"The Northeast Fisheries Science Center (NEFSC) has developed criteria to evaluate reports of human-caused injury and mortality to large whales. The criteria minimize the identification of false positive human-caused mortalities and serious injuries and therefore provide a minimum value of human impact to whale stocks. Serious injury is defined as an injury that is likely to lead to death. This report describes determinations made for reports received...

"A single gravity corer was constructed with a frame assembly that was used to obtain intact cores for micro-electrode measurements. Sediment cores were taken in fine sand and clay sediment without noticeable disturbance of the sediment-water interface. The sampler can collect sediment cores up to 30 cm, can be handled easily by two people, is relatively inexpensive ($US 1,200), and can be used in water depths up to 50 m"--Abstract.

"This document gives an overview of the latest eight years of trip cost data, from 2005-2012. It explains the data collection process, types of data collected, and data coverage and quality. Several summary statistics of the data by selected vessel and trip characteristics are also presented. A modeling framework for estimation and prediction of costs is also given. This process will allow estimation of vessel level aggregate trip cost, which in combination...