Staff of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center conduct a wide variety of studies to help conserve marine ecosystems and habitats, sustain marine fisheries, and recover protected species in the Pacific Ocean. This bulletin highlights our recent research activities and accomplishments. Readers are invited to request further information on any topic.

Featured Articles

• Study Documents Traditional Practices of Fishing and Resource Management in American Samoa
• Productivity-Susceptibility Analysis Completed for Hawaii Longline Fishery
• New Indices of Abundance Computed for Assessment of South Pacific Albacore
• Analysis of Hawaii Longline Catch Data Shows Changes at Top of the Subtropical Gyre Ecosystem
• Sensitivity Analysis Completed for New Stock Assessment of Bigeye Tuna in Western and Central Pacific
• Movements of South Pacific Loggerhead Turtles Tracked by Satellite
• Integrated Mapping Expedition Improves Understanding of Seafloor Habitat in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
• Aerial Surveys conducted in Main Hawaiian Islands Identify Accumulations of Marine Debris and Monitor Protected Species
• Survey Describes Economics of Hawaii's Small-boat Fisheries

Short Subjects

• Improvements Made to Reporting of Fishery Statistics and Documentation of Data Collection Programs in the Pacific Islands Region
• Outreach Project Encourages Use of Barbless Circle Hooks
• New Biological Studies Planned to Improve Stock Assessments of Billfish
• Scientists Get Hand-onTraining in Use of Autonomous Underwater Vehicle For Benthic Habitat Mapping
• Calculations Show Majority of Striped Marlin Stock in Central and Western Pacific Occurs North of 20° N Latitude
• More Strides Made in Removal of Marine Debris in Northwestern Hawaiian Islands
• Coral Reef Ecosystem Monitoring Report for American Samoa Issued
• PIFSC Cruise Studies Mesophotic Corals in the Au'au Channel
• Kathleen Gobush to Lead Hawaiian Monk Seal Mortality Mitigation Group
• Biology of Cetaceans Studied in Concert with RIMPAC Sonar Exercises
• Survey Records Record Number of Nesting Green Turtles at East Island, French Frigate Shoals
• Study Evaluates Impact of Shallow-set Hawaii Longline Fishery on Loggerhead Turtles

Publications

• Articles in Peer-Reviewed Journals
• Dissertations
• Reports
• Conference Abstracts Submitted
• Manuscripts Approved by Science Director for Submission to Journals