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 Jan 2020 - 01 Dec 2023FundedObjectives:
Reduce bycatches of small yellowfin in purse-seine sets.01 Jan 2021 - 31 Dec 2023FundedObjectives:
Develop and test bycatch release devices in tuna purse seiners to improve post release survival, handling and release of sensitive key bycatch species, with particular emphasis on sharks01 Jan 2016 - 31 Dec 2018FundedObjectives:
Estimate the post-release survival of silky sharks captured by longline vessels in the equatorial EPO, using archival tags01 Jan 2018 - 31 Dec 2020FundedObjectives:
Estimate post-release survival of silky sharks captured by Mexican longline vessels in the eastern tropical Pacific, utilizing a best handling practice, and define boundaries encompassing the probable distribution silky shark pupping areas in the EPO01 Jun 2021 - 01 Jun 2023FundedObjectives:
- Quantify baseline capture and survival probabilities of mobulid species and identify best practices for handling and release
- Identify vertical and horizontal habitat use of the species to improve selectivity
- Quantify the accuracy of onboard observer species identification
- Characterize population genetic structure and effective population size across the Eastern Pacific for four mobulid species.
01 May 2023 - 01 May 2025FundedObjectives:
Conduct a review to identify knowledge and data gaps hindering the implementation of best handling and release guidelines for vulnerable species in IATTC fisheries01 May 2023 - 01 May 2026FundedObjectives:
Conduct a post release survival study (PRS) of silky sharks captured in class 2-5 purse seine vessels to generate quantitative estimates of survival and to identify best handling and release methodsM.2.f - Developing best handing and release practice (BHRP) guidelines for sharks in IATTC fisheries01 Jun 2024 - 01 Jun 2025Objectives:
Develop best handling and release practice guidelines for sharks captured in IATTC fisheries01 Jan 2020 - 31 Dec 2021FundedObjectives:
Explore the effectiveness of different types of spatial and temporal closures in reducing bycatch with the lowest losses in target catch01 Aug 2015 - 01 Feb 2022FundedObjectives:
Construction of non-entangling FADs from biodegradable materials, not only to decrease mortality of non-target species by net-webbing entanglement, but also minimize contributions to ocean debris and pollution by commercial tuna fishing.