NOAA FISHERIES

Considerations for management strategy evaluation for small pelagic fishes Siple, Margaret C., Laura E. Koehn, Kelli F. Johnson, Andre E. Punt, T. Mariella Canales, Piera Carpi, Carry L. de Moor, Jose A.A. De Oliveira, Jin Gao, Nis S. Jacobsen, Mimi E. Lam, Roberto Licandeo, Martin Lindegren, Shuyang Ma, Gudmundur J. Oskarsson, Sonia Sanchez-Marono, Szymon Smolinski, Szymon Surma, Yongjun Tian, Desiree Tommasi, Mariano Gutierrez T., Verena Trenkel, Stephani G. Zador, and Fabian Zimmermann Fish and Fisheries 22(6):1167-1186

Comparison of temperature preference and metabolic thermal sensitivity between two juvenile coastal shark species [abstract] Skelton, Z.R., N.C. Wegner, T.S. Prinzing, and P.A. Hastings Integrative and Comparative Biology 61(supp.1):e829-e830

The potential impact of a shifting Pacific sardine distribution on U.S. West Coast landings Smith, James A., Barbara Muhling, Jonathan Sweeney, Desiree Tommasi, Mercedes Pozo Buil, Jerome Fiechter, and Michael G. Jacox Fisheries Oceanography 30(4):437-454

Comparing dynamic and static time-area closures for bycatch mitigation: A management strategy evaluation of a swordfish fishery Smith, James A., Desiree Tommasi, Heather Welch, Elliott L. Hazen, Jonathan Sweeney, Stephanie Brodie, Barbara Muhling, Stephen M. Stohs, and Michael G. Jacox Frontiers in Marine Science 8:630607 (19 p.)

Geographic distribution of commercial fishing landings and port consolidation following ITQ implementation Speir, Cameron, and Min-Yang Lee Journal of Agricultural and Resource Economics 46(1):152-169

Efficacy of environmental DNA sampling to detect the occurrence of endangered coho salmon (Oncorhynchus kisutch) in Mediterranean-climate streams of California's central coast Spence, Brian C., David E. Rundio, Nicholas J. Demetras, and Maryna Sedoryk Environmental DNA 3(4):727-744

Using Integrated Ecosystem Assessments to build resilient ecosystems, communities, and economies Spooner, Ellen, Mandy Karnauskas, Chris J. Harvey, Chris Kelble, Judity Rosellon-Druker, Stephen Kasperski, Sean M. Lucey, Kelly S. Andrews, Stephen R. Gittings, Jamal H. Moss, Jamison M. Gove, Jameal F. Samhouri, Rebecca J. Allee, Steven J. Bograd, Mark E. Monaco, Patricia M. Clay, Lauren A. Rogers, Anthony Marshak, Supin Wongbusarakum, Kathy Broughton, and Patrick D. Lynch Coastal Management 49(1):26-45

Genomic and anatomical comparisons of skin support independent adaptation to life in water by cetaceans and hippos Springer, Mark S., Christian F. Guerrero-Juarez, Matthias Huelsmann, Matthew A. Collin, Kerri Danil, Michael R. McGowen, Ji Won Oh, Raul Ramos, Michael Hiller, Maksim V. Plikus, and John Gatesy Current Biology 31(10):2124-2139

The economics of production in marine fisheries Squires, Dale, and John Walden In: Subhash C. Ray, Robert G. Chambers, and Subal C. Kumbhakar (eds.), Handbook of production economics, vol. 3, p. 1339-1378. Springer Nature Singapore.

Mitigating bycatch: novel insights to multidisciplinary approaches Squires, Dale, Lisa T. Ballance, Laurent Dagorn, Peter H. Dutton, and Rebecca Lent Frontiers in Marine Science 8:613285 (19 p.)

Credit systems for bycatch and biodiversity conservation Squires, Dale, Rebecca Lent, Peter H. Dutton, Laurent Dagorn, and Lisa T. Ballance Frontiers in Marine Science 8:613279 (14 p.)

Selecting reliable models for total maximum daily load development: holistic protocol Sridharan, Vamsi Krishna, Nigel W.T. Quinn, Saurav Kumar, Steven C. McCutcheon, Ebrahim Ahmadisharaf, Xing Fang, Harry X. Zhang, and Andrew Parker Journal of Hydrologic Engineering 26(10):04021031

Abundance of eastern North Pacific gray whales 2019/2020 Stewart, Joshua D., and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC 639. 5 p.

Estimates of eastern North Pacific gray whale calf production 1994-2021 Stewart, Joshua D., and David W. Weller U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-653. 8 p.

Survival of the fattest: linking body condition to prey availability and survivorship of killer whales Stewart, Joshua D., John Durban, Holly Fearnbach, Lance G. Barrett-Lennard, Paige K. Casler, Eric J. Ward, and Derek R. Dapp Ecosphere 12(8):e03660 (20 p.)

Decreasing body lengths in North Atlantic right whales Stewart, Joshua D., John W. Durban, Amy R. Knowlton, Morgan S. Lynn, Holly Fearnbach, Jacob Barbaro, Wayne L. Perryman, Carolyn A. Miller, and Michael J. Moore Current Biology 31(14):3174-3179

Distribution, biomass, and demography of coastal pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during summer 2015 based on acoustic-trawl sampling Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-648. 74 p.

Distribution, biomass, and demography of coastal pelagic fishes in the California Current Ecosystem during summer 2016 based on acoustic-trawl sampling Stierhoff, Kevin L., Juan P. Zwolinski, and David A. Demer U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-649. 79 p.

Microstructure and energy dispersive diffraction reconstruction of 3D patterns of crystallographic texture in a shark centrum Stock, S.R., P.E. Morse, M.K. Stock, K.C. James, L.J. Natanson, Haiyan Chen, P.D. Shevchenko, E.R. Maxey, O. Antipova, and J.-S. Park In: Proceedings of SPIE 11840, Developments in X-Ray Tomography XIII:118400N (12 p.)

Hemispheric asymmetry in ocean change and the productivity of ecosystem sentinels Sydeman, W.J., D.S. Schoeman, S.A. Thompson, B.A. Hoover, M. Garcia-Reyes, F. Daunt, P. Agnew, T. Anker-Nilssen, C. Barbraud, R. Barrett, P.H. Becker, E. Bell, P.D. Boersma, S. Bouwhuis, B. Cannell, R.J.M. Crawford, P. Dann, K. Delord, G. Elliott, K.E. Erikstad, E. Flint, R.W. Furness, M.P. Harris, S. Hatch, K. Hilwig, J.T. Hinke, J. Jahncke, J.A. Mills, T.K. Reiertsen, H. Renner, R.B. Sherley, C. Surman, G. Taylor, J.A. Thayer, P.N. Trathan, E. Velarde, K. Walker, S. Wanless, P. Warzybok, and Y. Watanuki Science 372(6545):980-983

Using forecasting methods to incorporate social, economic, and political considerations into marine protected area planning Sykora-Bodie, Seth T., Jorge G. Alvarez-Romero, Javier A. Arata, Alistair Dunn, Jefferson T. Hinke, Grant Humphries, Christopher Jones, Pal Skogrand, Katharina Teschke, Philip N. Trathan, Dirk Welsford, Natalie C. Ban, Grant Murray, and David A. Gill Frontiers in Marine Science 8:669135 (17 p.)

Save nature and save ourselves through embracing that shared sacrifice can lead to shared success Taylor, Barbara L. Aquatic Mammals 47(6):618-629

Evaluation of humpback whales wintering in Central America and southern Mexico as a demographically independent population Taylor, Barbara L., Karen K. Martien, Frederick I. Archer, Katherina Audley, John Calambokidis, Ted Cheeseman, Joelle De Weerdt, Astric Frisch Jordan, Pamela Martinez-Loustalot, Christian D. Ortega-Ortiz, Eric M. Patterson, Nicola Ransome, Penny Ruvelas, and Jorge Urban Ramirez U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-655. 12 p.

Status of lingcod (Ophiodon elongatus) along the northern U.S. west coast in 2021 Taylor, Ian G., Kelli F. Johnson, Brian J. Langseth, Andi Stephens, Laurel S. Lam, Melissa H. Monk, Alison D. Whitman, and Melissa A. Haltuch Pacific Fishery Management Council, Portland, Oregon. 254 p.

Inter-annual variability in forage fish population size structure: Comparison of selectivity of traditional vs. non-traditional sampling devices Thayer, J.A., Z. Burr, J.C. Field, R.D. Carle, and P. Warzybok Fisheries Research 234:105801 (8 p.)

Charting a course for genetic diversity in the UN Decade of Ocean Science Thomson, Alex Innes, Frederick I. Archer, Melinda A. Coleman, Gonzalo Gajardo, William P. Goodall-Copestake, Sean Hoban, Linda Laikre, Adam D. Miller, David O'Brien, Silvia Perez-Espona, Gernot Segelbacher, Ester A. Serrao, Kjersti Sjotun, and Michele S. Stanley Evolutionary Applications 14(6):1497-1518

A case study in connecting fisheries management challenges with models and analysis to support ecosystem-based management in the California Current Ecosystem Tommasi, Desiree, Yvonne deReynier, Howard Townsend, Chris J. Harvey, William H. Satterthwaite, Kristin N. Marshall, Isaac C. Kaplan, Stephanie Brodie, John C. Field, Elliott L. Hazen, Stefan Koenigstein, Joshua Lindsay, Kathleen Moore, Barbara Muhling, Lisa Pfeiffer, James A. Smith, Jonathan Sweeney, Brian Wells, and Michael G. Jacox Frontiers in Marine Science 8:624161 (23 p.)

Championing ocean diversity: Introducing the SMARTNET ocean knowledge network -- accessible, diverse, and solution-oriented Trainer, Vera L., Sonia Batten, Steven J. Bograd, Sanae Chiba, Erin V. Satterthwaite, Lori Waters, Jorn Schmidt, Ellen Johannesen, William Karp, and Anne Christine Brusendorff In: UN Decade of Ocean Science for Sustainable Development, p. 228-231. ECO Magazine (special issue).

A decade of incorporating social sciences in the Integrated Marine Biosphere Research Project (IMBeR): Much done, much to do? van Putten, Ingrid, Rachel Kelly, Rachel D. Cavanagh, Eugene J. Murphy, Annette Breckwoldt, Stephanie Brodie, Christopher Cvitanovic, Mark Dickey-Collas, Lisa Maddison, Jess Melbourne-Thomas, Haritz Arrizabalaga, Kumiko Azetsu-Scott, Lynnath E. Beckley, Richard Bellerby, Andrew J. Constable, Greg Cowie, Karen Evans, Marion Glaser, Julie Hall, Alistair J. Hobday, Nadine M. Johnston, Joel K. Llopiz, Franz Mueter, Frank E. Muller-Karger, Kevin C. Weng, Dieter Wolf-Gladrow, and Jose C. Xavier Frontiers in Marine Science 8:662350 (14 p.)

Adaptive markers distinguish North and South Pacific Albacore amid low population differentiation Vaux, Felix, Sandra Bohn, John R. Hyde, and Kathleen G. O'Malley Evolutionary Applications 14(5):1343-1364

A practical approach to monitoring marine protected areas: An application to El Bajo Espiritu Santo Seamount near La Paz, Mexico Villalobos, Hector, Juan P. Zwolinski, Carlos A. Godinez-Perez, Violeta E. Gonzalez-Maynez, Fernando Manini-Ramos, Melissa Mayorga-Martinez, William L. Michaels, Mitzi S. Palacios-Higuera, Uriel Rubio-Rodriguez, Alram N. Sarmiento-Lezcano, and David A. Demer Oceanography 34(3):32-43

Random utility models, wine and experts Villas-Boas, Sofia B., Celine Bonnet, and James Hilger American Journal of Agricultural Economics 103(2):663-681

Best practices for assessing and managing bycatch of marine mammals Wade, Paul R., Kristy J. Long, Tessa B. Francis, Andre E. Punt, Philip S. Hammond, Dennis Heinemann, Jeffrey E. Moore, Randall R. Reeves, Miaritza Sepulveda, Genoa Sullaway, Gudjon Mar Sigurdsson, Margaret C. Siple, Gisli A. Vikingsson, Rob Williams, and Alexandre N. Zerbini Frontiers in Marine Science 8:757330 (19 p.)

Multi-scale assessment of distribution and density of procellariiform seabirds within the Northern Antarctic Peninsula marine ecosystem Warwick-Evans, V., J.A. Santora, J.J. Waggitt, and P.N. Trathan ICES Journal of Marine Science 78(4):1324-1339

Heterogeneous genetic basis of age at maturity in salmonid fishes Waters, Charles D., Anthony Clemento, Tutku Aykanat, John Carlos Garza, Kerry A. Naish, Shawn Narum, and Craig R. Primmer Molecular Ecology 30(6):1435-1456

State of the California Current 2019-2020: Back to the future with marine heatwaves? Weber, Edward D., Toby D. Auth, Simone Baumann-Pickering, Timothy R. Baumgartner, Eric P. Bjorkstedt, Steven J. Bograd, Brian J. Burke, Jose L. Cadena-Ramirez, Elizabeth A. Daly, Martin de la Cruz, Heidi Dewar, John C. Field, Jennifer L. Fisher, Ashlyn Giddings, Ralf Goericke, Eliana Gomez-Ocampo, Jose Gomez-Valdes, Elliott L. Hazen, John Hildebrand, Cheryl A. Horton, Kym C. Jacobson, Michael G. Jacox, Jaime Jahncke, Mati Kahru, Raphe M. Kudela, Bertha E. Lavaniegos, Andrew Leising, Sharon R. Melin, Luis Erasmo Miranda-Bojorquez, Cheryl A. Morgan, Catherine F. Nickels, Rachael A. Orben, Jessica M. Porquez, Elan J. Portner, Roxanne R. Robertson, Daniel L. Rudnick, Keith M. Sakuma, Jarrod A. Santora, Isaac D. Schroeder, Owyn E. Snodgrass, William J. Sydeman, Andrew R. Thompson, Sarah Ann Thompson, Jennifer S. Trickey, Josue Villegas-Mendoza, Pete Warzybok, William Watson, and Samantha M. Zeman Frontiers in Marine Science 8:709454 (23 p.)

Fishers' ecological knowledge and stable isotope analysis reveal mangrove estuaries as key developmental habitats for critically endangered sea turtles Wedemeyer-Strombel, Kathryn R., Jeffrey A. Seminoff, Michael J. Liles, Ramon Neftali Sanchez, Sofia Chavarria, Melissa Valle, Eduardo Altamirano, Velkiss Gadea, Nicolas Hernandez, Markus J. Peterson, Kerri J. Smith, Clive N. Trueman, Tarla Rai Peterson, and Seth D. Newsome Frontiers in Conservation Science 2:796868 (10 p.)

Post-release survival and prolonged sublethal effects of capture and barotrauma on deep-dwelling rockfishes (genus Sebastes): implications for fish management and conservation Wegner, Nicholas C., Elan J. Portner, Drew T. Nguyen, Lyall Bellquist, Andrew P. Nosal, Alena L. Pribyl, Kevin L. Stierhoff, Paul Fischer, Ken Franke, Russell D. Vetter, Philip A. Hastings, Brice X. Semmens, and John R. Hyde ICES Journal of Marine Science 78(9):3230-3244

Nursery origin and population connectivity of swordfish Xiphias gladius in the North Pacific Ocean Wells, R.J David, Veronica A. Quesnell, Robert L. Humphreys Jr., Heidi Dewar, Jay R. Rooker, Jaime Alvarado Bremer, and Owyn E. Snodgrass Journal of Fish Biology 99(2):354-363

Hyperoodon ampullatus, Northern Bottlenose Whale Whitehead, H., R. Reeves, L. Feyrer, and R.L. Brownell Jr. The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2021:e.T10707A50357742

Place-based ecosystem management: Adapting Integrated Ecosystem Assessment processes for developing scientifically and socially relevant indicator portfolios Williams, Gregory D., Kelly S. Andrews, Jennifer A. Brown, Jamison M. Gove, Elliott L. Hazen, Kirsten M. Leong, Kelly A. Montenero, Jamal H. Moss, Judith M. Rosellon-Druker, Isaac D. Schroeder, Elizabeth Siddon, Marysia Szymkowiak, George A. Whitehouse, Stephani G. Zador, and Chris J. Harvey Coastal Management 49(1):46-71

Geochemical tools identify the origins of Chinook salmon returning to a restored creek Willmes, Malte, Emily E. Jacinto, Levi S. Lewis, Rachel A. Fichman, Zachary Bess, Gabriel Singer, Anna Steel, Peter Moyle, Andrew L. Rypel, Nann Fangue, Justin J.G. Glessner, James A. Hobbs, and Eric D. Chapman Fisheries 46(1):22-32

Evidence of episodic nitrate injections in the oligotrophic North Pacific associated with surface chlorophyll blooms Wilson, Cara Journal of Geophysical Research: Oceans 126(11):e2021JC017169 (23 p.)

Experimental validation of otolith-based age and growth reconstructions across multiple life stages of a critically endangered estuarine fish Xieu, Wilson, Levi S. Lewis, Feng Zhao, Rachel A. Fichman, Malte Willmes, Tien-Chieh Hung, Luke Ellison, Troy Stevenson, Galen Tigan, Andrew A. Schultz, and James A. Hobbs PeerJ 9:e12280 (22 p.)

Acoustic differentiation and classification of wild belugas and narwhals using echolocation clicks Zahn, Marie J., Shannon Rankin, Jennifer L.K. McCullough, Jens C. Koblitz, Frederick Archer, Marianne H. Rasmussen, and Kristin L. Laidre Scientific Reports 11:22141 (16 p.)

Models with environmental drivers offer a plausible mechanism for the rapid spread of infectious disease outbreaks in marine organisms Aalto, E.A., K.D. Lafferty, S.H. Sokolow, R.E. Grewelle, T. Ben-Horin, C.A. Boch, P.T. Raimondi, S.J. Bograd, E.L. Hazen, M.G. Jacox, F. Micheli, and G.A. De Leo Scientific Reports 10:5975 (10 p.)

Foraging patterns of Antarctic minke whales in McMurdo Sound, Ross Sea Ainley, David G., Trevor W. Joyce, Ben Saenz, Robert L. Pitman, John W. Durban, Grant Ballard, Kendra Daly, and Stacy Kim Antarctic Science 32(6):454-465

Genomics of population differentiation in humpback dolphins, Sousa spp. in the Indo-Pacific Ocean Amaral, Ana R., Catia Chanfana, Brian D. Smith, Rubaiyat Mansur, Tim Collins, Robert Baldwin, Gianna Minton, Guido J. Parra, Michael Krutzen, Thomas A. Jefferson, Leszek Karczmarski, Almeida Guissamulo, Robert L. Brownell Jr., and Howard C. Rosenbaum Journal of Heredity 111(7):652-660

Factors affecting detection probability and range of transmitters and receivers designed for the Juvenile Salmon Acoustic Telemetry System Ammann, Arnold J. Environmental Biology of Fishes 103:625-634

Antarctic demersal finfish around the Elephant and the South Orkney islands: distribution, abundance and biological characteristics Arana, Patricio M., Christopher D. Jones, Nicolas A. Alegria, Roberto Sarralde, and Renzo Rolleri Latin American Journal of Aquatic Research 48(2):304-322

Quantifying spatial and temporal variation of North Pacific fin whale (Balaenoptera physalus) acoustic behavior Archer, Frederick I., Shannon Rankin, Kathleen M. Stafford, Manuel Castellote, and Julien Delarue Marine Mammal Science 36(1):224-245

A mitigation hierarchy approach for managing sea turtle captures in small-scale fisheries Arlidge, William N.S., Dale Squires, Joanna Alfaro-Shigueto, Hollie Booth, Jeffrey C. Mangel, and E.J. Milner-Gulland Frontiers in Marine Science 7:49 (26 p.)

Pregnancy rate and biomarker validations from the blubber of eastern North Pacific blue whales Atkinson, Shannon, Diane Gendron, Trevor A. Branch, Kendall L. Mashburn, Valentina Melica, Luis E. Enriquez-Paredes, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. Marine Mammal Science 36(1):6-28

Regional comparison of leatherback sea turtle maturation attributes and reproductive longevity Avens, Larisa, Lisa R. Goshe, George R. Zug, George H. Balazs, Scott R. Benson, and Heather Harris Marine Biology 167:4 (12 p.)

Morphological variation in leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) hatchlings at Sandy Point National Wildlife Refuge, US Virgin Islands Banerjee, Shreya M., Amy Frey, Carolyn M. Kurle, Justin R. Perrault, and Kelly R. Stewart Endangered Species Research 41:361-372

Single nucleotide polymorphism markers for genotyping hawksbill turtles (Eretmochelys imbricata) Banerjee, Shreya M., Lisa M. Komoroske, Amy Frey, Brittany Hancock-Hanser, Phillip A. Morin, Frederick I. Archer, Suzanne Roden, Alexander Gaos, Michael J. Liles, and Peter H. Dutton Conservation Genetics Resources 12(3):353-356

Variation in dive behavior of Cuvier's beaked whales with seafloor depth, time-of-day, and lunar illumination Barlow, Jay, Gregory S. Schorr, Erin A. Falcone, and David Moretti Marine Ecology Progress Series 644:199-214

Persistent organic pollutants in green sea turtles (Chelonia mydas) inhabiting two urbanized Southern California habitats Barraza, Arthur D., Lisa M. Komoroske, Camryn D. Allen, Tomoharu Eguchi, Rich Gossett, Erika Holland, Daniel D. Lawson, Robin A. LeRoux, Varenka Lorenzi, Jeffrey A. Seminoff, and Christopher G. Lowe Marine Pollution Bulletin 153:110979 (11 p.)

Geographic variation in responses of kelp forest communities of the California Current to recent climatic changes Beas-Luna, Rodrigo, Fiorenza Micheli, C. Brock Woodson, Mark Carr, Dan Malone, Jorge Torre, Charles Boch, Jennifer E. Caselle, Matt Edwards, Jan Freiwald, Scott L. Hamilton, Arturo Hernandez, Brenda Konar, Kristy J. Kroeker, Julio Lorda, Gabriela Montano-Moctezuma, and Guillermo Torres-Moye Global Change Biology 26(11):6457-6473

Performance evaluation of cetacean species distribution models developed using generalized additive models and boosted regression trees Becker, Elizabeth A., James V. Carretta, Karin A. Forney, Jay Barlow, Stephanie Brodie, Ryan Hoopes, Michael G. Jacox, Sara M. Maxwell, Jessica V. Redfern, Nicholas B. Sisson, Heather Welch, and Elliott L. Hazen Ecology and Evolution 10(12):5759-5784

Habitat-based density estimates for cetaceans in the California Current Ecosystem based on 1991-2018 survey data Becker, Elizabeth A., Karin A. Forney, David L. Miller, Paul C. Fiedler, Jay Barlow, and Jeff E. Moore U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-638. 69 p.

Twenty-eight years of decline: Nesting population demographics and trajectory of the north-east Queensland endangered hawksbill turtle (Eretmochelys imbricata) Bell, I.P., J.J. Meager, T. Eguchi, K.A. Dobbs, J.D. Miller, and C.A. Madden Hof Biological Conservation 241:108376 (10 p.)

Addressing marine and coastal governance conflicts at the interface of multiple sectors and jurisdictions Bellanger, Manuel, Cameron Speir, Fabian Blanchard, Kate Brooks, James R.A. Butler, Scott Crosson, Robert Fonner, Sophie Gourguet, Daniel S. Holland, Sakari Kuikka, Bertrand Le Gallic, Rebecca Lent, Gary D. Libecap, Douglas W. Lipton, Prateep Kumar Nayak, David Reid, Pierre Scemama, Robert Stephenson, Olivier Thebaud, and Juliette C. Young Frontiers in Marine Science 7:544440 (21 p.)

Mitochondrial genomics reveals the evolutionary history of the porpoises (Phocoenidae) across the speciation continuum Ben Chehida, Yacine, Julie Thumloup, Cassie Schumacher, Timothy Harkins, Alex Aguilar, Asuncion Borrell, Marisa Ferreira, Lorenzo Rojas-Bracho, Kelly M. Robertson, Barbara L. Taylor, Gisli A. Vikingsson, Arthur Weyna, Jonathan Romiguier, Phillip A. Morin, and Michael C. Fontaine Scientific Reports 10:15190 (18 p.)

A long-term decline in the abundance of endangered leatherback turtles, Dermochelys coriacea, at a foraging ground in the California Current Ecosystem Benson, Scott R., Karin A. Forney, Jeffrey E. Moore, Erin L. LaCasella, James T. Harvey, and James V. Carretta Global Ecology 24:e01371 (13 p.)

Genetic identification of blue rockfish (Sebastes mystinus) and deacon rockfish (S. diaconus) to enable life history analyses for stock assessment Bizzarro, Joseph J., Elizabeth A. Gilbert-Horvath, E.J. Dick, Aaron M. Berger, Katherine T. Schmidt, Don Pearson, Christine Petersen, Lisa A. Kautzi, Rebecca R. Miller, John C. Field, and John Carlos Garza Fishery Bulletin 118(1):37-50

Combining high temporal resolution whale distribution and vessel tracking data improves estimates of ship strike risk Blondin, Hannah, Briana Abrahms, Larry B. Crowder, and Elliott L. Hazen Biological Conservation 250:108757 (8 p.)

Reduced form evidence on belief updating under asymmetric information: consumer's response to wine expert opinions Bonnet, Celine, James Hilger, and Sofia B. Villas-Boas European Review of Agricultural Economics 47(5):1668-1696

The mitigation hierarchy for sharks: A risk-based framework for reconciling trade-offs between shark conservation and fisheries objectives Booth, Hollie, Dale Squires, and Eleanor Jane Milner-Gulland Fish and Fisheries 21(2):269-289

Striped bass on the coast of California: a review Boughton, David A. California Fish and Wildlife 106(3):226-257

Carmel River steelhead fisheries report 2020 Boughton, David, Dereka Chargualaf, Karlee Liddy, Tim Kahles, and Haley Ohms U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center, Santa Cruz, California. 47 p.

Abundance estimates of false killer whales in Hawaiian waters and the broader central Pacific Bradford, Amanda L., Elizabeth A. Becker, Erin M. Oleson, Karin A. Forney, Jeff E. Moore, and Jay Barlow U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-PIFSC-104. 70 p.

Sampling plants and malacofauna in 87Sr/86Sr bioavailability studies: Implications for isoscape mapping and reconstructing of past mobility patterns Britton, Kate, Mael Le Corre, Malte Willmes, Ian Moffat, Rainer Grun, Marcello A. Mannino, Stephen Woodward, and Klervia Jaouen Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution 8:579473 (16 p.)

Trade-offs in covariate selection for species distribution models: a methodological comparison Brodie, Stephanie, James T. Thorson, Gemma Carroll, Elliott L. Hazen, Steven Bograd, Melissa A. Haltuch, Kirstin K. Holsman, Stan Kotwicki, Jameal F. Samhouri, Ellen Willis-Norton, and Rebecca L. Selden Ecography 43(1):11-24

John Leonard Bannister 1937-2018 [obituary] Brownell, Robert L. Jr., Doug S. Butterworth, Catherine M. Kemper, Martin Cawthorn, Michael Double, Greg P. Donovan, Ray Gambell, and Hidehiro Kato Marine Mammal Science 36(3):1074-1077

Poleward proliferation of an inshore squid [abstract] Burford, B., L. Wild, R. Schwarz, M. Kosma, E. Chenoweth, A. Sreenivasan, W. Gilly, R. Heintz, J. Field, H.J. Hoving, J. Straley, and M. Denny Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(supp.1):E26

Updated abundance estimates for blue and humpback whales along the U.S. West Coast using data through 2018 Calambokidis, John, and Jay Barlow U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-634. 16 p.

South Georgia blue whales five decades after the end of whaling Calderan, Susannah V. Calderan, Andy Black, Trevor A. Branch, Martin A. Collins, Natalie Kelly, Russell Leaper, Sarah Lurcock, Brian S. Miller, Michael Moore, Paula A. Olson, Ana Sirovic, Andrew G. Wood, and Jennifer A. Jackson Endangered Species Research 43:359-373

Distribution of the acoustic occurrence of dolphins during the summers 2011 to 2015 in the Upper Gulf of California, Mexico Cardenas Hinojosa, Gustavo, Horacio de la Cueva, Tim Gerrodette, and Armando M. Jaramillo-Legorreta PeerJ 8:e9121 (25 p.)

Estimates of marine mammal, sea turtle, and seabird bycatch in the California large-mesh drift gillnet fishery: 1990-2018 Carretta, James V. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-632. 80 p.

Sources of human-related injury and mortality for U.S. Pacific west coast marine mammal stock assessments, 2014-2018 Carretta, James V., Blair Delean, Van Helker, Marcia M. Muto, Justin Greenman, Kristin Wilkinson, Dan Lawson, Justin Viezbicke, and Jason Jannot U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-631. 147 p.

U.S. Pacific marine mammal stock assessments: 2019 Carretta, James V., Karin A. Forney, Erin M. Oleson, David W. Weller, Aimee R. Lang, Jason Baker, Marcia M. Muto, Brad Hanson, Anthony J. Orr, Harriet Huber, Mark S. Lowry, Jay Barlow, Jeffrey E. Moore, Deanna Lynch, Lilian Carswell, and Robert L. Brownell Jr. U.S. Department of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-SWFSC-629. 380 p.

Population comparison of right whale body condition reveals poor state of the North Atlantic right whale Christiansen, Fredrik, Stephen M. Dawson, John W. Durban, Holly Fearnbach, Carolyn A. Miller, Lars Bejder, Marcela Uhart, Mariano Sironi, Peter Corkeron, William Rayment, Eva Leunissen, Eashani Haria, Rhianne Ward, Hunter A. Warick, Iain Kerr, Morgan S. Lynn, Heather M. Pettis, and Michael J. Moore Marine Ecology Progress Series 640:1-16

Essential krill species habitat resolved by seasonal upwelling and ocean circulation models within the large marine ecosystem of the California Current System Cimino, Megan A., Jarrod A. Santora, Isaac Schroeder, William Sydeman, Michael G. Jacox, Elliott L. Hazen, and Steven J. Bograd Ecography 43(10):1536-1549

EXPRESS EXpanding Pacific Research and Exploration of Submerged Systems Clarke, Elizabeth, Tom Laidig, Jeremy Potter, and Craig W. Russell In: Nicole A. Raineault and Joanne Flanders (guest eds.), New frontiers in ocean exploration: The E/V Nautilus, NOAA ship Okeanos Explorer, and R/V Falkor 2019 field season. Oceanography 33(1, supp.):83.

Linking Antarctic krill larval supply and recruitment along the Antarctic Peninsula Conroy, John A., Christian S. Reiss, Miram R. Gleiber, and Deborah K. Steinberg Integrative and Comparative Biology 60(6):1386-1400

Using life-cycle models to identify monitoring gaps for Central Valley spring-run Chinook salmon Cordoleani, Flora, William H. Satterthwaite, Miles E. Daniels, and Matthew R. Johnson San Francisco Estuary and Watershed Science 18(4):art3 (30 p.)

Beyond static spatial management: Scientific and legal consideration for dynamic management in the high seas Crespo, Guillermo Ortuno, Joanna Mossop, Daniel Dunn, Kristina Gjerde, Elliott Hazen, Gabriel Reygondeau, Robin Warner, Derek Tittensor, and Patrick Halpin Marine Policy 122:104102 (10 p.)

ObsCovgTools: Assessing observer coverage needed to document and estimate rare event bycatch Curtis, K. Alexandra, and James V. Carretta Fisheries Research 225:105493 (8 p.)

Planning for success: Leveraging two ecosystem models to support development of an Antarctic marine protected area Dahood, Adrian, Emily S. Klein, and George M. Watters Marine Policy 121:104109 (8 p.)

Evaluating Antarctic marine protected area scenarios using a dynamic food web model Dahood, Adrian, Kim de Mutsert, and George M. Watters Biological Conservation 251:108766

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