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Abstract
Steller Sea Lions (SSL) and Fisheries Management in Alaska
Track: Forestry, Wildlife, and Fisheries Management
Author(s): Kristin Mabry, Catherine Coon, Steve Lewis
The State's purpose was to gather data on SSL populations in the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, and Aleutian Islands and on commercial fisheries harvest and management in these areas and to summarize the data in a usable format for an upcoming management action. It obtained data from several agencies detailing SSL abundance, trends, and diet composition; fish abundance and catch data; current fishery management restrictions; fishing vessel accidents; and bathymetry. It was able to provide everything from simple overlays of current fisheries restrictions and SSL population trends to calculating the percentage of SSL critical habitat closed to commercial fishing under different management scenarios, to historic amount of groundfish catch in certain areas, to potential site locations for Pacific cod localized depletion studies.
Kristin Mabry
State of Alaska
Department of Fish and Game
Commercial Fisheries
PO Box 25526
Juneau , AK 99802-5526
USA
Phone: 907-465-6111
Fax: 907-465-2604
E-mail: kristin_mabry@fishgame.state.ak.us
Catherine Coon
North Pacific Fishery Management Council
605 West 4th, Suite 306
Anchorage 99501-2252
USA
Phone: 907-271-2809
Fax: 907-271-2817
E-mail: cathy.coon@noaa.gov
Steve Lewis
NOAA Fisheries
Office of Information Management
709 W 9th Street
Juneau 99801
USA
Phone: 907-586-7858
E-mail: steve.lewis@noaa.gov