Pacific Fishery Management Council
Pacific Fishery Management Council: Research Priorities
Research Priorities Query and Records List
| ID | Title | Council Priority | SSC Priority | Research Status | Research Focus | Related Council Action | HC Priority | HMSMT Priority | STT Priority | GMT Priority | CPSMT Priority | EWG Priority | CPSAS Priority | EAS Priority | GAP Priority | HMSAS Priority | SAS Priority | |
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| 773 | Annual NWFSC Shelf-Slope trawl survey | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 774 | California Cooperative Oceanic Fisheries Investigations (CalCOFI) egg and larval production surveys | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Habitat, Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 775 | Develop a coastwide fishery-independent nearshore survey | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 776 | Explore additional fishery-independent survey methods in untrawlable areas | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 777 | Evaluation of splitting the Triennial survey into early/late time segments | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 778 | Complete the WA historical catch reconstruction | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 825 | Develop habitat-based models that incorporate environmental variation and anthropogenic disturbances | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 827 | Estimation of age-specific river harvest and escapement for SRFC | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 829 | Evaluate the contribution of hatchery-origin SRFC to ocean harvest, river harvest, and escapement | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 830 | Evaluate alternative forecast models for the Sacramento Index (SI) | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 831 | Evaluate the effects of hatchery release practices on survival, maturation rates, exploitation rates, and straying rates ... | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 832 | Increase collection of basic escapement data for California Coastal Chinook (CCC) | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 833 | Increase collection and reporting of Klamath River Spring Chinook escapement and river harvest data | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 834 | Investigate the existence of trends in KRFC age-specific maturation rates | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 835 | Assessment of total fishing-related mortality for natural stocks of coho and Chinook salmon | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 836 | Double index tagging (DIT) of all exploitation rate indicator stocks and electronic sampling in salmon fisheries | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 837 | Explicit consideration of uncertainty and risk in salmon management | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 838 | Investigate alternative approaches to time-area management | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 839 | Determine the feasibility of incorporating explicit migration mechanisms into planning models | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 840 | Improve estimates of natural stocks contributions in ocean fisheries and escapement | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 841 | Identify and quantify freshwater habitat factors which limit the productivity of salmon stocks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 842 | Develop and refine forecast and harvest models for west coast salmon stocks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 843 | Investigate the precision and accuracy of existing and new abundance forecasts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 844 | Develop a framework for regular evaluation of salmon harvest models performance | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 845 | Develop management strategy evaluations (MSEs) for North Pacific albacore and Pacific bluefin tuna | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 846 | Research to understand the stock structure of North Pacific swordfish | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 847 | Additional resources are needed to monitor the submission of national fishery data | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 848 | Conduct (or update) studies on biological parameters for HMS species | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 849 | Develop approaches for evaluating benefits of EBFM management tools and actions | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 850 | Identify key physical and biological indicators for prediction of salmon early ocean survival and groundfish recruitment ... | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 851 | Understand the potential effects of climate change on fisheries | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 852 | Identify spatially refined indices of ecosystem state | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 853 | Evaluate the effect of fishing on habitat and response of habitat to spatial closures | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Ecosystem | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 854 | Develop ecosystem-based models that incorporate environmental variation and anthropogenic disturbances | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Ecosystem | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 855 | Strategically evaluate ecosystem monitoring programs | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 856 | Conduct comprehensive review of available West Coast stomach content data and analysis | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Other | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | |||||||
| 858 | Investigate how viability and resilience of coastal communities are affected by changes in ecosystem structure and function ... | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Social Sciences, Ecosystem | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 859 | Connect ecosystem indices to assessments and biologically or socially meaningful reference points | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 860 | Monitor, model, and predict changes in distribution of species related to changes in ocean conditions and climate | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 861 | Use data being collected as part of long-term monitoring of existing reserves and MPAs | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 862 | Commercial and recreational cost-earnings surveys in all FMP-managed fisheries | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon, Social Sciences, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 863 | Develop a survey of all groundfish catch share quota owners | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Social Sciences, Groundfish | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 864 | Conduct surveys of fishing communities and participants to collect information on social, demographic, and economic characteristics ... | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 865 | Develop data sources on seafood markets and supply chains relevant to West Coast fisheries | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 866 | Develop data sources for community-level indicators related to recreational fishing | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | |||||||||
| 867 | Periodic recreational angler and charter boat (CPFVs) surveys | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | |||||||||
| 779 | Review historical catch reconstructions and develop uncertainty measures | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 780 | Document the process used to reconstruct the historical catch and discard time series | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 781 | Improve the historical catch and discard time series | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 782 | Transfer copies of state catch reconstructions and contributing databases to PacFIN | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 783 | Monitor catch and discard in commercial fisheries at-sea | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 784 | Improve discard estimates in the recreational groundfish fishery | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 785 | Explore use of a multi-species approach to develop CPUE indices for nearshore species | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Pending | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 786 | Produce accepted practices for developing fishery CPUE indices | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Pending | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 787 | Evaluate the effect of management changes and alternative fishing opportunities to derive recreational CPUE indices | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Pending | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 788 | Conduct size and species-selectivity research for groundfish trawl and non-trawl fisheries | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 789 | Collect data on habitat-related and climate-driven variability in life history traits | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 790 | Explore the importance of temporal or spatial changes in growth, fecundity, and other traits | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 791 | Improve existing meta-analyses for natural mortality and steepness | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 792 | Develop studies to help estimate natural mortality and growth | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 793 | Investigate the structure of transboundary stocks and evaluate implications of connectivity | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 794 | Develop an objective procedure for evaluating the stock boundaries | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 795 | Evaluate the impact of not accounting for any Canadian portion of population | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 796 | Explore models that account for spatial structure of the stock | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 797 | Conduct research on the recruitment redistribution process for area-specific models | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 798 | Investigate alternative aging methods | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 799 | Improve age-reading and age-validation methods | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 800 | Develop tools for incorporating catch uncertainty in data-poor and data-moderate assessments | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 801 | Determine how to best describe uncertainty in data-moderate assessments | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 802 | Evaluate methods to capture information on environmental and ecosystem variability in stock assessments | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 803 | Explore possible influence of the "warm blob" | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 804 | Evaluate benefits of adopting complex versus simpler assumptions and models | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 805 | Research to locate older female rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 806 | Develop accepted practices for using domed versus asymptotic selectivity curves | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 807 | Simulation-estimation tests of alternative stock-recruitment relationships in stock assessment models | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 808 | Management strategy evaluations of alternative harvest policies | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 809 | Management strategy evaluations of alternative stock-recruitment relationships and their effect on biological reference points ... | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 810 | Develop a method for estimating the variance of the biomass inshore from the CDFG/CWPA aerial survey | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 812 | Study the vertical distribution of CPS from the ATM survey | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 813 | Collect target strength data from the ATM survey | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 814 | Use net monitoring devices for the ATM survey | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 815 | Analyze the effect of the adaptive sampling on the bias of estimates of biomass for the ATM survey | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 816 | Test efficiency (and suitability) of the existing trawl for the ATM survey | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 817 | Verify sizes and species encountered by the acoustic gear (daytime) and encountered using trawls (night) are the same for ... | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 818 | Quantify potential fish avoidance under a range of survey conditions for the ATM survey | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 819 | Validate the assumption that all CPS finfish are spread out at the surface | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 820 | Develop standard data processing procedures for CPS | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 821 | Use the Tri-national Sardine Forum and MEXUS-Pacifico Cooperation Program to enhance knowledge of CPS | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 822 | Explore and expand independent nearshore survey methods and efforts for CPS stocks | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 823 | Collect and analyze data to estimate the abundance of northern anchovy, jack mackerel and Pacific mackerel | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 824 | Increase use of Genetic Stock Identification (GSI), Parentage Based Tagging (PBT) and other techniques | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 953 | Accurately account for removals for estuary-boat and shore fishing modes for blue/deacon rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 954 | Develop formal ageing criteria for BDR | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 955 | Research the risks associated with management of stocks in a complex | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 956 | Mandatory port sampling in California | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 958 | Improve characterization of nearshore habitat for fishery CPUE index development | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 959 | Develop objective criteria for setting the threshold when applying the Stephens-MacCall method for CPUE index | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 960 | Evaluate modeling discard as a separate fleet versus using retention functions | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 961 | Improve reliability of the Markov chain Monte Carlo (MCMC) method implemented in Stock Synthesis | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 962 | Provide guidance on different methods for constructing decision tables | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 963 | Genetic work to separate the geographical distribution of blue/deacon rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 964 | Evaluate the effect of MPAs creation on nearshore recreational fishery CPUE in California | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 965 | Develop routine procedures to sample the California nearshore fishery for ageing structures or biological data | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 966 | Consider a formal process of soliciting local and traditional knowledge regarding blue/deacon rockfish behavior | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 967 | Stock structure research for Bocaccio | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 968 | Survey in the Cowcod Conservation Area (CCA) | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 969 | Maturity and fecundity research for Bocaccio | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 970 | Gather information on diet and movement associated with habitat and prey abundance for Bocaccio | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 971 | Develop a tagging study to estimate natural mortality for California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 972 | Conduct a meta-analysis on steepness for California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 973 | Inquire about data on California scorpionfish with researchers in Mexico | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 974 | Collect sex information for California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 975 | Study the aggregative behavior in both spawning and non-spawning seasons of California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 976 | Conduct a reproductive biology study of California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 977 | Conduct a discard mortality study for California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 978 | Further explore the relationship between environmental conditions and recruitment for California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 979 | Collect biological information from the "special" trawl surveys for California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 980 | Conduct an age validation study for California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 981 | Identify species-specific eggs in CalCOFI for California scorpionfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 982 | Conduct population genetics research for darkblotched rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 983 | Conduct research on darkblotched rockfish movement | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 985 | Collection and analysis of maturity and fecundity data on darkblotched rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 868 | Improve location data of catch and effort for commercial and recreational fisheries | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Coastal Pelagic Species, Ecosystem, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 870 | Conduct recreational valuation and impact models and studies | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Salmon, Social Sciences, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 871 | Develop models of fleet dynamics for commercial harvesters and recreational charter boats | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 872 | Develop models that incorporate bycatch with cost-effectiveness and incentive compatibility | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Bycatch reduction | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 873 | Integrate social science into Management Strategy Evaluations (MSEs) | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 874 | Investigate the effects of the West Coast Groundfish Trawl Catch Share Program | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Social Sciences, Groundfish | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 875 | Analysis of the Swordfish Fishery Management and Monitoring Plan | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Social Sciences, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 876 | Modify Stock Synthesis so the standard errors of the logarithms of age-1+ biomass can be reported | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 877 | Develop a profile over current biomass within Stock Synthesis for CPS stocks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 878 | Reduce aging error and bias for CPS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 879 | Improve ageing of CPS survey and fisheries samples | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 880 | Develop models of fisher participation in commercial and recreational HMS fisheries | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 881 | Evaluate the effects of changes to assessment model structure and assumptions for HMS species | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 882 | Perform cost/benefit analyses to evaluate tradeoffs in conducting and improving HMS stock assessments | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 883 | Port sampling of commercial bluefin length frequencies in the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 884 | Develop an abundance index from spotter plane data from the Eastern Pacific Ocean (EPO) for Pacific bluefin tuna | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 885 | Develop new indices of abundance for North Pacific albacore | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 886 | Develop seasonal and area-based weight-length relationships for Pacific bluefin tuna | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 887 | Evaluate robust stock assessment approaches to estimate age-specific migration rates of Pacific bluefin tuna | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 888 | Investigate the drivers of biomass scaling in the Stock Synthesis (SS3) model for North Pacific albacore | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 889 | Examination of age and growth data from locally-caught swordfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 890 | Evaluate swordfish distribution by season and age | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 891 | Evaluate swordfish stock structure in the Southern California Bight | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 892 | Explore economic viability of deep-set buoy gear to target swordfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 893 | Improve catch estimates for Common thresher shark | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 894 | Evaluate maturity and reproductive schedules for Common thresher sharks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 895 | Estimate distribution, abundance, and size of Shortfin mako sharks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 896 | Estimate age and growth rates for sharks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 897 | Estimate total annual stock-wide catch of sharks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 898 | Examine stock structure and boundaries of sharks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 899 | Evaluate additional environmental factors to determine EFH boundaries of CPS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 900 | Determine further research necessary to describe, identify, and map EFH of CPS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 902 | Collect and analyze Pacific sardine growth data for Mexico, US and offshore areas | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 904 | Develop an MSE to test the survey projection method for Pacific Sardine | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 905 | Examine the timing and magnitude of spawning of Pacific sardine | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 906 | Research stock structure of Pacific sardine | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 907 | Assess changes in Pacific sardine early life history information from CalCOFI | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 908 | Explore assessment models that consider a much longer time-period (e.g., 1931 onwards) for Pacific sardine | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 909 | Expand aerial surveys to cover more CPS habitat | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 910 | Resolve inconsistency between Pacific sardine catches used in the assessment and tracking of catch inseason | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 911 | Re-evaluate details of the landings differentiation methodology for Pacific sardine | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 912 | Use spatial models for Pacific sardine stock assessment | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 913 | Revisit biological parameters used in Pacific mackerel stock assessment | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 914 | Refine the CPFV index of abundance for Pacific mackerel | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 915 | Conduct research on reproductive biology of market squid | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 916 | Better understand impacts to substrate used to attach market squid eggs and the egg masses | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 917 | Improve information on the distribution and depth of spawning grounds for market squid | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 918 | Develop a coastwide (Mexico to Canada) synoptic survey of Pacific sardine and Pacific mackerel biomass | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 919 | Gather information about the status of CPS resources in the north | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 920 | Increase collaboration between industry, state and federal agencies for CPS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Coastal Pelagic Species | General | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 921 | Improve information on salmon and other bycatch from the CPS observer program | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 922 | Explore using the Santa Cruz SWFSC YOY rockfish survey data in CPS stock assessments | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 923 | Develop methods to extract information from the acoustic data for CPS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 924 | Examine the effects of the sample size of CPS collected in trawls | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 925 | Regular systematic sampling of adult Pacific sardine in biological surveys | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 926 | Make use of relevant technical developments for remote sensing of CPS schools | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 927 | Examine whether undercounting bias in aerial surveys could be estimated from CPS school metrics | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 928 | Obtain total catch and biological data from Mexican fisheries for Pacific Mackerel | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 929 | Collect biological data on Pacific mackerel caught in the PNW | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 930 | Review the data on maturity-at-age for Pacific sardine | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 931 | Account for the total number of batches of eggs produced during a season (annual fecundity) when defining fecundity-at-age ... | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 932 | Examine the disparity between the observed recruitment dynamics of Pacific mackerel and the underlying spawner-recruit model ... | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 933 | Document the catch history of Pacific mackerel | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 934 | Examine escapement assumptions made to manage market squid fishery | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 935 | Characterize and map the ocean spatial distribution patterns of abundance for CPS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 936 | Evaluate the role of CPS resources in the ecosystem | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species, Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 937 | Evaluate studies of krill concentrations and CalCOFI larval data | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species, Ecosystem | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 938 | Develop climate-productivity relationships for Pacific sardine and Pacific mackerel | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 939 | Evaluate trade-offs between the yield of CPS and the yield of a predator for EBFM | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species, Ecosystem | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 940 | Determine whether climate change and ocean acidification pose differential risk to invertebrates (squid) compared to fish ... | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Coastal Pelagic Species, Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 941 | Reevaluate and reconstruct historical flatfish removals | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 942 | Explore foreign fleet catches of flatfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 943 | Reevaluate the value of stock-recruitment steepness for Arrowtooth Flounder | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 944 | Conduct research to provide information on survey catchability | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 945 | Evaluation of arrowtooth flounder stock boundaries | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 946 | Explore source of discrepancies between CalCOM and PacFIN compositional data | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 947 | Evaluate maturity and fecundity relationships for arrowtooth flounder | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 948 | Conduct age-reading error study for arrowtooth flounder | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 949 | Evaluate the spatial variability of productivity processes | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 950 | Collection of gender- and species-specific data for blue/deacon rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 951 | Conduct research on the stock structure of Blue and Deacon Rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 952 | Historical catch reconstructions for recreational fleets in Oregon for blue/deacon rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1032 | Develop methods for hindcasting catches that use trawl logbook data | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1033 | Conduct a workshop to address at-sea discards | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1035 | Conduct studies on maturity and fecundity relationships for petrale sole | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1036 | Re-age surface reads using break-and-burn for petrale sole | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1037 | Evaluate the influence of the IFQ program on fleet behavior | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1038 | Studies on stock structure and movement of petrale sole | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1039 | Research to determine spatial variability in productivity processes of petrale sole | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1040 | Update all relative survey indexes using the latest methods for sablefish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1041 | Evaluate potential causes of residual patterns in sablefish stock assessment | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1042 | Standardize state and federal biological sampling programs for sablefish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1043 | Investigate more precise aging methods for sablefish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1044 | Explore the effect of assigning unsexed fishery composition data to males and females | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1045 | Monitor and explore differences in discard rates for sablefish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1046 | Routine sampling of sablefish to refine estimates of biological parameters | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1048 | Evaluate spatial aspects of sablefish and the connectivity with offshore seamounts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1049 | Evaluate methods to capture information regarding environmental and ecosystem variability | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Ecosystem, Groundfish | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1050 | Explore the accuracy of the dressed to whole weight conversions for sablefish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1051 | Improve estimates of natural mortality for widow rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1052 | Conduct maturity and fecundity studies for widow rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1053 | Investigate the ageing error and bias for widow rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1054 | Basin-wide understanding of stock structure, biology, connectivity, and distribution of widow rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem, Groundfish | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1055 | Explore the significance of chilipepper multiple brood production | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1056 | Explore methods for modeling time-varying growth for chilipepper rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1057 | Evaluation of the coastwide juvenile index for chilipepper rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1058 | Gather, document, analyze, and evaluate Canadian data sources for a joint canary rockfish assessment for use in a spatial ... | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1059 | Develop a coast-wide pilot study for an alternative sampling method of untrawlable areas for canary rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1060 | Initiate canary rockfish tag-resighting studies | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1061 | Conduct research on life history characteristics for canary rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1062 | Additional work on the geospatial index used in the canary rockfish stock assessment | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1063 | Work towards a combined US/Canadian stock assessment for canary rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1064 | Sub-divide the trawl fleet into separate bycatch components in canary rockfish stock assessment | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1065 | Record the number of hours fished for each dockside sport fishery sample for China rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1066 | Provide guidance on CPUE filtering methods for onboard sport fishery observer data for China rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1067 | Conduct a coastwide evaluation of genetic structure of China rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1068 | Develop better methods to allocate reconstructed recreational catches to sub-state region for China rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1069 | Evaluate MRFSS database manipulations | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1070 | Evaluate performance of Stephens-MacCall method when sub-setting the CPUE indices data | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 986 | Conduct research into natural mortality for darkblotched rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 987 | Establish optimum methods to selectivity patterns | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 988 | Age validation of lingcod | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 989 | Conduct a transboundary stock assessment and determine the management framework to support such assessments for lingcod | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 990 | Investigate environmental covariates for recruitment, time-varying growth, and availability inshore for lingcod | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 991 | Investigate the impact of nest-guarding on reproductive output for lingcod | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 992 | Investigate the proportion of lingcod caught in Mexico and landed in U.S. ports | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 993 | Develop screening criteria to identify bad data for lingcod | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 994 | Compile information on lingcod Canadian and Mexican authorities | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 995 | Modify the software used to develop length- and age-compositions from PacFIN data to flag unsexed fish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 996 | Evaluate marginal age-compositions for lingcod | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 997 | Develop a standard approach for combining conditional age-at-length sample data into annual CAAL compositions | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 998 | Use all existing age data in stock assessment for POP | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 999 | Improve understanding of steepness parameter for POP | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1000 | Basin-wide understanding of stock structure, biology, connectivity, and distribution of POP | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1001 | Further explore the VAST approach for constructing relative abundance indices for POP | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1002 | Fishery sampling for yelloweye rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1003 | Improve meta-analyses for natural mortality and steepness for yelloweye rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1004 | Systematic comparison of age estimates for yelloweye rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1005 | Further examine the stock structure of yelloweye rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1006 | Develop and implement a comprehensive survey method for yelloweye rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1007 | Conduct a transboundary stock assessment and determine the management framework to support such assessments | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1008 | Investigate application of a geostatistical approach to IPHC survey data for yelloweye rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1009 | Conduct research on the recruitment redistribution process for area-specific models in yelloweye rockfish assessment | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1010 | Develop standard documentation of common data streams and sources for stock assessments | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1011 | Develop a survey method for midwater species | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1012 | Research on missing older females for yellowtail rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1013 | Reliably record gear type (mid-water vs bottom trawl) | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1014 | Research needs for the next full northern yellowtail stock assessment | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1015 | Research needs for the next full southern yellowtail stock assessment | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1016 | Evaluate region-specific life history parameters for yellowtail rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1017 | Conduct cross reads and age validation for blackgill rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1018 | Improve maturity information for blackgill rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1019 | Reanalysis of historical catch for blackgill rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1020 | Research alternative means of exploring relative or absolute abundance in the Cowcod Conservation Area (CCA) for blackgill ... | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1021 | Research into oxygen minimum zone (OMZ) traits and potential changes | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1022 | Simulation-estimation tests for both two-parameter and three-parameter models in stock assessments | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1023 | Evaluate different three-parameter models and alternative leading parameters for incorporation into Stock Synthesis | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1024 | Explore and evaluate three-parameter curves in stock assessments | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1025 | Further development of priors for leading parameters of stock-recruitment models | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1026 | Include dynamic B0-based reference points to the West Coast stock assessment toolbox | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1027 | Pre-STAR review by state data stewards of the historical catch reconstructions | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1028 | Standardize conversion factors to expand landed weights to whole fish for fish that are processed at sea | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1029 | Make Historical Annotated Landings [HAL] database accessible in the PacFIN system | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1030 | Place copies of state catch reconstructions and contributing databases in PacFIN | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1031 | Revise the California catch reconstruction to account for unspecified sole | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1072 | Conduct life history research for China rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1073 | Examine length composition data of discarded fish from recreational onboard observer programs | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1074 | Collection and ageing of China rockfish otoliths | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1075 | Evaluate depletion estimators using within season CPUE indices for China rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1076 | Incorporate habitat data into the assessment of nearshore species | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1077 | Conduct research on data-weighting methods in stock assessments | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1078 | Explore options in stock synthesis to reasonably constrain recruitment deviations for China rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1079 | Simulation-estimation evaluation of data moderate assumptions for China rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1080 | Improve data collection of the recreational shore and estuary-boat fleets for kelp greenling | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1081 | Collect kelp greenling gender information by Ocean Recreational Boat Samplers (ORBS) | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1082 | Conduct double-reads of Kelp Greenling otoliths | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1083 | Research into Kelp Greenling stock structure | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1084 | Explore implications and complexities of managing kelp greenling stock where both genders contribute to spawning potential ... | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1085 | Acquire more age-readings of younger kelp greenling | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1086 | Research to potentially develop a new target SPR rate for kelp greenling | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1087 | Clean up the MRFSS database and fully document it | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1088 | Define and measure suitable habitat for nearshore species | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1089 | Research on age- and sex-dependent mortality of black rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1090 | Update natural mortality values for females versus males for black rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1091 | Expand the ODFW black rockfish tagging study | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1092 | Research on stock structure for black rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1093 | Improve CPUE standardization protocols | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1094 | Improve interface and functions in Stock Synthesis (SS3) | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1095 | Improve interface and functions in R4SS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1096 | Age validation and re-ageing of historical otoliths for black rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1097 | Research on preparation of composition data for black rockfish | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Groundfish | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1098 | Add finer measures of effort associated with each landing | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 1099 | Use and extension of economic impact models | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Salmon, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 1100 | Develop and incorporate economic and social analysis into IEA reports | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Social Sciences | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 1101 | Retrospective analysis of major historical regulatory actions | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Social Sciences, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 1102 | Analysis of the economic and social effects of alternative capacity management programs | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Social Sciences | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 1103 | Analyses on behavior and impacts on fishing communities | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Social Sciences | Economic impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||
| 1104 | Research on changes in key oceanographic features in the CCE | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 1105 | Identify key indicators for overall California Current Ecosystem (CCE) productivity | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Underway | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | |||||||
| 1106 | Examine ecological interactions for influence on managed and non-managed species | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | |||||||
| 1107 | Assess high and low frequency changes in the availability of target stocks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | |||||||
| 1108 | Develop indicators of harmful algal blooms (HABs) and the phytoplankton community for the CCE | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | |||||||
| 1109 | Investigate the potential for emerging technologies | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | |||||||
| 1110 | Evaluate effectiveness of standardized bycatch reporting methodologies in all FMP fisheries | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon, Coastal Pelagic Species, Groundfish, Highly Migratory Species | Bycatch reduction | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||
| 1111 | Apply Non-market valuation techniques | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Ecosystem | Other | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1112 | Conduct studies to map features and assess fish-habitat associations for groundfish | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1113 | Assess species distribution and habitat utilization during nursery and pre-reproductive life stages in nearshore waters | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1114 | Evaluate the role of deep-sea coral and sponges and other habitat-forming invertebrates (HFI) | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1115 | Evaluate the role of methane seeps and associated structure as habitat for managed groundfish species | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1116 | Develop criteria for defining major prey species for all groundfish species | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1117 | Conduct controlled impact studies through direct collaboration with groundfish trawlers | 2. High | 3. Unranked | No action | Groundfish | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1118 | Improve data collection on catch and biology of blue sharks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1119 | Improve data collection on catch and biology for striped marlin | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1120 | Determine the stock structure of dorado in the eastern Pacific | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1121 | Evaluate the bycatch performance metrics for the drift gillnet fishery | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1122 | Better understand impacts of the HMS fisheries on protected species of sea turtles, birds, and marine mammals | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Other | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1123 | Improve knowledge of HMS EFH | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1124 | Improve management unit species catch data for HMS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1125 | Increase sampling effort of the HMS recreational fishery | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1126 | Increase knowledge of survivorship of released HMS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1127 | Review and provide subsequent revisions of archival PacFIN data for HMS | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | Partially underway | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1128 | Research the impact of local HMS catch on CPUE | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Highly Migratory Species | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1129 | Complete documentation for salmon management models (e.g. FRAM) | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1130 | Evaluate the accuracy of mark rates for salmon | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1131 | Develop estimates of natural survival and stock distribution in time and space | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1132 | Improve fine scale mapping of salmon distributions in freshwater | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Habitat Issues | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1133 | Develop full cohort reconstructions for Chinook and coho salmon stock complexes | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1134 | Cost-effectiveness analysis of monitoring programs and strategies for salmon | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Other | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1135 | Evaluate gene flow between hatchery and wild stocks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1136 | Investigate the ecological effects of hatchery fish on natural production in freshwater | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1137 | Evaluate differences between hatchery and natural smolts in estuaries | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1138 | Compare early ocean life-history between hatchery and wild stocks | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1139 | Estimate the contribution of hatchery fish to fisheries and naturally-spawning populations | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Harvest specifications | 3. Unranked | |||||||||||
| 1140 | Investigate the utility of using artificial propagation for salmon | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | No action | Salmon | Ecosystem impacts | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | ||||||||||
| 1141 | Josh Test Research | 2. High | 3. Unranked | Pending | Salmon, Ecosystem | Other | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 2. High | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked | 3. Unranked |
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