The Pacific Island Fisheries Group (PIFG) was contracted, through the National Marine Fisheries Service Cooperative Research Program (CRP) initiative, to assist in achieving four goals:

1. Implement a pilot fishery-independent survey of bottomfish in waters around Oahu, Maui and Guam
2. Expand the Hawaii bottomfish tagging program
3. Expand fishery-dependent sampling of bottomfish throughout the Main Hawaiian Islands (MHI)
4. Educate the community and conduct outreach about these efforts.

Final PIFG Bottomfish Cooperative Research Report – 2010
Final PIFG Bottomfish Cooperative Research Report – 2011
Final PIFG Bottomfish Cooperative Research Report – 2012
Final PIFG Bottomfish Cooperative Research Report – 2013
Final PIFG Bottomfish Cooperative Research Report – 2014
Final PIFG Bottomfish Cooperative Research Report – 2015

 

Hawaii Bottomfish Cooperative Research Part 1:

Hawaii Bottomfish Cooperative Research Part 2: