To date, none of the fisheries in the U.S. Pacific Islands Region is managed under a catch share program. In light of the NOAA policy to encourage the use of catch shares as a fishery management tool, the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council (WPFMC) listed six commercial fisheries, including the Hawaii pelagic longline fishery, the largest in the region, as potential candidates for catch ...

The connectivity among marine populations is determined by the dispersal capabilities of adults as well as their eggs and larvae. Dispersal distances and directions have a profound effect on gene flow and genetic differentiation within species. Genetic homogeneity over large areas is a common feature of coral reef fishes and can reflect high dispersal capability resulting in high levels of gene...

The effectiveness of marine protected areas depends largely on whether people comply with the rules. We quantified temporal changes in benthic composition, reef fish biomass, and fishing effort among marine park zones (including no-take areas) to assess levels of compliance following the 2005 rezoning of the government-controlled Karimunjawa National Park (KNP), Indonesia. Four years after the ...

Many large, fishery-targeted predatory species have attained very high relative densities as a direct result of protection by no-take marine reserves. Indirect effects, via interactions with targeted species, may also occur for species that are not themselves targeted by fishing. In some temperate rocky reef ecosystems, indirect effects have caused profound changes in community structure, notab...

Related Projects (if any) 1. 2004 ~ present: A total of three fishery experts were dispatched to the Department of Fisheries. Following the assignment of a fishery technical adviser in 2004, a fishery administrative advisor was assigned in 2008 to assist in managing and maintaining this project. 2. 2005: One technician was dispatched to receive training in freezer maintenance in Japan. In addit...

The connectivity among marine populations is determined by the dispersal capabilities of adults as well as their eggs and larvae. Dispersal distances and directions have a profound effect on gene flow and genetic differentiation within species. Genetic homogeneity over large areas is a common feature of coral reef fishes and can reflect high dispersal capability resulting in high levels of gene...

The Hawaiian Islands comprise a large and isolated archipelago that includes the 10 largest reef area in the United States. Managing nearshore fisheries in this archipelago 11 is a major challenge compounded by the difficulty of coordinating multiple agencies 12 to provide governance across a broad series of islands with substantial social and 13 political differences. There has been interest i...