Research projects
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You can use the Project Search Tool below to browse over the staff’s research projects, including their brief summaries, that are currently under way, or planned for the near future and funded under the 5-year Strategic Science Plan (2019-2023). The summaries include, for each project, background information, a work plan, and a progress report, as well as details of its relevance and purpose, external collaborators, duration, and deliverables; also, for existing projects, an update on activities since the previous year’s report.
This information can also be found on the IATTC-98b-Staff activities and research plan. -
01 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2024FundedObjectives:
Estimate abundance and fishing mortality rate of skipjack tuna from recent tagging data while accounting for mixing rates01 Jun 2022 - 31 May 2023FundedObjectives:
To develop as stock assessment, including the use of tagging data, to provide stock status and management advice01 Jun 2023 - 31 May 2024FundedObjectives:
To estimate growth from data collected in the recent tagging crusesFundedObjectives:
Update the assessments of bigeye, yellowfin, and skipjack tunas15 Sep 2018 - 15 May 2019FundedObjectives:
Develop new methods to estimate trends in relative abundance of silky sharks from purse-seine observer data that are less influenced by inter-annual variability in oceanographic conditionsH.6.a - Participate in assessments of shared species by the International Scientific Committee (ISC)FundedObjectives:
- Staff participation in development and improvement of assessments for North Pacific-wide species of interest to the IATTC, especially Pacific bluefin and albacore tunas, but also billfishes and sharks
- Understand the assessment results, and communicate them to the Commission
FundedObjectives:
- Staff participation in development and improvement of the south Pacific albacore assessment
- Understand the assessment results, and communicate them to the Commission
01 Jun 2021 - 31 May 2022FundedObjectives:
Conduct an exploratory assessment for bigeye tuna in the Pacific Ocean01 Jan 2019 - 31 Dec 2022FundedObjectives:
Conduct an assessment for South Pacific swordfish01 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2021FundedObjectives:
- Staff participation in development and improvement of the south Pacific albacore assessment
- Understand the assessment results, and communicate them to the Commission