Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Document

September 2006

Links to Information Sources Cited in the
September 2006 HMS SAFE

Other Management Unit Species:  Research on the above as well as several of the other MUS is ongoing at a number of U.S. West Coast institutions conducting research on HMS management unit species (cited in Chapter 6):

Inter-American Tropical Tuna Commission - http://www.iattc.org
Monterey Bay Aquarium Tuna Research and Conservation Center - http://www.tunaresearch.org
NOAA Southwest Fisheries Science Center - http://swfsc.noaa.gov
NOAA Southwest Regional Office - http://swr.nmfs.noaa.gov
Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center - http://www.pifsc.noaa.gov
Pfleger Institute of Environmental Research - http://www.pier.org
Scripps Institute of Oceanography - http://www-sio.ucsd.edu
Tagging of Pacific Pelagics - http://www.toppcensus.org

References (Chapter 7):

Hampton, J., Kleiber, P., Langley, A., Takeuchi, Y. and Ichinokawa, M. 2005. Stock assessment of bigeye tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. 1st Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Aug 8-19, Noumea, New Caledonia, WCPFC–SC1 SA WP–2, 77 pp.

Hampton, J., Kleiber, P., Langley, A., Takeuchi, Y. and Ichinokawa, M. 2005. Stock assessment of yellowfin tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. 1st Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Aug 8-19, Noumea, New Caledonia, WCPFC–SC1 SA WP–1, 79 pp.

Hinton, M.G. and Maunder, M.N. 2003. Status of striped marlin in the eastern Pacific ocean in 2002 and outlook for 2003-2004. Draft presented at 4^th  Meeting of the Scientific Working Group, May 19-21, La Jolla, CA, IATTC SAR-4-04 MLS, 24 pp.

Hinton, M.G., Bayliff, W.H. and Suter, J.M. 2004 Assessment of swordfish in the eastern Pacific Ocean, IATTC SAR-5-05 SWO, 25 pp.

Hoyle, S.D and Maunder, M.N. 2005. Status of yellowfin tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2004 and outlook for 2005. IATTC SAR-6 YFT, 100 pp.

ISC 2004a. Report of the 3^rd ISC Pacific bluefin tuna working group. Interim Sci. Comm. for Tuna and Tuna-like species in the North Pacific Ocean, ISC/04/Plenary/6.

ISC 2004b. Report of the swordfish working group. Interim Sci. Comm. for Tuna and Tuna-like species in the North Pacific Ocean, ISC/04/Plenary/7.

ISC 2006. Report of the sixth meeting of the International Scientific Committee for Tuna and Tuna-like Species in the North Pacific Ocean, March 23-27, 2006, La Jolla, CA, 46 pp.

Kleiber, P., Takeuchi, Y. and Nakano, H. 2001. Calculation of plausible maximum sustainable yield (MSY) for blue shark (Prionace glauca) in the north Pacific, SWFSC Admin. Rep. H-01-02 and Dept. of Commerce.

Lehodey, P. 2004. A Spatial Ecosystem and Populations Dynamics Model (SEAPODYM) for tuna and associated oceanic top-predator species: Part II - Tuna dynamics and fisheries. 17^th Meeting of the Standing Committee on Tuna and Billfish, Aug 9-18, 2004, Majuro, Republic of the Marshall Islands. Working Paper ECO−2.

Langley, A., Hampton, J. and Ogura, M. 2005. Stock assessment of skipjack tuna in the western and central Pacific Ocean. 1st Meeting of the Scientific Committee of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission, Aug 8-19, Noumea, New Caledonia, WCPFC–SC1 SA WP–4, 69 pp.

Maunder, M.N and Harley, S.J. 2004. Status of skipjack tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2003 and outlook for 2004, 5^th Meeting of the Scientific Working Group, May 11-13, La Jolla, CA, IATTC SAR-5-05 SKJ, 48 pp.

Maunder, M.N. and Hoyle, S.D. 2005. Status of bigeye tuna in the eastern Pacific Ocean in 2004 and outlook for 2005. IATTC SAR-6 BET, 104 pp.

Restrepo, V.R., Thompson, G.G., Mace, P.M. et al. 1998. Technical Guidance on the use of precautionary approaches to implementing National Standard 1 of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. NOAA Tech. Mem. NMFS-F/SPO-31. U.S. Dept. Commerce, NOAA, NMFS, Washington D.C., 18 pp.

Stocker, M. 2006. The 2005 Canadian North Pacific albacore troll fishery. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. 10 pp.

Stocker, M. (Ed.) 2005. Report of the nineteenth north Pacific albacore workshop. Nineteenth North Pacific Albacore Workshop, Nanaimo, B.C., Canada, Nov 25-Dec 2, 2004. Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Pacific Biological Station, Nanaimo, B.C. 127 pp.