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During 2017, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center partnered with the Pacific Islands Fisheries Group to conduct an oral history of bottomfishing in Hawai‘i. The purpose of the Hawai‘...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2017/10/16/onaga-dai-bonkei/

The Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center has launched a Community Snapshots Tool that describes 42 communities throughout the Hawaiian Islands. Check out what local fishing fleets are catchi...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/11/get-to-know-hawaii-fishing-communities-with-just-the-click-of-a-button/

We know that fishing is important to you and is an important part of Hawai‘i’s culture. We also know that money spent on fishing is important to the Hawai‘i economy. You spend money every t...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2017/08/08/new-noaa-survey-to-value-non-commercial-fisheries-in-hawaii/

In late April, the Pacific Islands Fisheries Group met with seven bottomfishers in Port Allen, Kaua‘i. It was a beautiful day in the low 80s at the Port Allen Fishing Club clubhouse. The winds ...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2017/06/05/kauai-bottomfishers-face-rougher-ocean-conditions/

In mid-February I was sitting on Craig Severance’s porch overlooking Hilo Bay. The weather was a beautiful 80 degrees with light and variable winds – perfect conditions for bottomfishing out ...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2017/05/25/voices-from-the-hawaii-island-bottomfishery/

On Monday, our team joined Mike Buck in the studio to talk story about the Bottomfish Heritage Project. For the project, we’ve in turn been talking story with fishermen using a research method ...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2017/04/20/hawaii-bottomfish-heritage-project-will-be-on-the-air-this-weekend/

Bottomfishing has a unique tradition in Hawai‘i that dates back to ancient times. Ancient Hawaiians targeted bottomfish such as ‘ōpakapaka (Hawaiian pink snapper, Pristipomoides filamentosus...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2017/03/10/hawaii-bottomfish-heritage-project-underway/

Since 2004, the PIFSC Socioeconomics Program – in collaboration with the NOAA Observer Program managed by the Pacific Islands Regional Office (PIRO) – has maintained an ongoing trip-level eco...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/24/how-much-does-a-longline-fishing-trip-cost/

PIFSC Socioeconomics Program economists, Dr. Hing Ling Chan and Dr. Minling Pan, in collaboration with the State of Hawaii Division of Aquatic Resources, recently completed a study to examine the...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2016/08/17/does-holding-a-commercial-fishing-license-make-a-fisherman-fish-commercially/

by Minling Pan If you ever wondered how much it costs a fishery to save a sea turtle, check out this new study conducted by Dr. Minling Pan of the Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center (PIFSC)...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2016/07/20/how-much-does-it-cost-a-fishery-to-save-a-single-sea-turtle/

PIFSC Socioeconomics Program researcher Dr. Minling Pan, in collaboration with Northeast Fisheries Science Center economist Dr. John Walden, recently published a study measuring productivity cha...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2016/02/11/researchers-assess-economic-productivity-for-hawaii-longline-fishery/

During the summer of 2015, the PIFSC Socioeconomics Program in collaboration with Impact Assessment, Inc., completed a survey to better understand what matters most to Hawaii’s non-commercial f...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2016/01/26/hawaii-non-commercial-fishermen-describe-attitudes-and-preferences-towards-management-fishing-quality-and-the-marine-environment/

The Hawaii longline fleet is currently subject to catch quotas for bigeye tuna assigned by two regional fisheries management organizations (RFMOs). One quota is assigned by the Western and Centra...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/10/20/considering-catch-share-management-for-the-hawaii-longline-fishery/

The Marianas Trench Marine National Monument (MTMNM) is a large-scale MPA established by US President George W. Bush by presidential proclamation in 2009. The MTMNM encompasses 61 million acres o...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/05/17/maintaining-historic-connections-to-waters-of-the-islands-unit-of-the-marianas-trench-marine-national-monument/

By Justin Hospital What do Hawaii’s noncommerical fishermen think about fishery management? …fishery resources? …conditions at marinas and boat ramps? …levels of fishing access? In 2013,...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/04/20/coming-soon-hawaii-noncommercial-fishing-attitudes-and-preferences-survey/

By Justin Hospital A new PIFSC report provides a summary of retail (consumer-level) fish price data collected from Honolulu seafood markets during 2007–2011. This represents one of the first ef...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/26/explore-honolulu-retail-seafood-pricing-trends/

By Kolter Kalberg and Dawn Kotowicz The majority of commercial landings for domestically caught ahi (bigeye and yellowfin tuna) sold in Hawaii go through the United Fishing Agency (UFA) auction. ...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/03/19/visualizing-the-market-for-ahi-tuna-in-hawaii-tracking-supply-and-demand-characteristics-over-time/

The NOAA Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center Socioeconomics Program conducted a study of Hawaii’s small-boat commercial fishing fleet in the summer of 2014. The survey was designed to ex...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/18/hawaii-small-boat-socioeconomic-survey-receives-high-response-from-fishing-community/

Economic researcher Kolter Kalberg (JIMAR) and Social Science researcher Dawn Kotowicz (JIMAR) visit the Honolulu Fish Auction weekly. They check in with fish dealers, auction staff, and longline...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/12/economic-and-social-science-engagement-at-pier-38-an-ear-to-the-ground/

by Dawn Kotowicz “Hawai’i expected to have less local ‘ahi at year end” – Honolulu Star-Advertiser headline, 10/7/10 Fisheries closures affect more than just fishermen. It is important ...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/02/02/pifsc-researchers-publish-paper-on-social-and-economic-effects-of-the-first-extended-closure-of-hawaii-longline-fishing-fleet/

By Michele Barnes-Mauthe and Kolter Kalberg Human behavior is profoundly affected by social interactions. In pelagic fisheries, individual fishers operate in a highly complex and dynamic environm...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/20/when-where-and-what-to-fish-cooperative-information-sharing-and-fishing-behavior-in-hawaiis-longline-fishery/

Justin Hospital, an economist with the PIFSC Socioeconomics Program presented recent research on the Hawaii bottomfish fishery at the “Sundays at the Bay” Education Outreach Seminar Series h...

https://pifscblog.wordpress.com/2015/01/13/pifsc-researcher-participates-in-hanauma-bay-education-program-seminar-series/