NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

Recent papers from NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center

1. From signals to species: Improving acoustic classification reliability for North Pacific false killer whalesJASA Express Letters · 2026
2. Native Wolbachia infection dynamics across Aedes albopictus (Diptera: Culicidae) populations in HawaiʻiParasites & Vectors · 2026
3. Relationships Between Oceanic Primary Production, Human Habitation and Variation in the Life‐History Traits of Coral Reef Fishes Across the Northern Line IslandsFish and Fisheries · 2026
4. Retrospective analysis identifies largely effective seabird mitigation strategies with some opportunities for improvementFisheries Research · 2026
5. Observer coverage and interaction rates determine the choice between design‐based and machine learning bycatch estimators for rare speciesConservation Biology · 2026
6. Humpback Highs and Lows Amid Shifting Seas and a Northeast Pacific Marine Heatwave: Whale Demographics in the Main Hawaiian Islands, 2002–2023Marine Mammal Science · 2026
7. Genomic structural variation rescues a classic biological invader from a population bottleneckScience Advances · 2026
8. Celebrating the Life of Dr. Andrew “Andy” BakunFisheries Oceanography · 2026
9. At the leading edge: advancing and bridging the science and management of range-shifting speciesBioScience · 2026
10. PICOGRAM - informing coral reef resilience-based management through prediction of individual coral organismal growth, recruitment, and mortalityFrontiers in Marine Science · 2026
11. When more invaders add less: cumulative impact risk saturates in a multi-species invasion of fire-promoting grassesBiological Invasions · 2026
12. Integrative spatial assessment of status and trends in a commercial–recreational coastal fishery for Northern Pike, with implications for managementMarine and Coastal Fisheries · 2026
13. The approach to optimal management targets under climate change and challenges faced by fisheriesFisheries Research · 2026
14. Persisting, emerging and contracting: The dynamic nature of non‐native hotspots and their implications for managementJournal of Applied Ecology · 2026
15. Regional dynamics drive differences in future heat stress and reveal where Hawaiian corals are most likely to persistScientific Reports · 2026
16. CoralCache: a virtual coral core repository for transparent and reproducible annual growth rate analysesEarth system science data · 2026
17. Portfolio Effects and Synchrony in Coral CommunitiesEcology and Evolution · 2026
18. Breaking the silence: Insights into Hawaiian monk seal underwater sound production from captive and field researchThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2025
19. Development of a Pacific-wide passive acoustic glider program to enhance cetacean survey and assessment capabilitiesThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2025
20. Soundscapes in the Deep PacificThe Journal of the Acoustical Society of America · 2025