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Alaska Fisheries Science Center Processed Reports

December 06, 2019

The Alaska Fisheries Science Center's AFSC Processed Report series (1991 to present) continues the NWFC and NWAFC Processed Report series originally established in 1971. This series is not formally reviewed and individual reports do not constitute publications; some of the reports may be contract reports or administrative reports.

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2024
 

Matta, M. E., and Helser, T. E. (editors).
2024. Proceedings of the Fourth Research Workshop on the Rapid Estimation of Fish Age Using Fourier Transform Near Infrared Spectroscopy. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-01, 524 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Christman, C. L., Walcott, S. M., London, J. M., Richmond, E. L., and Koslovsky, S. M.
2024. Aerial surveys of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii ) in Behm Canal, Alaska. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-02, 26 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Ziel, H. L., S. M. Koslovsky, and G. M. Brady.
2024. Monitoring body condition of seals in Alaska: Phase III - test data collection. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-03, 17 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

McGowan, D., Jones, D., Levine, M., and McCarthy, A. 
2024. Results of the acoustic-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Shelikof Strait, March 2022 (DY2022-04). AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-04, 66 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Rand, K. M., Dowlin, A., Levy, C., McDermott, S., Nielsen, J., Prohaska, B., and Rohan, S. 
2024. Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus ) workshop – Field efforts and current research 2023. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-05, 42 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Alaska Regional Office. 
2024. North Pacific Observer Program 2022 Annual Report. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-06, 66 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Levine, M., Jones, D. T., and McGowan, D. W. 
2024. Results of the acoustic-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus ) in the Gulf of Alaska, June-July 2021 (DY2021-04). AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-07, 100 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Honkalehto, T., McCarthy, A., Levine, M., Jones, D., and Williams, K. 
2024. Results of the acoustic-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus ) in Shelikof Strait and Marmot Bay, March 2021 (DY2021-02). AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-08, 68 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Siple, M. C., von Szalay, P. G., Raring, N. W., Dowlin, A. N., and Riggle, B. C. 
2024. Data Report: 2023 Gulf of Alaska bottom trawl survey. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-09, 145 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Alaska Fisheries Science Center and Alaska Regional Office. 
2024. North Pacific Observer Program 2023 Annual Report. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-10, 128 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Brower, A. A., Young, N. C., Freed, J. C., Delean, B. J., Muto, M. M., Keogh, M. J., Raum-Suryan, K. L., Savage, K. M., Teerlink, S. S., Wright, S. K., Jemison, L. A., Wilkinson, K. M., Jannot, J. E., and Somers, K. A. 
2024. Human-caused mortality and injury of NMFS-managed Alaska marine mammal stocks, 2018-2022. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-11, 7 p. + Supporting file. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv.,7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online. 

Shelden, K. E. W., Brower, A. A., Christman, C. L., and Goetz, K. T. 
2024. Distribution of eastern Bering Sea belugas from aerial line-transect surveys in 2024. AFSC Processed Rep. 2024-12, 57 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

2023
 

Lee Son, G. S., Romain, S., Rose, C. S., Moore, B. J., Magrane, K. A.,Packer, P. S., and Wallace, F. R.
2023. Development of electronic monitoring (EM) computer vision systems and machine learning algorithms for automated catch accounting in Alaska Fisheries. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-01, 113 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Sweeney, K. L., Birkemeier, B., Luxa, K., and Gelatt, T.
2023. Results of the Steller sea lion surveys in Alaska, June July 2022. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-02, 32 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Goetz, K. T., Shelden, K. E. W., Sims, C. L., Waite, J. M., and Wade, P. R.
2023. Abundance of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Cook Inlet, Alaska, June 2021 and June 2022. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-03, 47 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

McKelvey, D., and Levine, M.
2023. Results of the February 2020 acoustic-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) conducted in the southeastern Aleutian Basin near Bogoslof Island, Cruise DY2020-02. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-04, 67 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Freed, J. C., Young, N. C., Brower, A. A., Delean, B. J., Muto, M. M., Raum-Suryan, K. L., Savage, K. M., Teerlink, S. S., Jemison, L. A., Wilkinson, K. M., Jannot, J. E., and Somers, K. A.
2023. Human-caused mortality and injury of NMFS-managed Alaska marine mammal stocks, 2017-2021. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-05, 6 p. + Supporting file. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Christman, C. L., Walcott, S. M., London, J. M., Richmond, E. L., and Koslovsky, S. M.
2023. Aerial surveys of harbor seals (Phoca vitulina richardii) in Iliamna Lake, Alaska. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-06, 17 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

von Szalay, P. G., Raring, N. W., Siple, M. C., Dowlin, A. N, Riggle, B. C., and Laman, E. A.
2023. Data Report: 2022 Aleutian Islands bottom trawl survey. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-07, 230 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

Sweeney, K. L., Birkemeier, B., Luxa, K., and Gelatt, T.
2023. Results of the Steller sea lion surveys in Alaska, June–July 2023. AFSC Processed Rep. 2023-08, 36 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

2022
 

SIWICKE, K., P. MALECHA, and C. RODGVELLER.
2022. The 2021 longline survey of the Gulf of Alaska and eastern Bering Sea on the FV Alaskan Leader: Cruise Report AL-21-01. AFSC Processed Rep. 2022-01, 27 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Auke Bay Laboratories,17109 Pt. Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK, 99801. View Online.

SULLIVAN, J., J. A. DIMOND, and P. MALECHA.
2022. Slinky pot and hook-and-line comparison project during the experimental leg of the 2021 AFSC sablefish longline survey. AFSC Processed Rep. 2022-02, 18 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Auke Bay Laboratories,17109 Pt. Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK, 99801. View Online.

STIENESSEN, S. C., T. HONKALEHTO, N. E. LAUFFENBURGER, P. H. RESSLER, and L. BRITT.
2022. Acoustic Vessel-of-Opportunity (AVO) index for midwater Bering Sea walleye pollock, 2021. AFSC Processed Rep. 2022-03, 24 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115.View Online.

SHELDEN, K. E. W., K. T. GOETZ, A. A. BROWER, A. L. WILLOUGHBY, and C. L. SIMS.
2022. Distribution of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Cook Inlet, Alaska, June 2021 and June 2022. AFSC Processed Rep. 2022-04, 80 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 99801. View Online.

HARRIS, J., J. CALAMBOKIDIS, A. PEREZ, and P. J. MAHONEY.
2022. Recent trends in the abundance of seasonal gray whales (Eschrichtius robustus) in the Pacific Northwest, 1996-2020. AFSC Processed Rep. 2022-05, 22 p. Alaska Fish.
Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER AND ALASKA REGIONAL OFFICE.
2022. North Pacific Observer Program 2021 Annual Report. AFSC Processed Rep. 2022-06, 90 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

JONES, D. T., M. LEVINE, K. WILLIAMS, and A. DE ROBERTIS.
2022. Results of the acoustic-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Gulf of Alaska, May-August 2019 (DY2019-06). AFSC Processed Rep. 2022-07, 118 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

MCCARTHY, A. L., M. LEVINE, and D. T. JONES.
2022. Results of the acoustic-trawl surveys of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Shumagin Islands and Shelikof Strait, February and March 2020 (DY-202001 and DY-202003). AFSC Processed Rep. 2022-08, 78 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

2021
 

HOFF, G. R., P. W. MALECHA, C. N. ROOPER, J. V. OLSON, B. M. COSTA, C. M. ADAMS, A. NETBURN, J. T. LE, C. LADD, R. E. WILBORN, P. GODDARD, H. M. COLEMAN, and T. F. HOURIGAN.
2021. Science Plan for the Alaska Deep-Sea Coral and Sponge Initiative (AKCSI): 2020-2023. AFSC Processed Rep. 2021-01, 45 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

SIWICKE, K., P. MALECHA, and C. RODGVELLER.
2021. The 2020 longline survey of the Gulf of Alaska and eastern Aleutian Islands on the FV Alaskan Leader: Cruise Report AL-20-01. AFSC Processed Rep. 2021-02, 33 p. Auke Bay Laboratories, Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 17109 Point Lena Loop Road Juneau, AK 99801. View Online.

ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER AND ALASKA REGIONAL OFFICE
2021. North Pacific Observer Program 2020 Annual Report. AFSC Processed Rep. 2021-03, 143 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

HURST, T. P., C. A. O’LEARY, S. K. ROHAN, E. C. SIDDON, J. T. THORSON, and J. J. VOLLENWEIDER.
2021. Inventory, management uses, and recommendations for fish and crab condition information from the 2021 AFSC Condition Congress. AFSC Processed Rep. 2021-04, 39 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER AND ALASKA REGIONAL OFFICE
2021. North Pacific Observer Program 2019 Annual Report. AFSC Processed Rep. 2021-05, 205 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.
 

WATSON, J. T., and M. W. CALLAHAN.
2021. Automated and operational access to environmental data for Alaska’s management areas. AFSC Processed Rep. 2021-06, 34 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Auke Bay Laboratories,17109 Pt. Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK, 99801. View Online.

 

2020

STIENESSEN, S. C., T. HONKALEHTO, N. E. LAUFFENBURGER, P. H. RESSLER, and R. R. LAUTH.
2020. Acoustic Vessel-of-Opportunity (AVO) index for midwater Bering Sea walleye pollock, 2018-2019. AFSC Processed Rep. 2020-01, 22 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

SIWICKE, K., P. MALECHA, C. RODGVELLER, and C. LUNSFORD. 
2020. The 2019 longline survey of the Gulf of Alaska and eastern Bering Sea on the FV Ocean Prowler: Cruise Report OP-19-01. AFSC Processed Rep. 2020-02, 30 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Auke Bay Laboratories, 17109 Point Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK 99801. View Online.

INTELMANN, S. S. 
2020. Data acquisition and processing report for Fishpac16 towed sonar operations. AFSC Processed Rep. 2020-03, 29 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

FAUNCE, C., A. MOLINA, and A. KINGHAM. 
2020. Are flow scale and observer scale relationships the same among North Pacific at-sea processors? AFSC Processed Rep. 2020-04, 25 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

MCCONNAUGHEY, R. A., S. S. INTELMANN, J. L. PIRTLE, S. G. LEWIS, and K. R. MABRY. 
2020. National Ocean Mapping, Exploration and Characterization (NOMEC) NOAA Fisheries - Alaska Response. AFSC Processed Rep. 2020-05, 35 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.
 

INTELMANN, S. S., R. A. MCCONNAUGHEY,, and L. HUFF.
2020. Cruise and backscatter data processing report for the 2018 Gulf of Alaska trawlability study (GOATS). AFSC Processed Rep. 2020-06, 43 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

MCCARTHY, A., T. HONKALEHTO, N. LAUFFENBURGER, and A. DE ROBERTIS. 
2020. Results of the acoustic-trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) on the U.S. Bering Sea Shelf in June - August 2018 (DY1807). AFSC Processed Rep. 2020-07, 83 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

 

2019

STIENESSEN, S. C., T. HONKALEHTO, N. E. LAUFFENBURGER, P. H. RESSLER, and R. R. LAUTH.
2019. Acoustic Vessel-of-Opportunity (AVO) index for midwater Bering Sea walleye pollock, 2016-2017. AFSC Processed Rep. 2019-01, 24 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

MALECHA, P., C. RODGVELLER, C. LUNSFORD, and K. SIWICKE.
2019. The 2018 longline survey of the Gulf of Alaska and eastern Aleutian Islands on the FV Alaskan Leader: Cruise Report AL-18-01. AFSC Processed Rep. 2019-02, 30 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

CHRISTMAN, C. L., and P. L. BOVENG.
2019. Aerial surveys of freshwater harbor seals in Iliamna Lake, Alaska: 2017–2018. AFSC Processed Rep. 2019-03, 18 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

ALASKA FISHERIES SCIENCE CENTER and ALASKA REGIONAL OFFICE.
2019. North Pacific Observer Program 2018 Annual Report. AFSC Processed Rep. 2019-04, 148 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

STIENESSEN, S., N. LAUFFENBURGER, and A. DE ROBERTIS.
2019. Results of the acoustic-trawl surveys of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Gulf of Alaska, February-March 2018 (DY2018-01 and DY2018-03). AFSC Processed Rep. 2019-05, 101 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

HELSER, T. E., I. M. BENSON, and B. K. BARNETT (editors).
2019. Proceedings of the research workshop on the rapid estimation of fish age using Fourier Transform Near Infrared Spectroscopy (FT-NIRS). AFSC Processed Rep. 2019-06, 195 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

COOPER, D. J., and C. A. TRIBUZIO.
2019. Analysis of catch per unit effort estimates based on hooking order when more than one fish is caught on a hook. AFSC Processed Rep. 2019-07, 22 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., Auke Bay Laboratories, 17109 Point Lena Loop Road, Juneau, AK 99801. View Online.

JONES, D. T., N. E. LAUFFENBURGER, K. WILLIAMS, and A. DE ROBERTIS.
2019. Results of the acoustic trawl survey of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Gulf of Alaska, June August 2017 (DY2017-06), AFSC Processed Rep. 2019- 08, 110 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115. View Online.


SHELDEN, K. E. W. and P. R. WADE (editors).
2019. Aerial surveys, distribution, abundance, and trend of belugas (Delphinapterus leucas) in Cook Inlet, Alaska, June 2018. AFSC Processed Rep. 2019-09, 93 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.

LAUFFENBURGER, N., K. WILLIAMS, and D. JONES. 
2019. Results of the acoustic-trawl surveys of walleye pollock (Gadus chalcogrammus) in the Gulf of Alaska, March 2019 (SH2019-04). AFSC Processed Rep. 2019-10, 76 p. Alaska Fish. Sci. Cent., NOAA, Natl. Mar. Fish. Serv., 7600 Sand Point Way NE, Seattle WA 98115. View Online.
 

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