Investigation of Pacific herring stock structure in Alaska using otolith microchemistry and heart tissue fatty acid composition: 2005 - 2007

• Main Authors: Otis, Edward, Heintz, Ron, Maselko, Jaceck
• Format: Dataset
• Language: English
• Published: Gulf of Alaska Data Portal 2013
• Subjects: mixed-stock fishery; stock identification; stock structure; togiak; prince william sound; sitka; elemental analysis; otolith microchemistry; LA-ICPMS; kuskokwim; kodiak; fatty acid; dutch harbor; bering sea; gulf of alaska; kamishak; EVOSTC; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council; Oil Spill; Exxon Valdez; Alaska; Pelagic; Fish; Bering Sea; Gulf of Alaska; Otis; Pacific; Kodiak; Kuskokwim
• Online Access: https://dx.doi.org/10.5063/f19g5jrf; https://goa.nceas.ucsb.edu/#view/doi:10.5063/F19G5JRF

Data collected during the course of fiscal year 2005-08 field activities include: herring age, sex, and size statistics, otolith micro-chemistry, and heart tissue fatty acid profiles from mature herring aged 3 to 15. Herring were collected during March-July 2005-2007 and November 2007 from focal spa...