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1999 Report of Assessment and Research Activities

The IPHC Report of Assessment and Research Activities is a compilation of progress reports relating to staff activities. Some of the information contained here has changed since printing as new data is gathered and analyzed. For the most up-to-date information, please contact the author by visiting the staff directory for e-mail addresses or by phoning the Seattle office at (206) 634-1838.

Section 1 - Contents
Staff Recommendations for 1999/2000 Research and Assessment (pp. 1-26, pdf 413K)
Section 2 - The Fishery
Removals (pp. 27-68, pdf 688K)
1999 Commercial fishery and regulation changes
1999 Sport fishery
Wastage in the 1999 Pacific halibut fishery
Estimates of personal use for 1999
Retention of sublegal halibut in the Area 4E CDQ fishery
Preliminary estimates of Pacific halibut imported to North America from the western Pacific Ocean
Sampling and Analysis (pp. 69-106, pdf 520K)
Commercial catch sampling
Age composition of the commercial halibut catch for 1999
Impacts of an extension to the IPHC commercial fishing season
Part I. Biological issues
Part II. Report from the interagency work group meeting on the implications of extending the halibut season
New estimates of the sport catch of Pacific halibut in Canada based on the DFO survey of recreational fishing in Canada
Seabird observations and bycatch reported by fishermen to IPHC samplers in Alaskan and Canadian ports in 1999
Population Assessment (pp. 139-158, pdf 743K)
Assessment of the Pacific halibut stock in 1999 (pp. 107-138, pdf 393K)
Estimates of reductions in halibut recruitment due to bycatch
Alternative methods of smoothing mean weight at age
Bayesian approaches to the analysis of uncertainty in the stock assessment of Pacific halibut
Section 3 - Bycatch
Catch and Mortality (pp. 159-190, pdf 436K)
Incidental catch and mortality of Pacific halibut, 1962-1999
Results of the 1998 and 1999 Bering Sea trawl fishery's Prohibited Species Donation (PSD) program
The 1999 groundfish fishery off Alaska:  Groundfish catches, halibut bycatches, and other information
Changes to halibut bycatch management in 1999
Research and Analysis (pp. 191-246, pdf 667K)
Pacific halibut Discard Mortality Rates (DMRs) in the 1990-1998 Alaskan groundfish fisheries, with recommendations for monitoring in 2000
Development of a dichotomous key for determining viability of Pacific halibut
Tests of flexible halibut excluders for trawl groundfish fisheries
Section 4 - Biological Research
General (pp. 247-296, pdf 1.1M)
Halibut, climate and fisheries oceanography
1999 Chalky fish study
Stable isotope analysis of Pacific halibut otoliths
Comparison of break-and-burn and break-and-bake aging techniques on halibut otoliths
Halibut otolith exchanges between the IPHC and Alaska Department of Fish and Game, 1991-1998
Survey Results (pp. 337-362, pdf 1.5M)
1999 Standardized stock assessment survey (pp. 297-336, pdf 1.3M)
Cruise report for the 1999 NMFS Bering Sea trawl survey
Cruise report for the 1999 NMFS Gulf trawl survey
Catalog of IPHC setline survey data, 1963-1999
Prior Hook Injuries (PHI):  Results from the 1999 Surveys
Experimental Fishing Projects and Tagging (pp. 363-384, pdf 5.1M)
1998-99 Experimental fishing - a winter/spring comparison of bait size and type
Grid survey design experiment
Tagging studies
Sport tagging program

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