16.2.0 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY Summary of Major Changes

The Shark SAFE chapter is now split into two chapters; one chapter for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI), and a separate chapter for the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This is the BSAI chapter. Input Data Incidental catch for sharks by species in the BSAI was updated for 2006 with estimates provided by...

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Main Authors: Dean Courtney, Cindy Tribuzio, Kenneth J. Goldman
Other Authors: The Pennsylvania State University CiteSeerX Archives
Format: Text
Language:English
Subjects:
Bering Sea
Gulf of Alaska
Alaska
Aleutian Islands
Online Access:http://citeseerx.ist.psu.edu/viewdoc/summary?doi=10.1.1.153.3258
http://www.afsc.noaa.gov/refm/docs/2006/BSAISharks.pdf
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Summary:The Shark SAFE chapter is now split into two chapters; one chapter for the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands (BSAI), and a separate chapter for the Gulf of Alaska (GOA). This is the BSAI chapter. Input Data Incidental catch for sharks by species in the BSAI was updated for 2006 with estimates provided by the NMFS Alaska Regional Office (AKRO- as of October 22, 2006). Previous incidental catch estimates were provided by Sarah Gaichas from her pseudoblend data for the years 1997 – 2002, and by the AKRO for the years 2003, 2004, and 2005. Bottom trawl survey biomass data was updated for the 2006 Eastern Bering Sea shelf and Aleutian Islands. Previous survey data were available from NMFS AFSC bottom trawl surveys in the eastern Bering Sea (EBS) shelf (1979 – 2005), EBS slope

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