NOAA FISHERIES

Equity in science: advocating for a new triple-blind review system Brodie, Stephanie, Andre Frainer, Maria Grazia Pennino, Shan Jiang, Laura Kaikkonen, Jon Lopez, Kelly Ortega-Cisneros, Carl A. Peters, Samiya A. Selim, and Natasa Vaidianu Trends in Ecology and Evolution 36(11):957-959

Exploring timescales of predictability in species distributions Brodie, Stephanie, Briana Abrahms, Steven J. Bograd, Gemma Carroll, Elliott L. Hazen, Barbara A. Muhling, Mercedes Pozo Buil, James A. Smith, Heather Welch, and Michael G. Jacox Ecography 44(6):832-844

Sato's beaked whale: A new cetacean species discovered around Japan Brownell, Robert L. Jr., and Toshio Kasuya Marine Mammal Science 37(2):768-771

Fishes Burke, Brian, Cheryl Morgan, Katie Barnas, Margaret Williams, Thomas Williams, Brian Wells, Nate Mantua, Correigh Greene, Stuart Munsch, Nicholas Tolimieri, Becca Selden, Jameal Samhouri, Jason Cope, and Barbara Muhling In: Chris J. Harvey et al. (eds.), Ecosystem status report of the California Current for 2020-21: A summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA), p. 40-56. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-170.

Productivity and change in fish and squid in the Southern Ocean Caccavo, Jilda Alicia, Henrik Christiansen, Andrew J. Constable, Laura Ghigliotti, Rowan Trebilco, Cassandra M. Brooks, Cedric Cotte, Thomas Desvignes, Tracey Dornan, Christopher D. Jones, Philippe Koubbi, Ryan A. Saunders, Anneli Strobel, Marino Vacchi, Anton P. van de Putte, Andrea Walters, Claire M. Waluda, Briannyn L. Woods, and Jose C. Xavier Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:624918 (25 p.)

Social exploitation of extensive, ephermeral, environmentally controlled prey patches by supergroups of rorqual whales Cade, David E., James A. Fahlbusch, William K. Oestreich, John Ryan, John Calambokidis, Ken P. Findlay, Ari S. Friedlaender, Elliott L. Hazen, S. Mduduzi Seakamela, and Jeremy A. Goldbogen Animal Behaviour 182:251-266

Predator-scale spatial analysis of intra-patch prey distribution reveals the energetic drivers of rorqual whale super-group formation Cade, David E., S. Mduduzi Seakamela, Ken P. Findlay, Julie Fukunaga, Shirel R. Kahane-Rapport, Joseph D. Warren, John Calambokidis, James A. Fahlbusch, Aris S. Friedlaender, Elliott L. Hazen, Deon Kotze, Steven McCue, Michael Meyer, William K. Oestreich, Machiel G. Oudejans, Christopher Wilke, and Jeremy A. Goldbogen Functional Ecology 35(4):894-908

Polygenic basis and the role of genome duplication in adaptation to similar selective environments Campbell, Matthew A., Eric C. Anderson, John Carlos Garza, and Devon E. Pearse Journal of Heredity 112(7):614-625

Assessment of attraction and avoidance behaviors of fish in response to the proximity of transiting underwater vehicles Campbell, Matthew D., Ariane Huddleston, David Somerton, M. Elizabeth Clarke, Waldo Wakefield, Steve Murawski, Chris Taylor, Hanumant Singh, Yogesh Girdhar, and Mary Yoklavich Fishery Bulletin 119(4):216-230

Estimates of marine mammal, sea turtle, and seabird bycatch in the California large-mesh drift gillnet fishery: 1990-2019 Carretta, James V. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-654. 72 p.

U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2020 Carretta, James V., Erin M. Oleson, Karin A. Forney, Marcia M. Muto, David W. Weller, Aimee R. Lang, Jason Baker, Brad Hanson, Anthony J. Orr, Jay Barlow, Jeffrey E. Moore, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-646. 389 p.

Sources of human-related injury and mortality for U.S. Pacific west coast marine mammal stock assessments, 2015-2019 Carretta, James V., Justin Greenman, Kristin Wilkinson, James Freed, Lauren Saez, Dan Lawson, Justin Viezbicke, and Jason Jannot U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-643. 157 p.

Speciation in the deep: genomics and morphology reveal a new species of beaked whale Mesoplodon eueu Carroll, Emma L., Michael R. McGowen, Morgan L. McCarthy, Felix G. Marx, Natacha Aguilar, Merel L. Dalebout, Sascha Dreyer, Oscar E. Gaggiotti, Sabine S. Hansen, Anton van Helden, Aubrie B. Onoufriou, Robin W. Baird, C. Scott Baker, Simon Berrow, Danielle Cholewiak, Diane Claridge, Rochell Constantine, Nicholas J. Davison, Catarina Eira, R. Ewan Fordyce, John Gatesy, G.J. Greg Hofmeyr, Vidal Martin, James G. Mead, Antonio A. Mignucci-Giannoni, Phillip A. Morin, Cristel Reyes, Emer Rogan, Massimiliano Rosso, Monica A. Silva, Mark S. Springer, Debbie Steel, and Morten Tange Olsen Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288(1961):20211213 (10 p.)

Flexible use of a dynamic energy landscape buffers a marine predator against extreme climate variability Carroll, Gemma, Stephanie Brodie, Rebecca Whitlock, James Ganong, Steven J. Bograd, Elliott Hazen, and Barbara A. Block Proceedings of the Royal Society B 288(1956):20210671 (9 p.)

A cookbook for using model diagnostics in integrated stock assessments Carvalho, Felipe, Henning Winker, Dean Courtney, Maia Kapur, Laurence Kell, Massimiliano Cardinale, Michael Schirripa, Toshihide Kitakado, Dawit Yemane, Kevin R. Piner, Mark N. Maunder, Ian Taylor, Chantel R. Wetzel, Kathryn Doering, Kelli F. Johnson, and Richard D. Methot Fisheries Research 240:105959 (18 p.)

Climate-driven range shifts are rapid yet variable among recreationally important coastal-pelagic fishes Champion, Curtis, Stephanie Brodie, and Melinda A. Coleman Frontiers in Marine Science 8:622299 (13 p.)

Separating paternal and maternal contributions to thermal transgenerational plasticity Chang, Sarah L., Who-Seung Lee, and Stephan B. Munch Frontiers in Marine Science 8:734318 (9 p.)

Trophic ecology of yellowtail rockfish (Sebastes flavidus) during a marine heat wave off central California, USA Chiu, Jennifer A., Joseph J. Bizzarro, and Richard M. Starr PLoS ONE 16(5):e0251499 (20 p.)

Anomalous poleward advection facilitates episodic range expansions of pelagic red crabs in the eastern North Pacific Cimino, Megan A., Michael G. Jacox, Steven J. Bograd, Stephanie Brodie, Gemma Carroll, Elliott L. Hazen, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Mark M. Morales, Erin Satterthwaite, and Ryan R. Rykaczewski Limnology and Oceanography 66(8):3176-3189

Threatened salmon rely on a rare life history strategy in a warming landscape Cordoleani, F., C.C. Phillis, A.M. Sturrock, A.M. FitzGerald, A. Malkassian, G.E. Whitman, P.K. Weber, and R.C. Johnson Nature Climate Change 11:982-988

Abundance, survival, and annual rate of change of Cuvier's beaked whales (Ziphius cavirostris) on a Navy sonar range Curtis, K. Alexandra, Erin A. Falcone, Gregory S. Schorr, Jeffrey E. Moore, David J. Moretti, Jay Barlow, and Erin Keene Marine Mammal Science 37(2):399-419

Marine algal toxins and their vectors in southern California cetaceans Danil, Kerri, Michelle Berman, Elizabeth Frame, Antonella Preti, Spencer E. Fire, Tod Leighfield, Jim Carretta, Melissa L. Carter, and Kathi Lefebvre Harmful Algae 103:102000

Uncommon stranding event of bottlenose dolphins (Tursiops truncatus) in San Diego, California (October 2015) Danil, Kerri, Nicole Beaulieu-McCoy, Sophie Dennison, David Rotstein, Teri Rowles, and Sarah Wilkin U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-641. 38 p.

Differential sensitivity to warming and hypoxia during development and long-term effects of developmental exposure in early life stage Chinook salmon Del Rio, Annelise M., Gabriella N. Mukai, Benjamin T. Martin, Rachel C. Johnson, Nann A. Fangue, Joshua A. Israel, and Anne E. Todgham Conservation Physiology 9(1):coab054 (17 p.)

Model-based estimation of average fish weights from recreational fisheries Dick, E.J., Jason Edwards, and Tien-Shui Tsou Fisheries Research 241:106002 (9 p.)

The status of vermilion rockfish (Sebastes miniatus) and sunset rockfish (Sebastes crocotulus) in U.S. waters off the coast of California south of Point Conception in 2021 Dick, E.J., Melissa H. Monk, Tanya L. Rogers, John C. Field, and Emma M. Saas Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 311 p.

Winter and summer biogeography of macrozooplankton community structure in the northern Antarctic Peninsula ecosystem Dietrich, Kimberly S., Jarrod A. Santora, and Christian S. Reiss Progress in Oceanography 196:102610 (16 p.)

Modeling the past, present, and future distributions of endangered white abalone (Haliotis sorenseni) to inform recovery efforts in California DiNardo, Jordan, Kevin L. Stierhoff, and Brice X. Semmens PLoS ONE 16(11): e0259716

Role of geostrophic currents in future changes of coastal upwelling in the California Current System Ding, Hui, Michael A. Alexander, and Michael G. Jacox Geophysical Research Letters 48(3):e2020GL090768 (10 p.)

Straying and life history of adult steelhead in a small California coastal stream revealed by otolith natural tags and genetic stock identification Donohoe, Christopher J., David E. Rundio, Devon E. Pearse, and Thomas H. Williams North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41(3):711-723

Next-generation regional ocean projections for living marine resource management in a changing climate Drenkard, Elizabeth J., Charles Stock, Andrew C. Ross, Keith W. Dixon, Alistair Adcroft, Michael Alexander, Venkatramani Balaji, Steven J. Bograd, Momme Butenschon, Wei Cheng, Enrique Curchitser, Emanuele Di Lorenzo, Raphael Dussin, Alan C. Haynie, Matthew Harrison, Albert Hermann, Anne Hollowed, Kirstin Holsman, Jason Holt, Michael G. Jacox, Chan Joo Jang, Kelly A. Kearney, Barbara A. Muhling, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Vincent Saba, Ann Britt Sando, Desiree Tommasi, and Muyin Wang ICES Journal of Marine 78(6):1969-1987

A more comprehensive climate vulnerability assessment framework for fisheries social-ecological systems Dudley, Peter N., Tanya L. Rogers, Mark M. Morales, Amanda D. Stoltz, Casey J. Sheridan, Anne K. Beulke, Carrie Pomeroy, and Mark H. Carr Frontiers in Marine Science 8:678099 (22 p.)

California streaming: Exploring deep-sea coral and sponge assemblages in sunny southern California Duncan, Elizabeth, Lisa Wooninck, Tom Laidig, Elizabeth Clarke, Abigail Powell, Curt Whitmire, Guy Cochrane, and Chris Caldow In: Nicole A. Raineault, Joanne Flanders, and Eric Niiler (guest eds.), New frontiers in ocean exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, and R.V. Falkor 2020 field season. Oceanography 34(1, supp.):36-37.

Size and body condition of sympatric killer whale ecotypes around the Antarctic Peninsula Durban, J.W., H. Fearnbach, A. Paredes, L.S. Hickmott, and D.J. LeRoi Marine Ecology Progress Series 677:209-217

Enhanced monitoring of life in the sea is a critical component of conservation management and sustainable economic growth Estes, Maurice Jr., Clarissa Anderson, Ward Appeltans, Nic Bax, Nina Bednarsek, Gabrielle Canonico, Samy Djavidnia, Elva Escobar, Peer Fietzek, Marilaure Gregoire, Elliott Hazen, Maria Kavanaugh, Franck Lejzerowicz, Fabien Lombard, Patricia Miloslavich, Klas O. Moller, Jacquomo Monk, Enrique Montes, Hassan Moustahfid, Monica M.C. Muelbert, Frank Muller-Karger, Lindsey E. Peavey Reeves, Erin V. Satterthwaite, Jorn O. Schmidt, Ana M.M. Sequeira, Woody Turner, and Lauren V. Weatherdon Marine Policy 132:104699 (14 p.)

Patterns of depredation in the Hawai'i deep-set longline fishery informed by fishery and false killer whale behavior Fader, Joseph E., Robin W. Baird, Amanda L. Bradford, Daniel C. Dunn, Karin A. Forney, and Andrew J. Read Ecosphere 12(8):e03682 (23 p.)

Footprints of fixed-gear fisheries in relation to rising whale entanglements on the U.S. West Coast Feist, Blake E., Jameal F. Samhouri, Karin A. Forney, and Lauren E. Saez Fisheries Management and Ecology 28(3):283-294

Projected shifts in 21st century sardine distribution and catch in the California Current Fiechter, Jerome, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Michael G. Jacox, Michael A. Alexander, and Kenneth A. Rose Frontiers in Marine Science 8:685241 (12 p.)

Spatiotemporal patterns of variability in the abundance and distribution of winter-spawned pelagic juvenile rockfish in the California Current Field, John C., Rebecca R. Miller, Jarrod A. Santora, Nick Tolimieri, Melissa A. Haltuch, Richard D. Brodeur, Toby D. Auth, E.J. Dick, Melissa H. Monk, Keith M. Sakuma, and Brian K. Wells PLoS ONE 16(5):e0251638 (25 p.)

Lingcod Stock Assessment Review (STAR) Panel report Field, John, Will White, Matt Cieri, and Cathy Dichmont Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 27 p.

Lower trophic levels and forage Fisher, Jennifer, Kym Jacobson, Samantha Zeman, Eric Bjorkstedt, Roxanne Robertson, Cheryl Morgan, Brian Burke, John Field, Jarrod Santora, Keith Sakuma, Andrew Thompson, Stephanie Moore, Clarissa Anderson, Eva Ternon, Melissa Carter, Tracie Barry, Matthew Hunter, Caren Braby, Jerry Borchert, Alex Manderson, Christy Juhasz, Christina Grant, Duy Trong, Vanessa Zubkousky-White, Beckye Stanton, Zachary Forster, Dan Ayres, and Gregory D. Williams In: Chris J. Harvey et al. (eds.), Ecosystem status report of the California Current for 2020-21: A summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA), p. 29-39. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-170.

Quantifying thermal exposure for migratory riverine species: Phenology of Chinook salmon populations predicts thermal stress FitzGerald, Alyssa M., Sara N. John, Travis M. Apgar, Nathan J. Mantua, and Benjamin T. Martin Global Change Biology 27(3):536-549

Local ecological knowledge supports identification of sea turtle nesting beaches in Panama Flores, Eric E., Joelbin De La Cruz, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Luis Urena Herpetological Conservation and Biology 16(2):238-250

Proceedings of the 2021 Trinational Sardine and Small Pelagics Forum (La Jolla, California, USA, January 11, 2021) Flores, Stephanie (ed.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-21-03. 33 p.

2021 highly migratory species annual report Flores, Stephanie (ed.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Administrative Report LJ-21-04. 29 p.

Runs of homozygosity in killer whale genomes provide a global record of demographic histories Foote, Andrew D., Rebecca Hooper, Alana Alexander, Robin W. Baird, Charles Scott Baker, Lisa Ballance, Jay Barlow, Andrew Brownlow, Tim Collins, Rochelle Constantine, Luciano Dalla Rosa, Nicholas J. Davison, John W. Durban, Ruth Esteban, Laurent Excoffier, Sarah L. Fordyce Martin, Karin A. Forney, Tim Gerrodette, M. Thomas P. Gilbert, Christophe Guinet, M. Bradley Hanson, Songhai Li, Michael D. Martin, Kelly M. Robertson, Filipa I.P. Samarra, Renaud de Stephanis, Sara B. Tavares, Paul Tixier, John A. Totterdell, Paul Wade, Jochen B.W. Wolf, Guangyi Fan, Yaolei Zhang, and Phillip A. Morin Molecular Ecology 30(23):6162-6177

Report on a review of the Oregon Coast and the Southern Oregon and Northern California Coastal spring-run Chinook salmon ESU configuration Ford, Michael J., Eric C. Anderson, John Carlos Garza, James M. Myers, Thomas H. Williams, and Robin S. Waples U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA White Paper NMFS-NWFSC-WP-2021-01. 28 p.

Distribution patterns and population size of the Ashy Storm Petrel Oceanodroma homochroa Ford, R. Glenn, Scott Terrill, Janet Casey, Debi Shearwater, Stephanie R. Schneider, Lisa T. Ballance, Linda Terrill, Margot Tollefson, and David G. Ainley Marine Ornithology 49(2):193-204

A multidecadal Bayesian trend analysis of harbor porpoise (Phocoena phocoena) populations off California relative to past fishery bycatch Forney, Karin A., Jeffrey E. Moore, Jay Barlow, James V. Carretta, and Scott R. Benson Marine Mammal Science 37(2):546-560

Body growth of North Atlantic right whales (Eubalaena glacialis) revisited Fortune, Sarah M.E., Michael J. Moore, Wayne L. Perryman, and Andrew W. Trites Marine Mammal Science 37(2):433-447

First Olive Ridley Sea Turtle (Lepidochelys olivacea) stranding in Texas, USA, and identification of a chelonid alphaherpesvirus5 (ChHV5) variant present in tumor tissue Frandsen, Hilary R., Heather M. Wilson, J. Shelby Walker, Cameron M. Purvin, Peter H. Dutton, Erin L. LaCasella, Brian A. Stacy, Liam Whitmore, Jessica A. Farrell, David J. Duffy, and Donna J. Shaver Herpetological Review 52(3):492-499

Exercise duration and cohort affect variability and longevity of the response to exercise training in California Yellowtail (Seriola dorsalis) Frank, Laura N., Kevin Stuart, Zachary Skelton, Mark Drawbridge, John R. Hyde, Mary Sue Lowery, and Nicholas G. Wegner Aquaculture 540:736684 (13 p.)

Changes to the structure and function of an albacore fishery reveal shifting social-ecological realities for Pacific Northwest fishermen Frawley, Timothy H., Barbara A. Muhling, Stephanie Brodie, Mary C. Fisher, Desiree Tommasi, Gwendal Le Fol, Elliott L. Hazen, Stephen S. Stohs, Elena M. Finkbeiner, and Michael G. Jacox Fish and Fisheries 22(2):280-297

Trends in phytoplankton communities within large marine ecosystems diverge from the global ocean Friedland, Kevin D., John R. Moisan, Aurore A. Maureaud, Damian C. Brady, Andrew J. Davies, Steven J. Bograd, Reg A. Watson, and Yannick Rousseau Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78(11):1689-1700

Trophic ecology of juvenile green turtles in the Southwestern Atlantic Ocean: insights from stable isotope analysis and niche modelling Gama, Luciana R., Mariana M.P.B. Fuentes, Tailisi Hoppe Trevizani, Franciane Pellizzari, Garrett E. Lemons, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Camila Domit Marine Ecology Progress Series 678:139-152

Hawksbill nesting in Hawaiʻi: 30-year dataset reveals recent positive trend for a small, yet vital population Gaos, Alexander R., Lauren Kurpita, Hannah Bernard, Luke Sundquist, Cheryl S. King, Joy H. Browning, Eldridge Naboa, Irene K. Kelly, Kelleigh Downs, Tomo Eguchi, George Balazs, Kyle Van Houtan, Devin Johnson, T. Todd Jones, and Summer L. Martin Frontiers in Marine Science 8:770424 (15 p.)

Spatial and temporal variation in annual versus biennial reproductive cycles in eastern Bering Sea snow crab Chionoecetes opilio Gardner, Jennifer L., W. Christopher Long, Katherine M. Swiney, and Robert J. Foy North American Journal of Fisheries Management 41(6):1878-1891

Synthesis Garfield, Newell (Toby), and Chris J. Harvey In: Chris J. Harvey et al. (eds.), Ecosystem status report of the California Current for 2020-21: A summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA), p. 90-91. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-170.

The "MEDiterranean International Acoustic Survey": an introduction Giannoulaki, Marianna, Juan Zwolinski, Ali Cemal Gucu, Andrea De Felice, and Stylianos Somarakis Mediterranean Marine Science 22(4):747-750

A comparative review of macromedusae in eastern boundary currents Gibbons, Mark J., Heidi Skrypzeck, Richard D. Brodeur, Jose M. Riascos, Javier A. Quinones Davila, Cecilia A.F. Grobler, Jean-Paul Roux, John C. Field, Elizabeth A. Daly, Rebecca R. Miller, Verena Ras, Agustin Schiariti, Luciano Chiaverano, Beau M. Tjizoo, Laura Prieto, Hounaida F. Idrissi, and Sergio Palma Oceanography and Marine Biology: An Annual Review 59:371-482

Environmental variability and fishing effects on the Pacific sardine fisheries in the Gulf of California Giron-Nava, Alfredo, Exequiel Ezcurra, Antoine Brias, Enriqueta Velarde, Ethan Deyle, Andres M. Cisneros-Montemayor, Stephan B. Munch, George Sugihara, and Octavio Aburto-Oropeza Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Sciences 78(5):623-630

Incorporating animal movement into distance sampling Glennie, R., S.T. Buckland, R. Langrock, T. Gerrodette, L.T. Ballance, S.J. Chivers, and M.D. Scott Journal of the American Statistical Association 116(533):107-115

Improving metabarcoding taxonomic assignment: A case study of fishes in a large marine ecosystem Gold, Zachary, Emily E. Curd, Kelly D. Goodwin, Emma S. Choi, Benjamin W. Frable, Andrew R. Thompson, Harold J. Walker Jr., Ronald S. Burton, Dovi Kacev, Lucas D. Martz, and Paul H. Barber Molecular Ecology Resources 21(7):2546-2564

Using change models to envision better applications of animal behavior research in conservation management and beyond Greggor, Alison L., Oded Berger-Tal, Ronald R. Swaisgood, Steven J. Cooke, Travis L. DeVault, Esteban Fernandez-Juricic, Anne Gienapp, Suzanne Hall, Cameron Hostetter, Megan A. Owen, Shannon Rankin, Kirstie A. Ruppert, John P. Swaddle, and Daniel T. Blumstein Frontiers in Conservation Science 2:653056 (13 p.)

Geologic variability of conodont strontium isotopic composition quantified by laser ablation multiple collection inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry Griffin, Julie M., Isabel P. Montanez, Justin J.G. Glessner, Jitao Chen, and Malte Willmes Palaeogeography, Palaeoclimatology, Palaeoecology 568:110308 (11 p.)

West Coast fisheries impacts from COVID-19 Guldin, Marie, Leif Anderson, James Hilger, Rosemary Kosaka, Jerry Leonard, Cameron Speir, Dale Squires, Erin Steiner, Stephen Stohs, and Ashley Vizek In: U.S. seafood industry and for-hire sector impacts from COVID-19: 2020 in perspective, p. 25-35. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-221.

Fish specialize their metabolic performance to maximize bioenergetic efficiency in their local environment: Conspecific comparison between two stocks of Pacific chub mackerel (Scomber japonicus) Guo, Chenying, Shin-ichi Ito, Michio Yoneda, Hahime Kitano, Hitoshi Kaneko, Megumi Enomoto, Tomoya Aono, Masahiro Nakamura, Takashi Kitagawa, Nicholas C. Wegner, and Emmanis Dorval Frontiers in Marine Science 8:613965 (13 p.)

Estimating the abundance of marine mammal populations Hammond, Philip S., Tessa B. Francis, Dennis Heinemann, Kristy J. Long, Jeffrey E. Moore, Andre E. Punt, Randall R. Reeves, Maritza Sepulveda, Gudjon Mar Sigurdsson, Gisli Vikingsson, Paul R. Wade, Rob Williams, and Alexandre N. Zerbini Frontiers in Marine Science 8:735770 (27 p.)

Marine important bird and biodiversity areas for penguins in Antarctica, targets for conservation action Handley, Jonathan, Marie-Morgane Rouyer, Elizabeth J. Pearmain, Victoria Warwick-Evans, Katharina Teschke, Jefferson T. Hinke, Heather Lynch, Louise Emmerson, Colin Southwell, Gary Griffith, Cesar A. Cardenas, Aldina M.A. Franco, Phil Trathan, and Maria P. Dias Frontiers in Marine Science 7:602972 (17 p.)

Citizen-sourced sightings and underwater photography reveal novel insights about green sea turtle distribution and ecology in southern California Hanna, Megan E., Erin M. Chandler, Brice X. Semmens, Tomoharu Eguchi, Garrett E. Lemons, and Jeffrey A. Seminoff Frontiers in Marine Science 8:671061 (14 p.)

Distribution patterns of fish and invertebrates from summer salmon surveys in the central California Current System 2010–2015 Harding, Jeffrey, Edward Dick, Nathan Mantua, Brian Wells, Arnold Ammann, and Sean Hayes U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-645. 72 p.

Introduction Harvey, Chris J., Newell (Toby) Garfield, Gregory D. Williams, and Nicholas Tolimieri In: Chris J. Harvey et al. (eds.), Ecosystem status report of the California Current for 2020-21: A summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA), p. 1-7. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-170.

Ecosystem status report of the California Current for 2020-21: A summary of ecosystem indicators compiled by the California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment Team (CCIEA) Harvey, Chris J., Newell (Toby) Garfield, Gregory D. Williams, and Nicholas Tolimieri (eds.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-NWFSC-170. 100 p.

California Current Integrated Ecosystem Assessment (CCIEA): California Current Ecosystem status report, 2021 Harvey, Chris, Toby Garfield, Greg Williams, and Nick Tolimieri (eds.) A report of the NOAA CCIEA Team to the Pacific Fishery Management Council. 89 p.

Dynamic strategies offer potential to reduce lethal ship collisions with large whales under changing climate conditions Hausner, Arjun, Jameal F. Samhouri, Elliott L. Hazen, Delgerzaya Delgerjargal, and Briana Abrahms Marine Policy 130:104565 (8 p.)

Where did they not go? Considerations for generating pseudo-absences for telemetry-based habitat models Hazen, Elliott L., Briana Abrahms, Stephanie Brodie, Gemma Carroll, Heather Welch, and Steven J. Bograd Movement Ecology 9:5 (13 p.)

The NOAA Pacific Bluefin Tuna Port Sampling Program, 2014-2019 Heberer, Liana N., and Owyn E. Snodgrass U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-651. 50 p.

The NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center Cooperative Billfish Tagging Program operations and database Heberer, Liana N., James A. Wraith, Suzanne Kohin, Yuhong Gu, Nicole Nasby-Lucas, and Heidi Dewar U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-640. 46 p.

Successful long-distance breeding range expansion of a top marine predator Henry, Robert William III, Scott A. Shaffer, Michelle Antolos, Maria Felix-Lizarraga, David G. Foley, Elliott L. Hazen, Yann Tremblay, Daniel P. Costa, Bernie R. Tershy, and Donald A. Croll Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 9:620103 (16 p.)

Pacific sardine rebuilding analysis based on the 2020 stock assessment Hill, Kevin T., Peter T. Kuriyama, and Paul R. Crone U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-642. 80 p.

Serendipitous observations from animal-borne video loggers reveal synchronous diving and equivalent simultaneous prey capture rates in chinstrap penguins Hinke, Jefferson T., Tamara M. Russell, Victoria R. Hermanson, Laura Brazier, and Stephanie L. Walden Marine Biology 168:135 (12 p.)

Seasonal gene expression profiling of Antarctic krill in three different latitudinal regions Horing, Flavia, Alberto Biscontin, Lars Harms, Gabriele Sales, Christian S. Reiss, Cristiano De Pitta, and Bettina Meyer Marine Genomics 56:100806 (9 p.)

Introducing the Microbes and Social Equity Working Group: Considering the microbial components of social, environmental, and health justice Ishaq, Suzanne L., Francisco J. Parada, Patricia G. Wolf, Carla Y. Bonilla, Megan A. Carney, Amber Benezra, Emily Wissel, Michael Friedman, Kristen M. DeAngelis, Jake M. Robinson, Ashkaan K. Fahimipour, Melissa B. Manus, Laura Grieneisen, Leslie G. Dietz, Ashish Pathak, Ashvini Chauhan, Sahana Kuthyar, Justin D. Steward, Mauna R. Dasari, Emily Nonnamaker, Mallory Choudoir, Patrick F. Horve, Naupaka B. Zimmerman, Ariangela J. Kozik, Katherine Weatherford Darling, Adriana L. Romero-Olivares, Janani Hariharan, Nicole Farmer, Katherine A. Maki, Jackie L. Collier, Kieran C. O'Doherty, Jeffrey Letourneau, Jeff Kline, Peter L. Moses, and Nicolae Morar mSystems 6(4):e00471-21 (12 p.)

Marine aquaculture in a changing environment: Proceedings of the 46th U.S.-Japan Aquaculture Panel Symposium (NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center, Mystic, Connecticut, November 14-15, 2018) Jabanoski, Kristen, Clete Otoshi, Erick Sturm, and Mike Rust (eds.) U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/SPO-222. 140 p.

Comparison of length sampling programs for recreational fisheries of U.S. Pacific Bluefin Tuna from 2014 to 2020 James, Kelsey C., Liana N. Heberer, Huihua Lee, Heidi Dewar, and Alayna Siddall U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-652. 36 p.

Using Bayesian models to estimate humpback whale entanglements in the United State West Coast sablefish pot fishery Jannot, Jason E., Eric J. Ward, Kayleigh A. Somers, Blake E. Feist, Thomas P. Good, Dan Lawson, and James V. Carretta Frontiers in Marine Science 8:775187 (14 p.)

Operationalizing ensemble models for scientific advice to fisheries management Jardim, Ernesto, Manuela Azevedo, Jon Brodziak, Elizabeth N. Brooks, Kelli F. Johnson, Nikolai Klibansky, Colin P. Millar, Coilin Minto, Iago Mosqueira, Richard D.M. Nash, Paraskevas Vasilakopoulos, and Brian K. Wells ICES Journal of Marine Science 78(4):1209-1216

Thomas F. Norris 1965-2020 [obituary] Jefferson, Thomas A., and Tomo Eguchi Marine Mammal Science 37(1):361-363

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Status of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) along the southern U.S. west coast in 2021 Johnson, Kelli F., Ian G. Taylor, Brian J. Langseth, Andi Stephens, Laurel S. Lam, Melissa H. Monk, John E. Budrick, and Melissa A. Haltuch Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 212 p.

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