Evaluation of two methods to discriminate Pacific herring (Clupea pallasi) stocks along the northern Gulf of Alaska
By: Ted Otis, Ron Heintz
Contributors: Heintz, Ron A.; Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council
Publisher: EVOS Trustee Council
Published: 2003
Place of publication: Anchorage, Alaska
Language: eng
Number of pages: 37
Subjects: Pacific herring; Identification; Fish stock identification
Other titles: Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Restoration Project final report
Description: Otolith microchemistry and heart tissue fatty acid profiles were used to identify the stock of origin of herring sampled from four spawning aggregations in the northern Gulf of Alaska and two sites beyond the northern gulf (Sitka and Togiak).
Notes: Authors affiliated with Alaska Dept. of Fish and Game, Division of Commercial Fisheries and National Marine Fisheries Service, Auke Bay Laboratory.

"Restoration Project 02538."

"November 2003."

Includes bibliographical references (p. 29-37).

Final report.

Also available in electronic format via Internet.

Funded by Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council

This item was harvested from the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem Monitoring Project web site:  http://www.gem.state.ak.us/Store/Final%5FReports/330.pdf in Jan. 2006 for the Alaska State Publications Program; remote access available via StaticURL.