Meeting 6: False Killer Whale Take Reduction Team
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Meeting 6:
May 29-31, 2013
NOAA Fisheries Honolulu Service Center
Pier 38, Honolulu Harbor
All documents are in PDF format.
Day 1: May 29, 2013
- Meeting purposee and agenda review - CONCUR
- False killer whale abundance and 2012 SAR - Oleson
- Habitat-based cetacean density models in central N Pacific - Forney
- Recent management actions for Hawaii longline fisheries - Bailey
- Hawaii longline logbook report for 2012 - Ito
- Shortline fishery in Hawaii - Miyasaka
- Council activities related to false killer whales - Ishizaki and Dalzell
- PIRO Observer Program updates - Marchetti
- Injury determinations 2007-2011 - Forney
- Overview of Plan implementation - Young
- Review of recent false killer whale interactions - Young and Marchetti
- Key changes in the PIRO Observer Program - Marchetti
- Expedited injury determination process - Young
Day 2: May 30, 2013
- False killer whale research update - Oleson
- Testing hook-tissue interactions in toothed whale mouths - McLellan
- Considering TRP exemptions - Young
- Southern Exclusion Zone - Young
Day 3: May 31, 2013
Handouts and Reference Materials
A. For close review
- Expedited injury determination process
- Hook collection for genetic sampling
- TRP exemption questions
- TRT research priorities
- TRP Monitoring Strategy draft outline
B. Background documents
New:
- Updated TRT roster
- Becker et al. (2012) - Density and spatial distribution patterns of cetaceans in the Central North Pacific based on habitat models
- Bradford and Forney (2013) - Injury Determinations for cetaceans observed interacting with Hawaii and American Samoa longline fisheries during 2007-2011
- Nachtigall and Supin - A false killer whale reduces its hearing sensitivity when a loud sound is preceded by a warning
- "Whales, Somehow, Are Coping With Humans' Din"
Previously distributed:
- 2012 SAR for false killer whales
- Bradford et al. (2012) - Line-transect abundance estimates of false killer whales
- NMFS Policy for distinguishing serious from non-serious injuries of marine mammals
Updated: July 12, 2013
