On October 1, 2009, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) received a petition from
the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) requesting, in light of the small population …

A major limitation to fully integrated ecosystem based fishery management approaches is a
lack of information on the spatial distribution of marine species and the environmental …

In the tropical Indo-Pacific, most phylogeographic studies have focused on the shallow-
water taxa that inhabit reefs to approximately 30 m depth. Little is known about the large …

Empirical data quantifying the long-term movement patterns of coral reef top predators are
needed in order to design marine protected areas (MPAs) that will provide these fishes with …

Deepwater snappers and groupers are valuable components of many subtropical and
tropical fisheries globally and understanding the habitat associations of these species is …

The deepwater fishes around the Lihir Island group, Papua New Guinea, were assessed for
their vulnerability to exploitation from a potential commercial fishery. Three dropline surveys …

A stereo-video baited camera system (BotCam) has been developed as a fishery-
independent tool to monitor and study deepwater fish species and their habitat. During …

Abstract The Hawaiian deep-slope (75–400 m) Deep7 bottomfish fishery consists of seven
(ie, six snappers and one grouper) species. This study developed a sampling survey and …

Some reef fish such as groupers, snappers, emperors, and fusiliers are economically and
ecologically important fisheries resources, especially in Indonesia and the Asian region …

With the use of a baited stereo-video camera system, this study semiquantitatively defined
the habitat associations of 4 species of Lutjanidae: Opakapaka (Pristipomoides …