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- Describe Temporal and Spatial Changes in the California Commercial Landings Data
- Present Ecosystem Modeling Work at the 2002 MOTE Symposium
- Develop a Proposal for a Rotational Assignment Program in which Stock-Assessment Scientists Work at PFEL
- Present Assessment of Possible Environmental Influences on California Commercial Landings Data at the 2002 CalCOFI Conference
- Create Web Page for the Fisheries and the Environment (FATE) Program
- Invited Keynote Presentation at International Climate and Fisheries Symposium
- California Commercial Landings Data Access
- Effects of Climate on Variability of Coho Salmon Populations
- Complete Description of Coastal Ocean Habitat Use by Chinook Salmon
- Census of Marine Life (CoML) Workshops Convened
- Submit Proposed Network of California Marine Protected Areas for the Region Between Point Arena and the Oregon Border
- Provide Access to the Raw COADS Over the Internet
- West Coast Salmon Ecology Meeting Convened
- Complete Description of the 1998/99 Regime Shift in the North Pacific
- Complete Paper on Variation in Subsurface Temperature Off the West Coast of North America and its Relation to Fish Population Dynamics
- Spatial Patterns of Survival and Growth in Coho Salmon and the Influence of the Ocean Environment
- Complete Study on Seasonal Variation in the Aleutian Low and North Pacific High Pressure Systems
- Evaluate Impact of Oceanic Variability on Salmon Populations in the Pacific Northwest
- Complete Series of Technical Memoranda Describing PFEL Upwelling Index for Major Coastal Eastern Boundary Upwelling Regions
- Pacific Ocean Salmon Tracking Project Receives Foundation Funding
- Marine Mammals As Autonomous Oceanographic Data Collectors
- California Marine Fishing Regulations and MPA Mapping
- Rotational Assignment Completes Ocean Modeling Research (OSCURS Update and Implementation on LAS)
- A Physical Perspective On The 1998 Regime Shift In The North Pacific
- Develop Web Page On Climate Variability and Fisheries
- Workshops Consider Electronic Tags For Evaluating Habitat Utilization By Pelagic Animals in the North Pacific
- Publication of "Mid-latitude Wind Stress: The Energy Source For Climatic Shifts in the North Pacific Ocean" by R.H. Parrish, F.B. Schwing and R. Mendelssohn in Fishery Oceanography
- Submitted Manuscript: "A Synthesis of the Surplus Production and Exploitation Rates of 10 Pacific Coast Groundfish Species"
- Summitted Final Report to the Pacific Council: "Marine Reserves To Supplement Management of West Coast Groundfish Resources--Phase 1: A Technical Analysis" by R.H. Parrish, J. Seger and M. Yoklavich
- PFEL's Research Highlighted In National School Publication
- Final Report Released On Salmon Validation Monitoring
- NMFS Estuarine And Ocean Research Plan For West Coast Salmon Published
- Develop Indices Of Environmental Variability To Understand And Mitigate Effects Of Natural Variations On Endangered West Coast Stocks
- Environmental Variability And Dolphinfish Distributions On The West Coast
- Upwelling and Air/Ocean Indices Calculated Over The Web For West Coast Salmon Assessments
- Spanish Researcher Completes Research Visit at PFEL
- Evaluating Distribution Of Trawl Marks Relative To Fishing Effort On The Northern California Shelf And Slope
- PFEL's FIT Systems Updated
- Continuous High Resolution Shore Station Temperature and Salinity Data From Granite Canyon, California (NOAA Technical Memorandum)
- PFEL Hosts U.S.-Chile Fisheries Meetings
- Report on Unprecedented Upwelling On U.S. West Coast During 1999
- Manuscript On The Effects Of Large Marine Reserves On The Fisheries For Pacific Coast Groundfishes
- French Intern Completes Albacore Research Project
- Final Report to UC Sea Grant Program and the California Department of Fish and Game on Research Project "Deepwater Habitats and Fish Resources in a Marine Ecological Reserve: Implications for Fisheries Management"
- Declining Rockfish Lengths in the Monterey Bay, California Recreational Fishery, 1959-94
- Completion of Manuscript on Remotely Sensed Coastal Ocean Variability and Ocean Survival of Coho Salmon
- PFEL Scientist Participates in Sustainable Seas Expedition (SSE)
- Present Paper on "Role of Estuaries in Promoting Coastal Fisheries in the Southwestern US"
- Implement PFEL's Version of the Live Access Server
- Completion of a manuscript describing the evolution of the 1997-98 El Niņo in the Northeast Pacific.
- Present "State of the California Current, 1998" at CalCOFI Conference.
- PFEL scientist receives NOAA Bronze Medal Award for Fisheries Habitat Research.
- Symposium convened to discuss marine protected areas (MPA) to manage and conserve fish populations and habitats on the west coast.
- Upwelling Index Time Series Developed for All Major Eastern boundary Current Systems
- Develop Spatial Sardine Fishery Simulation Model for Assessment of Management Options for the CPS Fishery
- Published Workshop Proceedings: "Marine Harvest Refugia For West Coast Rockfish"
- PFEL Exhibit in the Technology Pavilion at the 1998 National Ocean Conference Oceans Fair
- Complete CD-ROM version of COADS Release 1a,b and related extraction programs
- Rotational assignment completes west coast NMFS salmonid estuarine and ocean research plan
- Complete Section 1.0 "Description of the Coastal Pelagic Fishery" of the Coastal Pelagic Species Management Plan
- Spanish fisheries scientists use PFEL wind index products in monitoring anchovy (Engraulis encrasicolus L.) production in the Bay of Biscay
- Recommendations of Workshop "Marine Harvest Refugia for West Coast Rockfish" published on World Wide Web
- Completion of manuscript "The Circulation and Water Masses in the Gulf of the Farallones"
- Improved PFEL SST and Pressure Maps With Easy Web Access
- PFEL-FNMOC Annex to NOAA-Navy MOA Signed
- Publication of manuscript titled "Trends in rockfish lengths from the recreational fishery in Monterey Bay, 1959-1994"
- Publication of "Mapping Benthic Habitats and Ocean Currents in the Vicinity of Central California's Big Creek Ecological Reserve"
- Pacific Fisheries Environmental Laboratory Oceanographer contributes to workshop on the biology and fishery of dolphin (Coryphaena hippurus)
- Research initiated on two-year study of "Deepwater Habitat and Fish Resources Associated with a Marine Ecological Reserve and Implications For Fishery Management"
- Workshop held to evaluate marine harvest refugia to manage, protect, and conserve rockfish populations on the west coast
- Publication of manuscript "Mid-latitude Wind Stress: The Energy Source for Climatic Regimes in the North Pacific Ocean"
- Publication of Book: "Global Versus Local Changes in Upwelling Systems"
- PFEL Increases Electronic and Web-Based Product Distribution and Undertakes Electronic Publishing of Technical Memoranda
- Publication of manuscript "Habitat Associations of Deepwater Rockfishes in a Submarine Canyon: An Example of a Natural Refuge"
- Rotational Program on Atlantic Swordfish Discards
- Publication of Report from Workshop: Enviromental Data Needs for Fisheries Research and Management
- Publication of Report from Workshop: Application of Acoustic and Archival Tags to Assess Estuarine, Nearshore, and Offshore Habitat Utilization and Movement by Salmonids
- Completion of Implementation and Conversion of PFEG Product Stream from Navy Computers to IT-95 System
- State of the California Current
- Transfer of Pacific Grove Facility to NOAA from the Navy
- Publication of paper "Increased upwelling in the California Current System"
- PFEG's Historical Data Archives Transfered from Navy Computers to IT-95 System
- Nearshore Assemblages of Young Rockfishes and Their Physical Environment off Central California During the 1991-93 El Nino
- Synopsis of Fifty Years of Coastal Upwelling Indices Completed
- Cooperative NMFS-OAR Workshop Examines the Role of Environmental Data in Fisheries
- Biodiversity and Marine Fisheries
- Patterns of Decadal Environmental Variability in Northeast Pacific Presented and Discussed at Salmon Workshop
- Update: PFEG Data Products and Services