Executive Director's Annual Report, 2001

Annual Report 2000/2001

NFGEL 2000-2001 Annual Report

Lewisia kelloggii isozyme variation was studied in six Idaho and seven California populations. Lewisia kelloggii is polyploid, and was treated in analysis as an allotetraploid. The species is highly variable genetically (85% of loci polymorphic, 3.3 alleles per locus) and populations are highly differentiated (Fst = 0.77). All California and the Greencreek Lake populations are diverse, but most...

Africa Competitiveness Report 2000-2001 Executive Summary

The ACR 2000-2001 is being produced in a context quite different from the first Report published in 1998. The most important piece of good news is surely the democratization of Nigeria, which gives new hope to sub-Saharan Africa’s most populous nation. If Nigeria consolidates its democracy and begins to achieve sustained economic growth, the positive ramifications for West Africa, and indeed al...

Jimar, Pfrp Annual Progress Report Fy 2001

1. Purpose of the project and indicative results. The objective of this research is to document and compile into data base formats all sources of recreational and sports fishing information over the past 50 years in Hawaii. This database will provide fisheries researchers and managers with a convenient way to access all previous studies on recreational fisheries, plus where possible associated ...

Jimar, Pfrp Annual Progress Report Fy 2001

1. Purpose of the project and indicative results. The main objective of the project is to provide reliable estimates of delayed mortality and morbidity in sea turtles following interactions with longline fishing gear. To do this, we will deploy pop-up satellite archival tags (PSATs) on incidentally-caught turtles. The tags have a fail-safe/mortality sensor, whereby the tag can be set to jettiso...