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Data-poor models for assessing gulf curvina and evaluating management alternatives MacCall, Alec, Brad Erisman, Ashley Apel, and Rod Fujita Report supporting a presentation at Ensenada, BCN, on 11 May, 2011. 10 p.

The 2010 California Current Ecosystem Survey, summary and comparison to Pacific sardine caught in 2006 and 2008 spring coastwide surveys [abstract] Macewicz, Beverly J., and David A. Griffith In: L. Flostrand, J. Detering, and J. Schweigert (eds.), Proceedings of the 2010 Trinational Pacific Sardine Forum, p. 34. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2970.

To poach or not to poach an endangered species: elucidating the conomic and social drivers behind illegal sea turtle hunting in Baja California Sur, Mexico Mancini, Agnese, Jesse Senko, Ricardo Borquez-Reyes, Juan Guzman Poo, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Volker Koch Human Ecology 39(6):743-756

Post-capture movements of loggerhead turtles in the southeastern Pacific Ocean assessed by satellite tracking Mangel, Jeffrey C., Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Matthew J. Witt, Peter H. Dutton, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Brendan J. Godley Marine Ecology Progress Series 433:261-272

A microsatellite genome screen identifies chromosomal regions under differential selection in steelhead and rainbow trout Martinez, Andres, John Carlos Garza, and Devon E. Pearse Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 140(3):829-842

Killer whales in Alaskan waters Matkin, Craig, and John Durban Special issue: Killer whale: The top, top predator. Whalewatcher 40(1):24-29

A note on the detection of the neurotoxin domoic acid in beach-stranded Dosidicus gigas in the Southern California Bight Mazzillo, Fernanda F.M., John C. Field, Danna J. Staaf, Melissa L. Carter, and Mark D. Ohman CalCOFI Reports 52:109-115

Re-assessment of the stock-recruit and temperature-recruit relationships for Pacific sardine [abstract] McClatchie, Sam, Ralf Goericke, Guillermo Auad, and Kevin Hill In: L. Flostrand, J. Detering, and J. Schweigert (eds.), Proceedings of the 2010 Trinational Pacific Sardine Forum, p. 36. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2970.

Can information from marine protected areas be used to inform control-rule-based management of small-scale, data-poor stocks? McGilliard, Carey R., Ray Hilborn, Alec MacCall, Andre E. Punt, and John C. Field ICES Journal of Marine Science 68(1):201-211

The STAMP software for state space models Mendelssohn, Roy Journal of Statistical Software 41(2):1-18

Sperm whale population structure in the eastern and central North Pacific inferred by the use of single-nucleotide polymorphisms, microsatellites and mitrochondrial DNA Mesnick, Sarah L., Barbara L. Taylor, Frederick I. Archer, Karen K. Martien, Sergio Escorza Trevino, Brittany L. Hancock-Hanser, Sandra Carolina Moreno Medina, Victoria L. Pease, Kelly M. Robertson, Janice M. Straley, Robin W. Baird, John Calambokidis, Gregory S. Schorr, Paul Wade, Vladimir Burkanov, Chris R. Lunsford, Luke Rendell, and Phillip A. Morin Molecular Ecology Resources 11(suppl.1):278-298

The Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) 4-dimensional variational data assimilation systems: Part II - Performance and application to the California Current System Moore, Andrew M., Hernan G. Arango, Gregoire Broquet, Chris Edwards, Milena Veneziani, Brian Powell, Dave Foley, James D. Doyle, Dan Costa, and Patrick Robinson Progress in Oceanography 91(1):50-73

The Regional Ocean Modeling System (ROMS) 4-dimensional variational data assimilation systems: Part III - Observation impact and observation sensitivity in the California Current System Moore, Andrew M., Hernan G. Arango, Gregoire Broquet, Chris Edwards, Milena Veneziani, Brian Powell, Dave Foley, James D. Doyle, Dan Costa, and Patrick Robinson Progress in Oceanography 91(1):74-94

Bayesian state-space model of fin whale abundance trends from a 1991-2008 time series of line-transect surveys in the California Current Moore, Jeffrey E., and Jay Barlow Journal of Applied Ecology 48(5):1195-1205

Guidelines for assessing marine mammal stocks: Report of the GAMMS III Workshop (February 15-18, 2011, La Jolla, California) Moore, Jeffrey E., and Richard Merrick (eds.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-47. 95 p.

Partitioning variance components and reporting rates to estimate historical bycatch: an example for minke whales in Japan Moore, Jeffrey E., and Russell Leaper Paper SC/63/BC1 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC63 meeting, Tromso, Norway, 2011). 11 p.

Nutrient fluxes and the recent collapse of coastal California salmon populations Moore, Jonathan W., Sean A. Hayes, Walter Duffy, Sean Gallagher, Cyril J. Michel, and David Wright Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 68(7):1161-1170

Myctophiformes Moser, H. Geoffrey, and William Watson In: Arthur W. Kendall Jr. (ed.), Identification of eggs and larvae of marine fishes, p. 95-112. National Museum of Nature and Science (Japan); Tokai University Press.

Toward a national Animal Telemetry Observing Network (ATN) for our oceans, coasts and great lakes: workshop synthesis report (U.S. IOOS workshop, March 2011, Santa Cruz, California) Moustahfid, Hassan, Churchill Grimes, John Kocik, Barbara Block, Kim Holland, John Payne, Dewayne Fox, Andrew Seitz, and Charles Alexander U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-482. 51 p.

Physical oceanography and underway environmental observations Needham, Derek, Andre du Randt, Andre Hoek, and Mike Soule In: Amy Van Cise (ed.), AMLR 2009/2010 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions, p. 1-7. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-470.

Coastal Ocean Mammal and Bird Education and Research Surveys (BeachCOMBERS), 1997-2007: Ten years of monitoring beached marine birds and mammals in the Monterey Bay National Marine Sanctuary Nevins, Hannahrose M., Scott R. Benson, Elizabeth M. Phillips, Jean de Marignac, Andrew P. DeVogelaere, Jack A. Ames, and James T. Harvey U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA National Ocean Service, Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Silver Spring, Maryland. 63 p.

Infant position in mother-calf dolphin pairs: formation locomotion with hydrodynamic benefits Noren, S.R., and E.F. Edwards Marine Ecology Progress Series 424:229-236

Pregnancy is a drag: hydrodynamics, kinematics and performance in pre- and post-parturition bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) Noren, Shawn R., Jessica V. Redfern, and Elizabeth F. Edwards Journal of Experimental Biology 214(24):4151-4159

Super-aggregations of krill and humpback whales in Wilhelmina Bay, Antarctic Peninsula Nowacek, Douglas P., Ari S. Friedlaender, Patrick N. Halpin, Elliott L. Hazen, David W. Johnston, Andrew J. Read, Boris Espinasse, Meng Zhou, and Yiwu Zhu PLoS ONE 6(4):e19173 (5 p.)

Where the wild things are: predicting hotspots of seabird aggregations in the California Current System Nur, Nadav, Jaime Jahncke, Mark P. Herzog, Julie Howar, K. David Hyrenbach, Jeannette E. Zamon, David G. Ainley, John A. Wiens, Ken Morgan, Lisa T. Ballance, and Diana Stralberg Ecological Applications 21(6):2241-2257

Final environmental assessment and initial regulatory impact review for Pacific Coast Salmon Plan Amendment 16: Classifying stocks, revising status determination criteria, establishing annual catch limits and accountability measures, and de minimis fishing provisions Pacific Fishery Management Council (Ad Hoc Salmon Amendment Committee) Regulatory Identifier Number 0648-BA55. Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 491 p.

Review of 2010 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 335 p.

Preseason report I: Stock abundance analysis and environmental assessment Part 1 for 2011 ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 123 p.

Preseason report II: Proposed alternatives and environmental assessment Part 2 for ocean salmon fishery regulations Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 58 p.

Preseason report III: Analysis of Council adopted management measures for 2011 ocean salmon fisheries Pacific Fishery Management Council (Salmon Technical Team) Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 37 p.

Galapagos marine vertebrates: responses to environmental variability and potential impacts of climate change Palacios, Daniel M., Sandie K. Salazar, and F. Hernan Vargas In: Irma Larrea Ona and Giuseppe Di Carlo (eds.), Climate change vulnerability assessment of the Galapagos Islands, p. 69-80. WWF and Conservation International, USA.

Dr. Robert Henry Clarke, 1919-2011 Paliza, Obla, Anelio Aguayo L., Koen Van Waerebeek, John Bannister, Peter Best, and William F. Perrin Marine Mammal Science 27(4):899-903

Analysis of mitochondrial DNA clarifies the taxonomy and distribution of the Australian snubfin dolphin (Orcaella heinsohni) in northern Australian waters Palmer, Carol, Stephen A. Murphy, Deborah Thiele, Guido J. Parra, Kelly M. Robertson, Isabel Beasley, and Chris M. Austin Marine and Freshwater Research 62(11):1303-1307

Oceanic diet and distribution of haplotypes for the green turtle, Chelonia mydas, in the central North Pacific Parker, Denise M., Peter H. Dutton, and George H. Balazs Pacific Science 65(4):419-431

Population genetics of Klamath Basin Oncorhynchus mykiss [abstract] Pearse, D., J.C. Garza, and M. Peterson In: Lyman Thorsteinson, Scott VanderKooi, and Walter Duffy (eds.), Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference (Medford, Oregon, February 1-5, 2010), p. 227. U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2011-1196.

Disruption of historical patterns of isolation by distance in coastal steelhead Pearse, Devon E., Edith Martinez, and John Carlos Garza Conservation Genetics 12(3):691-700

Population structure and genetic divergence of coastal rainbow and redband trout in the upper Klamath basin Pearse, Devon E., Stephanie L. Gunckel, and Steven E. Jacobs Transactions of the American Fisheries Society 140(3):587-597

Demographic implications of alternative foraging strategies in juvenile loggerhead turtles Caretta caretta of the North Pacific Ocean Peckham, S. Hoyt, David Maldonado-Diaz, Yann Tremblay, Ruth Ochoa, Jeffrey Polovina, George Balazs, Peter H. Dutton, and Wallace J. Nichols Marine Ecology Progress Series 425:269-280

Osteological specimens of tropical dolphins (Delphinus, Grampus, Lagenodelphis, Stenella, Steno and Tursiops) killed in the tuna fishery in the eastern tropical Pacific (1966-1992) and placed in museums by SWFSC Perrin, William F., and Susan J. Chivers U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-477. 87 p.

Common bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in California waters: Cranial differentiation of coastal and offshore ecotypes Perrin, William F., Janet L. Thieleking, William A. Walker, Frederick I. Archer, and Kelly M. Robertson Marine Mammal Science 27(4):769-792

Results of surveys of northbound gray whale calves 2001-2010 and examination of the full seventeen year series of estimates from the Piedras Blancas Light Station Perryman, Wayne L., Stephen B. Reilly, and Richard A. Rowlett Paper SC/M11/AWMP3 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (AWMP Workshop, La Jolla, California, March-April 2011). 11 p.

The Salmon Monitoring Advisor: a hierarchical web site to help design and implement salmon monitoring programs [abstract] Peterman, R.M., P.B. Adams, B. Dorner, D.L. Drake, H.J. Geiger, K. Holt, C. Jordan, D.P. Larsen, S.A. Leider, R.H. Lincoln, A.R. Olsen, C.K. Parken, J.D. Rodgers, and S. Walbridge In: Lyman Thorsteinson, Scott VanderKooi, and Walter Duffy (eds.), Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference (Medford, Oregon, February 1-5, 2010), p. 271. U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2011-1196.

Seabird research at Cape Shirreff, Livingston Island, Antarctica Pietrzak, Kevin W., McKenzie L. Mudge, and Wayne Z. Trivelpiece In: Amy Van Cise (ed.), AMLR 2009/2010 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions, p. 24-27. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-470.

Use of dual frequency identification sonar (DIDSON) to estimate low abundance salmonid escapement in California watersheds [abstract] Pipal, K., M. Jessop, and P. Adams In: Lyman Thorsteinson, Scott VanderKooi, and Walter Duffy (eds.), Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference (Medford, Oregon, February 1-5, 2010), p. 270. U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2011-1196.

An introduction to the world's premier predator Pitman, Robert Special issue: Killer whale: The top, top predator. Whalewatcher 40(1):2-5

Antarctic killer whales: top of the food chain at the bottom of the world Pitman, Robert L. Special issue: Killer whale: The top, top predator. Whalewatcher 40(1):39-45

Killer whale: The top, top predator (special issue) Pitman, Robert L. (guest ed.) Whalewatcher 40(1):1-67

Observations of a distinctive morphotype of killer whale (Orcinus orca), type D, from subantarctic waters Pitman, Robert L., John W. Durban, Michael Greenfelder, Christophe Guinet, Morton Jorgensen, Paula A. Olson, Jordi Plana, Paul Tixier, and Jared R. Towers Polar Biology 34(2):303-306

Integrating stomach content and stable isotope analyses to quantify the diets of Pygoscelid penguins Polito, Michael J., Wayne Z. Trivelpiece, Nina J. Karnovsky, Elizabeth Ng, William P. Patterson, and Steve D. Emslie PLoS ONE 6(10):e26642 (10 p.)

Too hot or too cold? How Pacific sardine respond to temperature fluctuations [abstract] Pribyl, Alena L., John Hyde, and Russell Vetter In: L. Flostrand, J. Detering, and J. Schweigert (eds.), Proceedings of the 2010 Trinational Pacific Sardine Forum, p. 35-36. Canadian Manuscript Report of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 2970.

NMFS Southwest Fisheries Science Center: Draft agency report to the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-U.S. Groundfish Committee Ralston, Stephen (ed.), E.J. Dick, John Field, Alec MacCall, Donald Pearson, Ole Shelton, William Watson, and Mary Yoklavich In: Report of the Technical Subcommittee of the Canada-United States Groundfish Committee: 52nd annual meeting of the TSC (May 3-4, 2011, Astoria, Oregon), p. 219-238. Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission.

A meta-analytic approach to quantifying scientific uncertainty in stock assessments Ralston, Stephen, Andre E. Punt, Owen S. Hamel, John D. DeVore, and Ramon J. Conser Fishery Bulletin 109(2):217-231

Description of sounds recorded from Longman's beaked whale, Indopacetus pacificus Rankin, Shannon, Simone Baumann-Pickering, Tina Yack, and Jay Barlow Journal of the Acoustical Society of America 130(5):EL339-EL344

Sustainability assessment of beluga (Delphinapterus leucas) live-capture removals in the Sakhalin-Amur region, Okhotsk Sea, Russia: Report of an independent scientific review panel Reeves, Randall R., Robert L. Brownell Jr., Vladimir Burkanov, Michael C.S. Kingsley, Lloyd F. Lowry, and Barbara L. Taylor IUCN Species Survival Commission, Occasional Paper no. 44 (34 p.)

Phytoplankton studies in the South Shetland Islands Reiss, Christian, Guido Bordignon, Tara Clemente, and Amy Can Cise In: Amy Van Cise (ed.), AMLR 2009/2010 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions, p. 8-11. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-470.

Projecting uncertainty onto marine megafauna trajectories Robel, Alexander A., M. Susan Lozier, Stefan F. Gary, George L. Shillinger, Helen Bailey, and Steven J. Bograd Deep-Sea Research I 58(9):915-921

Isolation and characterization of 14 polymorphic microsatellite loci in the leatherback turtle (Dermochelys coriacea) and cross-species amplification Roden, Suzanne, and Peter Dutton Conservation Genetics Resources 3(1):49-52

Macroecology of marine mammal species in the Mexican Pacific Ocean: diversity and distribution Rosales-Nanduca, Hiram, Tim Gerrodette, Jorge Urban-R., Gustavo Cardenas-Hinojosa, and Luis Medrano-Gonzalez Marine Ecology Progress Series 431:281-291

Ten guiding principles for the delineation of priority habitat for endangered small cetaceans Ross, Peter S., Jay Barlow, Thomas A. Jefferson, Brendan E. Hickie, Tatiana Lee, Christina MacFarquhar, E. Christien Parsons, Kimberly N. Riehl, Naomi A. Rose, Elisabeth Slooten, Chia-Yang Tsai, John Y. Wang, Andrew J. Wright, and Shih Chu Yang Marine Policy 35(4):483-488

High mortalities of southern right whales (Eubalaena australis) on their nursery ground at Peninsula Valdes, Argentina Rowntree, Victoria, Marcela M. Uhart, Marian Sironi, Andrea Chirife, Luciano La Sala, Luciana M. Pozzi, Luciana Musmeci, Nadia Mohamed, Julian Andrejuk, Juan Emilio Sala, Alejandro Carribero, Marcelo Franco, Jon Seger, R.L. Brownell, and T. Rowles Paper SC/S11/RW24 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (IWC Workshop on the Assessment of Southern Right Whales, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2011). 22 p.

Mortalities of right whales (Eubalaena australis) at Peninsula Valdes between 1971 and 2010: recent increases and their possible causes Rowntree, Victoria, Marcela M. Uhart, Mariano Sironi, Andrea Chirife, Luciano La Sala, Luciana M. Pozzi, Luciana Musmeci, Nadia Mohamed, Julian Andrejuk, Juan Emilio Sala, Alejandro Carribero, Marcelo Franco, Jon Seger, R.L. Brownell, and T. Rowles Paper SC/S11/RW2 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (IWC Workshop on the Assessment of Southern Right Whales, Buenos Aires, Argentina, September 2011). 22 p.

Effects of lipid removal and preservatives on carbon and nitrogen stable isotope ratios of squid tissues: Implications for ecological studies Ruiz-Cooley, R.I., K.Y. Garcia, and E.D. Hetherington Journal of Experimental Marine Biology and Ecology 407(1):101-107

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for [January to May 2011] Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report (vol. 3, quarters 1 and 2). NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 18 p.

Climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME for [June to August 2011] Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS quarterly report (vol. 3, quarter 3). NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 14 p.

Summary of 2011 climatic and ecological conditions in the California Current LME Runcie, Rosa (comp.) PaCOOS annual report (vol. 4, annual 3). NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California. 29 p.

Geospatial variability of krill and top predators within an Antarctic submarine canyon system Santora, Jarrod A., and Christian S. Reiss Marine Biology 158(11):2527-2540

Birds and mammals at sea during the 2009/10 AMLR Survey Santora, Jarrod A., Michael P. Force, and Amy M. Van Cise In: Amy Van Cise (ed.), AMLR 2009/2010 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions, p. 36-41. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-470.

Spatial organization of krill and seabirds in the central California Current Santora, Jarrod A., Stephen Ralston, and William J. Sydeman ICES Journal of Marine Science 68(7):1391-1402

Mesoscale structure and oceanographic determinants of krill hotspots in the California Current: Implications for trophic transfer and conservation Santora, Jarrod A., William J. Sydeman, Isaac D. Schroeder, Brian K. Wells, and John C. Field Progress in Oceanography 91(4):397-409

Coastal habitat degradation and green sea turtle diets in Southeastern Brazil Santos, Robson, Agnaldo Silva Martins, Julyana da Nobrega Farias, Paulo Antunes Horta, Hudson Tercio Pinheiro, Evelise Torezani, Cecilia Baptistotte, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, George H. Balazs, and Thierry M. Work Marine Pollution Bulletin 62(6):1297-1302

The 10th volume of Chelonian Conservation and Biology: Celebrating the past and looking to the future Seminoff, Jeffrey A., and Anders G.J. Rhodin Chelonian Conservation and Biology 10(1):1-2

Marine Protected Area planning by New Zealand and the United States in the Ross Sea region Sharp, B.R., and G.M. Watters CCAMLR Workshop on Marine Protected Areas (Brest, France, 29 August - 2 September 2011), Document no. WS-MPA-11/25.

Vertical and horizontal habitat preferences of post-nesting leatherback turtles in the South Pacific Ocean Shillinger, George L., Alan M. Swithenbank, Helen Bailey, Steven J. Bograd, Michael R. Castelton, Bryan P. Wallace, James R. Spotila, Frank V. Paladino, Rotney Piedra, and Barbara A. Block Marine Ecology Progress Series 422:275-289

Antarctic krill demography and population dynamics west of the Antarctic Peninsula in 2010/11 Siegel, V., C. Reiss, K. Dietrich, M. Haraldsson, and G. Rohardt CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (Busan, Republic of Korea, 11-22 July 2011), Document no. WG-EMM-11/11.

A summary of blue shark (Prionace glauca) and shortfin mako shark (Isurus oxyrinchus) tagging data available from the North and Southwest Pacific Ocean Sippel, Tim, James Wraith, Suzy Kohin, Valerie Taylor, John Holdsworth, Mioko Taguchi, Hiroaki Matsunaga, and Kotaro Yokawa Working document submitted to the ISC Shark Working Group Workshop (28 November - 3 December 2011, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, La Jolla, California, U.S.A.). International Scientific Committee document ISC/11/SHARKWG-2/04. 7 p.

Summary of genetic data collected for rapid response Chinook salmon assignment, and evaluation of new markers and assignment tools: Report for FY 2010 Smith, Christian, Denise Hawkins, and John Carlos Garza Report submitted to the Coleman National Fish Hatchery, Anderson, California (updated August 10, 2011). 29 p.

Interannual variability in growth rates of early juvenile sablefish and the role of environmental factors Sogard, Susan M. Bulletin of Marine Science 87(4):857-872

An evaluation of the significance of climate forcing on time-varying growth and fecundity of rockfish in the California Current (Final report) Sogard, Susan, John Field, Chris Harvey, and Sabrina Beyer Report to NOAA Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) program, Project 09-09. NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service, Silver Spring, Maryland. 21 p.

Update on intersessional work by the Subgroup on Status and Trends Assessment of Predator Populations (WG-EMM-STAPP) Southwell, C., L. Emmerson, J. Forcada, M. Goebel, J. Hinke, H. Lynch, P. Lyver, J. McKinlay, N. Ratcliffe, D. Ramm, K. Reid, C. Reiss, W. Trivelpiece, S. Trivelpiece, and P. Trathan CCAMLR Working Group on Ecosystem Monitoring and Management (Busan, Republic of Korea, 11-22 July 2011), Document no. WG-EMM-11/30.

Status review update for Pacific salmon and steelhead listed under the Endangered Species Act: Central California Coho Coast Salmon ESU Spence, Brian C., and Thomas H. Williams U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-475. 15 p.

Historical occurrence of coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in streams of the Santa Cruz Mountain region of California: response to an Endangered Species Act petition to delist coho salmon south of San Francisco Bay Spence, Brian C., Walter G. Duffy, John Carlos Garza, Bret C. Harvey, Susan M. Sogard, Laurie A. Weitkamp, Thomas H. Williams, and David A. Boughton U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-472. 113 p.

Performance and technology standards in international environmental agreements: Potential lessons for sea turtle conservation and recovery Squires, Dale, Mahfuzuddin Ahmed, and Bee Hong Yeo In: Peter H. Dutton, Dale Squires, and Mahfuzuddin Ahmed (eds.), Conservation of Pacific sea turtles, p. 350-369. University of Hawaii Press.

A minimum census of surviving maternal lineages among contemporary Antarctic blue whales: progress report Sremba, A., B. Hancock-Hanser, R. LeDuc, T.A. Branch, and C.S. Baker Paper SC/63/SH13 presented to the International Whaling Commission, Scientific Committee (SC63 meeting, Tromso, Norway, 2011). 8 p.

Paternal genotype reconstruction reveals multiple paternity and sex ratios in a breeding population of leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) Stewart, Kelly R., and Peter H. Dutton Conservation Genetics 12(4):1101-1113

Monitoring persistent organic pollutants in leatherback turtles (Dermochelys coriacea) confirms maternal transfer Stewart, Kelly R., Jennifer M. Keller, Ryan Templeton, John R. Kucklick, Chris Johnson Marine Pollution Bulletin 62(7):1396-1409

A survey of deep-water coral and sponge habitats along the West Coast of the US using a remotely operated vehicle Stierhoff, Kevin L., Peter J. Etnoyer, David W. Murfin, and John L. Butler U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOS NCCOS 138. NOAA Center for Coastal Environmental Health and Biomolecular Research, Charleston, South Carolina. 38 p.

Which commercial swordfish fishing gear is best for balancing protected species conservation and fishing opportunity? Stohs, Stephen M., and Craig Heberer In: Peter H. Dutton, Dale Squires, and Mahfuzuddin Ahmed (eds.), Conservation of Pacific sea turtles, p. 248-276. University of Hawaii Press.

Are exploited fish populations stable? Sugihara, George, John Beddington, Chih-hao Hsieh, Ethan Deyle, Michael Fogarty, Sarah M. Glaser, Roger Hewitt, Anne Hollowed, Robert M. May, Stephan B. Munch, Charles Perretti, Andrew A. Rosenberg, Stuart Sandin, and Hao Ye Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(48):E1224-1225

Climate change impacts on the biophysics and economics of world fisheries Sumaila, U. Rashid, William W.L. Cheung, Vicky W.Y. Lam, Daniel Pauly, and Samuel Herrick Nature Climate Change 1:449-456

Does positioning of the North Pacific Current affect downstream ecosystem productivity? Sydeman, William J., Sarah Ann Thompson, John C. Field, William T. Peterson, Ronald W. Tanasichuk, Howard J. Freeland, Steven J. Bograd, and Ryan R. Rykaczewski Geophysical Research Letters 38:L12606 (6 p.)

Phylogeny and evolution of Indo-Pacific shrimp-associated gobies (Gobiiformes: Gobiidae) Thacker, Christine E., Andrew R. Thompson, and Dawn M. Roje Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution 59(1):168-176

A watery whodunit: The case of the missing zooxanthellae Thomas, Kimberley A., Barbara C. Bruno, Kate Achilles, and Sarah B. Sherman Science Scope 34(7):44-54

Monitoring fishery effects of salmonid habitat restoration [abstract] Thomson, C. In: Lyman Thorsteinson, Scott VanderKooi, and Walter Duffy (eds.), Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference (Medford, Oregon, February 1-5, 2010), p. 208-209. U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2011-1196.

Evaluating economic effects on fisheries association with Klamath dam removal [abstract] Thomson, C. In: Lyman Thorsteinson, Scott VanderKooi, and Walter Duffy (eds.), Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference (Medford, Oregon, February 1-5, 2010), p. 218. U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2011-1196.

An overview of the Klamath Basin Science Conference Thorsteinson, Lyman, Churchill Grimes, and Walter Duffy In: Lyman Thorsteinson, Scott VanderKooi, and Walter Duffy (eds.), Proceedings of the Klamath Basin Science Conference (Medford, Oregon, February 1-5, 2010), p. 1-29. U.S. Geological Survey, Open File Report 2011-1196.

Nest relocation: A necessary management tool for Western Pacific leatherback nesting beaches Tiwari, Manjula, Donna L. Dutton, and Jeanne A. Garner In: Peter H. Dutton, Dale Squires, and Mahfuzuddin Ahmed (eds.), Conservation of Pacific sea turtles, p. 87-96. University of Hawaii Press.

Status of the California Current Ecosystem: major EBM components Tolimieri, Nick, Gregory D. Williams, Kelly S. Andrews, Phillip S. Levin, Brian K. Wells, Steven J. Bograd, Churchill B. Grimes, Elliott L. Hazen, David Hugg, Steven T. Lindley, and Isaac D. Schroeder In: Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing (eds.), Technical background for an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the California Current: groundfish, salmon, green sturgeon, and ecosystem health, p. 60-98. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-109.

Appendix C: Data sources Tolimieri, Nick, Gregory D. Williams, Kelly S. Andrews, Phillip S. Levin, Elliott L. Hazen, William J. Sydeman, Isaac D. Schroeder, Sarah A. Thompson, Brian K. Wells, Steven T. Lindley, Churchill B. Grimes, Steven J. Bograd, and Franklin B. Schwing In: Levin, Phillip S., and Franklin B. Schwing (eds.), Technical background for an Integrated Ecosystem Assessment of the California Current: groundfish, salmon, green sturgeon, and ecosystem health, p. 275-284. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-109.

Seabird research at Admiralty Bay, King George Island, Antarctica, 2009/10 Trivelpiece, Susan G., Amy Lindsley, Alexis Will, Renee Koplan, Jefferson Hinke, and Wayne Z. Trivelpiece In: Amy Van Cise (ed.), AMLR 2009/2010 field season report: objectives, accomplishments and tentative conclusions, p. 46-51. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-470.

Variability in krill biomass links harvesting and climate warming to penguin population changes in Antarctica Trivelpiece, Wayne Z., Jefferson T. Hinke, Aileen K. Miller, Christian S. Reiss, Susan G. Trivelpiece, and George M. Watters Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America 108(18):7625-7628