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Appendix B: NPRB 2002-2003 Research Priorities
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From page 98... ... APPENDIX B NPRB 2002-2003 Research Priorities 2002 Marine ecosystem form and function: Factors affecting marine productivity, including nutrient transport and availability, water column stability and the role of sea ice; influence of climate variability on physical, chemical, and biological processes; unusual occurrences of specific organisms such as the coccolithophorid blooms; development of ecosystems models that will aid resource managers Endangered and stressed species: Factors affecting survival of stressed and endangered species, particularly marine mammals and seabirds; responses to ocean climate trends and prey availability Fish habitat: Mapping of bottom habitats to document presence of corals or other sensitive substrates; studies of factors affecting habitat including physical forcing, variations in energy flux, and overwintering conditions; impacts of fisheries and other human influence on benthic habitat and its capacity to support communities of organisms Fishing capacity reduction: Studies of ways to reduce fishing capacity, including rights-based systems Bycatch: Studies that assess impacts of, or lead to reductions in, bycatch of juvenile fish or non-target species (including salmon) , including gear designs to improve selectivity 98 Read the entire page →
From page 99... ... APPENDIX B 99 Salmon stock dynamics: Studies of factors affecting salmon stock dynamics, mortality, and migration throughout their range and life cycle, particularly for Western Alaska salmon stocks Stock assessment and ecology: Studies to improve stock assessment techniques and understanding of larval fish ecology Contaminants: Studies of sources, transport, and accumulation of contaminants in subsistence, recreational, and commercial species and other ecosystem components; effects on ecosystem structure and function; and effects of climate change on contaminants 2003 Marine ecosystem structure and processes: � Factors affecting marine productivity, including nutrient transport and availability, water column stability, and role of sea ice � Influence of climate variability on physical, chemical, and biological processes; unusual occurrences of specific organisms such as coccolithophorid blooms � Development of ecosystems models that will aid resource managers � Origins and impacts of invasive species � Long-term monitoring of biophysical parameters and phytoplankton and zooplankton Endangered and stressed species: � Factors, including fisheries, that affect survival of stressed and endangered species, particularly marine mammals, seabirds, and sea ducks � Responses to ocean climate trends and prey availability Fish habitat: � Habitat mapping and substrate classification, including documentation of the presence of corals or other sensitive substrates, studies of factors affecting habitat including physical forcing, variations in energy flux, and overwintering conditions � Impacts of fisheries and other human influence on habitat and its capacity to support communities of organisms, including adaptive management research � Fishery management tools to facilitate fish habitat protection Fishery management and economics: Economic implications of fishery management approaches, including rights-based systems and fishing capacity reductions Read the entire page →
From page 100... ... 100 APPENDIX B Bycatch: � Studies that assess the impacts of or lead to reductions in bycatch, especially in groundfish fisheries, including gear designs to improve selectivity � Stock composition research on bycatch species, including salmon, in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bearing Sea and Aleutian Island groundfish fisheries � Improved methods of estimating bycatch mortality Stock assessment and recruitment processes: � Studies to develop or improve fish stock assessment techniques, including estimates of all sources of fishing mortality and quantifying estimates of natural mortality � Research on interdependence of fisheries or stocks of fish � Studies of factors affecting salmon stock dynamics, mortality, and migration throughout their range and life cycle, particularly for Western Alaska salmon stocks � Improved genetic identification of salmon stocks Contaminants: � Studies of sources, transport, and accumulation of contaminants in subsistence, recreational, and commercial species, and other ecosystem components � Effects on ecosystem structure and function � Effects of climate change on contaminants � Studies of pollution from oil spills, increased runoff as a result of logging and other coastal development, and development of predictive models Read the entire page →

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... APPENDIX B NPRB 2002-2003 Research Priorities 2002 Marine ecosystem form and function: Factors affecting marine productivity, including nutrient transport and availability, water column stability and the role of sea ice; influence of climate variability on physical, chemical, and biological processes; unusual occurrences of specific organisms such as the coccolithophorid blooms; development of ecosystems models that will aid resource managers Endangered and stressed species: Factors affecting survival of stressed and endangered species, particularly marine mammals and seabirds; responses to ocean climate trends and prey availability Fish habitat: Mapping of bottom habitats to document presence of corals or other sensitive substrates; studies of factors affecting habitat including physical forcing, variations in energy flux, and overwintering conditions; impacts of fisheries and other human influence on benthic habitat and its capacity to support communities of organisms Fishing capacity reduction: Studies of ways to reduce fishing capacity, including rights-based systems Bycatch: Studies that assess impacts of, or lead to reductions in, bycatch of juvenile fish or non-target species (including salmon) , including gear designs to improve selectivity 98

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... APPENDIX B 99 Salmon stock dynamics: Studies of factors affecting salmon stock dynamics, mortality, and migration throughout their range and life cycle, particularly for Western Alaska salmon stocks Stock assessment and ecology: Studies to improve stock assessment techniques and understanding of larval fish ecology Contaminants: Studies of sources, transport, and accumulation of contaminants in subsistence, recreational, and commercial species and other ecosystem components; effects on ecosystem structure and function; and effects of climate change on contaminants 2003 Marine ecosystem structure and processes: � Factors affecting marine productivity, including nutrient transport and availability, water column stability, and role of sea ice � Influence of climate variability on physical, chemical, and biological processes; unusual occurrences of specific organisms such as coccolithophorid blooms � Development of ecosystems models that will aid resource managers � Origins and impacts of invasive species � Long-term monitoring of biophysical parameters and phytoplankton and zooplankton Endangered and stressed species: � Factors, including fisheries, that affect survival of stressed and endangered species, particularly marine mammals, seabirds, and sea ducks � Responses to ocean climate trends and prey availability Fish habitat: � Habitat mapping and substrate classification, including documentation of the presence of corals or other sensitive substrates, studies of factors affecting habitat including physical forcing, variations in energy flux, and overwintering conditions � Impacts of fisheries and other human influence on habitat and its capacity to support communities of organisms, including adaptive management research � Fishery management tools to facilitate fish habitat protection Fishery management and economics: Economic implications of fishery management approaches, including rights-based systems and fishing capacity reductions

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... 100 APPENDIX B Bycatch: � Studies that assess the impacts of or lead to reductions in bycatch, especially in groundfish fisheries, including gear designs to improve selectivity � Stock composition research on bycatch species, including salmon, in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bearing Sea and Aleutian Island groundfish fisheries � Improved methods of estimating bycatch mortality Stock assessment and recruitment processes: � Studies to develop or improve fish stock assessment techniques, including estimates of all sources of fishing mortality and quantifying estimates of natural mortality � Research on interdependence of fisheries or stocks of fish � Studies of factors affecting salmon stock dynamics, mortality, and migration throughout their range and life cycle, particularly for Western Alaska salmon stocks � Improved genetic identification of salmon stocks Contaminants: � Studies of sources, transport, and accumulation of contaminants in subsistence, recreational, and commercial species, and other ecosystem components � Effects on ecosystem structure and function � Effects of climate change on contaminants � Studies of pollution from oil spills, increased runoff as a result of logging and other coastal development, and development of predictive models

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Appendix B: NPRB 2002-2003 Research Priorities Pages 98-100

Appendix B: NPRB 2002-2003 Research Priorities
Pages 98-100