Project Information

Title: HRM Program: Aerial surveys & age, sex, size processing 16160111-T

Project Year and Number: 2016: 16160111-T

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2024: 24160111-F , 2023: 23160111-F , 2022: 22160111-F , 2021: 21160111-F, 2020: 20160111-F, 2019: 19160111-F, 2018: 18160111-F, 2017: 17160111-F, 2016: 16120111-F, 2015: 15120111-F, 2014: 14120111-F, 2013: 13120111-F, 2012: 12120111-F

Principal Investigator (PI): Steve Moffitt

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: None

Project Website: https://pwssc.org/spawn-surveys-2/

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring

Abstract:

This project will conduct spring aerial surveys to document Pacific herring Clupea pallasii spawn distribution and biomass as well as the distribution and abundance data on sea lions, other marine mammals, and birds associated with herring schools or spawn. Additionally, this project will process age, sex, and size samples of Pacific herring collected by acoustics surveys, spawning surveys, PWS Herring Program disease sampling and genetics collections. Aerial survey and age, sex, and size data have collected since the early 1970s and are an essential part of the age structured model used by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to estimate the historical and future biomass for fisheries management. This project will also provide support to other Prince William Sound herring program and Gulf Watch Alaska projects by sharing information about herring or marine mammal locations or processing samples collected by the other projects.


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Reports:
Final Report: Not available. For current status, please contact us.

Publications from this Project: None Available