Applications in adaptive cluster sampling of Gulf of Alaska rockfish

Fishery Bulletin, July, 2003 by Dana H. Hanselman, Terrance J. Quinn, II, Chris Lunsford, Jonathan Heifetz, David Clausen

We thank the crew of the FV Unimak, in particular Captain Paul Ison and Production Manager Rob Elzig, for their excellent cooperation in this study. We also acknowledge the hard work of the scientists that participated in the cruise and the NMFS personnel who prepared for the charter. We greatly appreciate the helpful comments from three anonymous reviewers that helped us refine the paper.

This publication is the result of research sponsored by Alaska Sea Grant with funds from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Office of Sea Grant, Department of Commerce, under grant no. NA90AA-DSG066, project number R/31-04N, from the University of Alaska with funds appropriated by the state. Further support was provided by the Auke Bay Laboratory, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, National Marine Fisheries Service and by a Population Dynamics Fellowship to Hanselman through a cooperative program funded by Sea Grant and NMFS.

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