Tagged tuna graphic by Nancy Hulbirt, SOEST Illustration.

PFRP Oceanography Projects

Description of project activities, progress reports and contact information. Newer projects are listed first.

Ocean Acidification Impacts on Tropical Tuna Populations
  • PI:Simon Nicol, Dan Margulies, and Vernon Scholey
  • Project status: Project funds expended, FY 2012 progress report posted.
Regime Shifts in the Western and Central Pacific Ocean Tuna Fisheries
  • PI: David Kirby, Patrick Lehodey, Valerie Allain, Adam Langley
  • Project status: Project completed, FY 2008 progress report posted.
Trophic Structure and Tuna Movement in the Cold Tongue-Warm Pool Pelagic Ecosystem of the Equatorial Pacific
  • PI: Valerie Allain, Robert Olson, Felipe Galvan Magana and Brian Popp
  • Project status: Project completed, FY 2008 progress report posted.
Oceanographic Characterization of the American Samoa Longline Fishing Grounds for Albacore,Thunnus alalunga
  • PI: Michael Seki, Jeffrey Polovina, and Reka Domokos
  • Project status: Project completed, FY 2008 progress report posted.
Development of Oceanographic Atlases for Pelagic and Insular Fisheries and Resource Management of the Pacific Basin
  • PI: Russell Brainard, John Sibert, and David Foley
  • Project status: Project completed, FY 2005 progress report posted. A detailed project web page maintained by David Foley, NMFS-HL Coastwatch Program.
The Role of Oceanography on Bigeye Tuna Aggregation and Vulnerability in the Hawaii Longline Fishery from Satellite, Moored and Shipboard Time Series
  • PI: Russell Brainard, Jeff Polovina, Michael Seki, Bo Qiu, and Pierre Flament
  • Project status: Project completed, FY 2005 progress report posted.
Physical Characteristics of the Environment influencing Pelagic Fishes.
  • PI: Pierre Flament
  • Project status: Project completed, FY 2000 progress report posted.
Evaluation of Remote Sensing Technologies for the Identification of Oceanographic Features Critical to Pelagic Fish Distribution around the Hawaiian Archipelago
  • PI: Gary Mitchum and Jeffrey Polovina
  • Project status: Project completed, FY 2001 progress report posted.
A Numerical Investigation of Ocean Circulation and Pelagic Fisheries around the Hawaiian Islands
  • PI: Bo Qiu and Pierre Flament
  • Project status: Project completed, article published in Journal of Physical Oceanography, FY 2002 progress report posted.

 

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