Fisheries, Aquaculture, and Seafood

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Commercial Fisheries Trade and Marketing
Seafood Safety
Seabird Bycatch
Shellfish Aquaculture
Species Recovery
Aquatic Species Identification and Natural History

Commercial Fisheries Trade and Marketing

Fishermen’s Direct Marketing Manual 5th Edition

Fishermen’s Direct Marketing Manual 4th Edition

Salmon Gillnetters

Salmon Purse Seiners

Salmon Trollers

Salmon Reef Netters

Attitudes Toward Current and Alternative Management Practices in Alaska’s Limited Entry Commercial Herring Roe Fisheries

Seafood Safety

Gathering Safe Shellfish in Washington: Avoiding Paralytic Shellfish Poisoning

SoundToxins Manual 2016

Bleeding Salmon

Seabird Bycatch

Preventing Seabird Bycatch in North Pacific Groundfish Longline Fisheries

Trends in Seabird Bycatch in Alaska Longline Fisheries 1993–2015

Why Avoiding Albatross Bycatch Is Important

Albatross Protection and West Coast Groundfish Fisheries: What Fishermen Should Know

Alaska Trawl Fisheries: Potential Interactions with North Pacific Albatrosses

Solving Seabird Bycatch in Alaskan Fisheries: A Case Study in Collaborative Research

Solutions to Seabird Bycatch in Alaska’s Demersal Longline Fisheries

Seabird Avoidance Measures for Small Alaskan Longline Vessels

The Distribution of Seabirds on the Alaskan Longline Fishing Grounds: Implications for Seabird Avoidance Regulations

Streamer Lines to Reduce Seabird Bycatch in Longline Fisheries

Additional seabird publications by Ed Melvin

Shellfish Aquaculture

Shellfish Aquaculture in Washington State

Geoducks—A Compendium
(J. Shellf. Res., April 2015)
See Geoduck Compendium for further information and links to individual article PDFs.

Ecology and Economics of Shellfish Aquaculture in Washington State – Interim Progress Report

Geoduck Aquaculture Research Program: Report to the Washington State Legislature

Effects of Geoduck Aquaculture on the Environment: A Synthesis of Current Knowledge

Reestablishing Olympia Oyster Populations in Puget Sound, Washington

Small-Scale Oyster Farming for Pleasure and Profit

Heaven on the Half Shell: The Story of the Northwest’s Love Affair with the Oyster (available online only, print format)

Small-Scale Clam Farming for Pleasure and Profit

The Nutritional Value of Shellfish

Aquaculture Regulations and Research Goals: A West Coast Aquaculture Perspective

Gathering Safe Shellfish

Species Recovery

Reestablishing Olympia Oyster Populations in Puget Sound, Washington

Aquatic Species Identification and Natural History

Marine Zooplankton of Puget Sound: Identification Card

Invasive Tunicate Identification Card