Fishery, Climate, and Ecological Effects on Pacific Halibut Size-at-age in the Gulf of Alaska

• Main Author: Joan Forsberg
• Format: Dataset
• Language: unknown
• Published: Research Workspace
• Subjects: OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > BERING SEA; CONTINENT > NORTH AMERICA > CANADA > BRITISH COLUMBIA; OCEAN > PACIFIC OCEAN > NORTH PACIFIC OCEAN > GULF OF ALASKA; Hippoglossus stenolepis; Pacific halibut, alabato del Pacífico; 1936-1993 collection years for re-aging years; 1977-2002 birth years; 1992-2013 otolith collection years; otolith; Pacific halibut; age and growth; North Pacific Research Board; environmental factors; ecological factors; growth changes; size-at-age; Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Canada; Pacific; British Columbia; Alaska
• Online Access: https://search.dataone.org/view/10.24431_rw1k44z_2020_6_12_19238

This study investigated the size-at-age (SAA) of Pacific halibut in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea. In the past two decades, the size-at-age of halibut has undergone an extensive reduction. Observed SAA of Pacific halibut has changed substantially over time and the reasons behind changes in halib...