An example of fisheries oceanography: Walleye pollock in Alaskan waters

James Schumacher

NOAA, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory, Seattle, Washington

Arthur W. Kendall, Jr.

NOAA, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Seattle, Washington

• Introduction
• Shelikof Strait FOCI
  • Research Strategy
  • Pollock Life History
  • Regional Circulation and Mesoscale Features
• Bering Sea FOCI
  • Research Strategy
  • Pollock Life History
  • Basin Circulation and Mesoscale Features
• Coupled Biophysical Processes
  • Eddies
  • Turbulence
• Methods and Techniques
  • Models
  • Shelikof Strait Physical/Biological Model
  • Coupled 1-dimensional Physical Biological Model
  • Correlative Models
  • Biophysical Observations from a Moored Platform
  • Real-Time Detection of Eddies
  • Immunoassay, Otolith, and RNA/DNA Techniques
• Information Transfer to Fisheries Management
• References