Fisheries Ecosystem Plan for the Northern California Current
Collaborators: L. Ciannelli, J. Field (graduate students), M. Stoermer, H. Hadaway (staff), P. Lawson (National Marine Fisheries Service [NMFS] Newport), P. Livingston (NMFS Seattle), L. Botsford (Univ. California Davis), D. Bottom (Oregon State Univ.), R. Brodeur (NMFS Newport), S. Ralston (NMFS Tiburon)
Support: Washington Sea Grant Program under the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Dep. Commerce
We aim to quantitatively investigate the large-scale structure and dynamics of the Northern California Current Ecosystem (NCCE), begin to determine the impacts of fishing on NCCE trophic structure and dynamics, provide a first attempt at designing significant qualitative and quantitative aspects of a regional fisheries ecosystem plan as recommended by the National Marine Fisheries Service Ecosystem Principles and Advisory Panel, and convey models and findings to fisheries managers and policy makers through comprehensible dynamic computer visualizations.
Fisheries Ecosystem Plan for the Northern California Current
Collaborators: A. Strom (graduate student), N. Mantua (UW JISAO)
Support: NOAA Office of Global Programs