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Case Study Examination of Programs Designed to Help Individuals and Communities through Fishery Disasters

Creator:

Shaw, Wesley D.

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In 2000, the US Congress responded to the industry-wide constriction of the West Coast groundfish industry by allocating $5 million in disaster relief for Oregon, Washington, and California. Each state, with minimal federal oversight, designed and executed its own disaster response program to help impacted members of the fishing industry...

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Capstone Project
Integration of oceanographic information off the Washington and Oregon coasts into west coast groundfish ecology and fisheries management

Creator:

Juan Jorda, Maria Jose

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To date, the use of oceanographic data in fisheries management has been limited by the scarcity and the difficulty of accessing complete oceanographic datasets. Consequently, fish stocks are managed with limited knowledge about the habitat where fish live and incomplete understanding of what oceanographic conditions affect their populations. With the...

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Masters Thesis

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the Washington and Oregon Coasts into West Coast Groundfish Ecology and Fisheries Management
Identifying habitat factors for canary rockfish (Sebastes pinniger) off Washington and Oregon using environmental data and trawl logbooks

Creator:

Vestfals, Cathleen D.

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If fisheries managers are to effectively manage commercially exploited fish populations, a basic understanding of the factors that influence fish distribution and abundance is required. In 2005, efforts to identify Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) for the 82 groundfish species managed by the Pacific Fishery Management Council along the West Coast...

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Masters Thesis

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slope-dwelling groundfish from Washington to California, Tolimieri and Levin (2006) established that