Science & Management

Saltwater

General

• Conservation of Marine Resources in Puget Sound Development of Cooperative Management Efforts
• Fish and Wildlife Issues Related to the Use of Lead Fishing Gear
• Marine Fish Science Web Links
• Priority Habitats and Species
• Puget Sound Ambient Monitoring Program (PSAMP)
• Puget Sound Nearshore Project
• Results From the 2000 Transboundary Trawl Survey of the Eastern Strait of Juan De Fuca and Discovery Bay
• Results from the 2001 Transboundary Trawl Survey of the Southern Strait of Georgia, San Juan Archipelago and Adjacent Waters
• WDFW Science Magazine Article: Marine refuges offer haven for Puget Sound fish

Bottomfish, Groundfish and Rockfish

• WDFW seeks public comments on Puget Sound rockfish conservation plan
• Coastal Bottomfish Management
• Estimated Discard and Discard Rates in the Coastal Washington Arrowtooth Flounder Fishery In 2001
• Groundfish of Washington State (Recreational Bottomfish Fishery)
• The Biology and Assessment of Rockfishes in Puget Sound
• Puget Sound Groundfish Management Plan
• Status of the Yellowtail Rockfish Resource in 2000
• Status of the Yelloweye Rockfish Resource in 2001 for Northern California and Oregon Waters

Forage Fish (herring, smelt, anchovy, sand lance)

• Estimating Acoustic Abundance of Forage Fish in Rosario Strait, Washington
• Characterization of Development in Columbia River Prolarval Eulachon, Thaleichthys pacificus, Using Selected Morphometric Characters
• Columbia River Compact Joint Staff Reports: Stock Status and Fisheries for Smelt and Sturgeon
• Cowlitz/Columbia River Smelt Fishery Management
• Forage Fish Fact Sheets
• Forage Fish Management Plan
• Outmigration Timing and Distribution of Larval Eulachon, Thaleichthys pacificus, in the Lower Columbia River, Spring 2001.
• Purse Seine Fishery for Pacific Sardines (Sardinops Sagax)
• 2004 Washington State Herring Stock Status Report
• Washington and Oregon Euchalon Management Plan