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Seaweed Handling and Processing: Guidelines for Alaska

This guide is designed to help individuals and companies better understand what’s involved as they decide whether to enter the seaweed processing industry, and to provide some industry standards in the manufacturing or processing of kelp. Learn more...

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This is part of Biology, Assessment, and Management of North Pacific Rockfishes

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We established scuba survey methods for young-of-year (YOY) copper (Sebastes caurinus) and quillback (S. maliger) rockfishes and used these to conduct density and habitat assessments in the San Juan Channel in 2004 and 2005. Results for both years indicated that YOY copper and quillback rockfishes occur primarily in areas with a high percent coverage (60-100%) of understory kelp at shallow depths (1.5-4.5 m). YOY copper and quillback rockfishes were patchily distributed in these areas, and predator densities did not seem to be a factor in determining which areas were utilized. Preserving shallow-water understory kelp habitats is a critical part of the conservation and management of copper and quillback rockfishes in the San Juan Archipelago.

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• Item number: AK-SG-07-01u
• Year: 2007
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4027/bamnpr.2007.21

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