Project Information

Title: LTM Program - Monitoring long-term changes in forage fish distribution, abundance, and body condition in Prince William Sound. 12120114-O

Project Year and Number: 2012: 12120114-O

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2023: 23120114-C, 2022: 22120114-C, 2021: 21120114-C, 2020: 20120114-C, 2019: 19120114-C, 2018: 18120114-C, 2017: 17120114-C, 2016: 16120114-O, 2015: 15120114-O, 2014: 14120114-O, 2013: 13120114-O

Principal Investigator (PI): John Piatt

Managing Agency: USGS

Assisting Personnel: Mayumi Arimitsu

Project Website: https://gulfwatchalaska.org/monitoring/pelagic-ecosystem/forage-fish-2/

Research Location: Prince William Sound

Restoration Category: Monitoring

Injured Resources Addressed: Pacific Herring

Abstract:

In response to a lack of recovery of wildlife populations following the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS), and evidence of natural background changes in forage fish abundance, there was a significant effort to document forage fish distribution, abundance, and variability in Prince William Sound (PWS) in the 1990’s. We propose to adopt some of these earlier sampling schemes and protocols to continue monitoring forage fish in Prince William Sound with fishing and acoustic surveys of forage fish, and to measure indices of forage fish condition and foraging success.


Proposal: View (98 KB)

Reports:
Annual Report FY12: View (2,211 KB)
Final Report: See Project 16120114-O

Publications from this Project: None Available