Scales, Kylie L., Elliott L. Hazen, Michael G. Jacox, Rebecca L. Lewison, Sara M. Maxwell, and Steven J. Bograd Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 116(15):7174-7175

Temporal variability of primary production explains marine ecosystem structure and function Schlenger, A.J., S. Libralato, and L.T. Ballance Ecosystems 22(2):331-345

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