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The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center of the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) is part of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA). The Center administers scientific research and monitoring programs that support the domestic and international conservation and management of living marine resources. More....

News and Highlights

• October 12, 2012
  

  Public Comments Welcome on PIFSC Draft Science Plan

  Your comments are welcomed on the PIFSC draft Science Plan (0.4 MB PDF). This plan is our effort to update our view of priority tasks for the next five years. Comments should be sent to the PIFSC Directors Office by November 15, 2012.
• September 26, 2012
  

  NOAA Fisheries Participates in Hawaii Fishing and Seafood Festival

  NOAA Fisheries will have 5 booths at the annual Hawaii Fishing and Seafood Festival, hosted by the Pacific Islands Fishing Group in Honolulu at the Pier 38 Fishing Village on Sunday, October 7, 2012, from 9 am to 4 pm. More...
• August 17, 2012
  

  PIFSC releases June 2012 issue of Quarterly Research Bulletin

  The Quarterly Research Bulletin highlights recent research activities and accomplishments of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center. More...
• July 23, 2012
  

  PIFSC Scientist Receives Presidential Early-Career Award

  Today, President Obama named PIFSC Scientist Kyle Van Houtan as a recipient of the 2011 Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. The award is the highest honor given by the federal government to outstanding scientists and engineers in the early stages of their careers. More...

Research Cruises

Completed Cruises

• September 22, 2012

  Research Aims to Advance Bottomfish Stock Assessment in Main Hawaiian Islands

  Oscar Elton Sette Cruise SE 12-08
  Area of Operation: Main Hawaiian Islands
  Period: September 22, 2012 - October 3, 2012
  

Recent Staff Publications

PIFSC Reports

• October 9, 2012

  Habitat Assessment Prioritization. A Report by the Habitat Assessment Prioritization Working Group

  NMFS
  [2011] Internal Report, NMFS White Paper. Office of Science and Technology, NMFS, NOAA. Silver Spring, MD. 41 p.

  Download ( 0.4 MB PDF )
• October 9, 2012

  Status of coral reef fish assemblages and benthic condition around Guam: A report based on underwater visual surveys in Guam and the Mariana Archipelago, April-June 2011

  Williams I, Zamzow J, Lino K, Ferguson M, Donham E
  [2012] U.S. Dept. of Commerce, NOAA Technical Memorandum NOAA-TM-NMFS-PIFSC-33, 22 p + Appendices

  Download ( 2.4 MB PDF )
• September 6, 2012

  PIFSC Report on the Logbook Program for the American Samoa Longline Fishery: April - June 2012

  Fisheries Research and Monitoring Division, Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center
  [2012] Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center, PIFSC Data Report, DR-12-012, 13 p

  Download ( 0.2 MB PDF )

Journal Articles

• October 24, 2012

  Evidence for behavioural thermoregulation by the world's largest fish

  Thums M, Meekan M, Stevens J, Wilson S, Polovina J
  [2012] Journal of the Royal Society Interface 20120477. http://dx.doi.org/10.1098/rsif.2012.0477
• October 23, 2012

  Variability in growth rates of long-lived black coral Leiopathes sp. from the Azores (Northeast Atlantic)

  Carreiro-Silva M, Andrews AH, Braga-Henriques A, de Matos V, Porteiro FM, Santos RS
  [2012] Marine Ecology Progress Series. Prepress. DOI: 10.3354/meps10052

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• October 23, 2012

  Bomb radiocarbon dating and estimated longevity of giant sea bass (Stereolepis gigas)

  Allen LG, Andrews AH
  [2012] Bulletin of the Southern California Academy of Sciences 111(1): 1-14