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Unallied Management Projects
Published on AidPage by IDILOGIC on Jun 24, 2005
Program accomplishments...
Alaska Region: Development of programs seeking to stabilize and restore fisheries access to the Gulf of Alaska community-based small boat fleets and assist in the creation of new fisheries opportunities. Provide research assistance to aid in run forecasting and restoration of Yukon River salmon. These activities are carried out by 5 grants to Alaska recipients. Northeast Region: Conduct a study aimed at evaluating the performance of a 4.0" ring scallop dredge in comparison to the presently regulated 3.5" ring dredge in an effort to determine its applicability as part of an area management strategy for Atlantic sea scallops. To produce a series of maps of the sea floor in Georges Bank Closed Area II containing high aggregations of scallops. Work will entail conduct of a systematic video survey to document Atlantic sea scallop abundance, distribution, densities, biomass estimates, information on the associated benthos community, and sediment composition. Northeast Center: Northeast Center: Pop-up Archival Satellite Tags applied to giant bluefin tuna are being used to gather data to help define migration patterns, and the environmental conditions encountered and preferred by this species in the North Atlantic. Tag returns are producing data showing that bluefin tuna tagged in the U.S. fishery area travel. Southeast Region: Protected species management in South Carolina. Better defined parameters for the red snapper stock assessment. Development of a program to better document fishing effort in the southeastern shrimp fishery. Development of the Cooperative Research Program to increase and improve the working relationship between researchers from NMFS, state fishery agencies, universities and fishermen.
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