We will continue sending physical announcements of meetings via snail mail to non-members and members without email addresses December Meeting. Chapter officers need to be National members. Solicitation af Feedback. Membership is reminded to convey to P. Bienfang any comments to the National Society's Policy Guidelines that were in a document provided at the June 1998 meeting. The program responds to severe and chronic low stocks of coastal fish and bottomfish throughout the islands.
Traditional solutions involve reducing catch via restrictions of season or location.
Stock enhancement uses aquaculturally produced animals to bootstrap populations back to the point that they can be sustainable. The talk showed that the capability to enhance threadfin stocks is in hand. It demonstrated the optimum release strategy and release numbers to accomplish this. It also showed some very informative natural history information about the animal that is applicable to the management of the fishery.