{"id":1094,"date":"2023-01-18T16:24:16","date_gmt":"2023-01-18T16:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/index.php\/conferences\/2023wgc\/sponsors2023-copy-copy-copy-copy-2-copy\/"},"modified":"2023-05-18T18:14:10","modified_gmt":"2023-05-18T18:14:10","slug":"faqs2023","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/index.php\/conferences\/2023wgc\/faqs2023\/","title":{"rendered":"FAQs"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"1094\" class=\"elementor elementor-1094\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2aba274 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2aba274\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b4bf08\" data-id=\"3b4bf08\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3ae634e elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3ae634e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><strong><a style=\"color: #13aff0; text-decoration-style: dotted; text-decoration-skip-ink: none;\" href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/ruTLSNGszh\"><span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1009 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-WGC-300x138.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"138\" srcset=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-WGC-300x138.jpg 300w, https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-WGC-1024x471.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-WGC-768x353.jpg 768w, https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-WGC-1536x706.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/01\/2023-WGC.jpg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><strong>Do y<\/strong><strong>o<\/strong><strong>u have suggestions for improving WGC? <a href=\"https:\/\/forms.office.com\/r\/ruTLSNGszh\"><span><span style=\"color: #0000ff; text-decoration: underline;\">Feedback Form<\/span><\/span><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-110893c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"110893c\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-86b39d7\" data-id=\"86b39d7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b25314d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"b25314d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<h1><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><b>Presentation PDFs<\/b><\/span><\/h1><h2>Orals<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4_4_Abele_Apr25_1600.pdf\">Meagan Abele<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Bigger is better: Enhancing the catch composition of sablefish in the U.S. West Coast groundfish bottom trawl fishery<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9_1_Avila_Apr27_1020.pdf\">Alexandra Avila<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Just going with the flow? How nearshore currents affect larval dispersal and genetic connectivity of china rockfish (<em>Sebastes nebulosus<\/em>) along Oregon and Washington Coasts<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11_2_Baetscher_WGC_2023_rockfishSppID.pdf\">Diana Baetscher<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Genetic species identification of larval rockfishes from the Gulf of Alaska<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12_4_Baldwin-WGC-2023-Slimiest-Catch.pdf\">Aaron Baldwin<\/a> &#8211; <strong>The slimiest catch: The biology of black hagfish in Southeastern Alaska<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3_2_Barbeaux_WGC2023_presentation_TUES_150.pdf\">Steven Barbeaux<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Ecosystem-linked assessment model for Gulf of Alaska Pacific cod to assess climate change driven changes in productivity<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/10_2_Barnes_WGC_2023.pdf\">Cheryl Barnes<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Climate-informed models benefit hindcasting but present challenges when forecasting species-habitat associations<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7_4_Basnett_Apr26_1450.pdf\">Bonnie Basnett<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Geographic and ontogenetic variation in the trophic ecology of lingcod (<em>Ophiodon elongatus<\/em>) along the U.S. West Coast<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3_4_Benson_April25_230.pdf\">Irina Benson<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Fourier transform near infrared spectroscopy of otoliths coupled with machine learning to improve fish age predictions<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7_5_Billings_Apr26_1510.pdf\">Alicia Billings<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Using over a decade of stomach contents to characterize Pacific hake prey consumption in the California Current<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7_3_Bizzarro_Apr26_1410.pdf\">Joseph Bizzarro<\/a> &#8211; <strong>The importance of corals and sponges as groundfish habitat off Central and Southern California<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/10_4_Burch_Apr27_1430.pdf\">Catalina Burch<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Temperature effects on patterns of prey occurrence in Gulf of Alaska groundfish diets<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6_1_Cheng_Apr26_1020.pdf\">Matthew Cheng<\/a> &#8211;<strong> Incorporating dynamic fleet structure in stock assessment models: Accounting for a rapidly developing pot fishery for Alaska sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria)<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2_4_Coleman__April-25_1120pacific_cod_v4.pdf\">Laura Coleman<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Pacific cod in Southeast Alaska: challenges of managing a data limited fishery<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4_3_Dykstra_April25_1540.pdf\">Claude Dykstra<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Letting Pacific halibut off the hook: relating capture and physiological conditions to viability and survival of fish discarded from commercial hook and line gear<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3_1_English_April25_130.pdf\">Philina English<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Good, bad, or ugly?\u00a0Identifying the impacts of warming waters on British Columbia groundfish productivity for the purpose of developing risk-equivalent management advice<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/13_1_2024-ADP-WCG.pdf\">Craig Faunce<\/a> &#8211; <strong>A critical overview of the fisheries monitoring design in the Alaska federal groundfish and halibut fisheries<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9_3_Flanigan_Austin_WGC.pdf\">Austin Flanigan<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Assessing spawning behavior at the northern extreme of Pacific halibut<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8_1_PeteUntrawlableTalk.pdf\">Peter Frey<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Comparing different tools for surveying groundfish in untrawlable habitats<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6_2_Goethel_WGC.pdf\">Daniel Goethel<\/a> &#8211; <strong>A Spatially Explicit Stock Assessment for Alaskan Sablefish to Better Understand Spatiotemporal Dynamics<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12_5_Goldstein_Apr28_950.pdf\">Esther Goldstein<\/a> &#8211; <strong>A spectrum of life history information: Spectroscopy approaches expand data collection capabilities for fisheries research and management<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1_1_Haggarty_April25_850.pdf\">Dana Haggarty<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Impacts of boat noise and the COVID-19 anthropause on fish calling behavior<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8_2_Hall_Apr27_850.pdf\">Madison Hall<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Collecting rockfish data in a cooperative survey to i<\/strong><strong>mprove assessment models in the Gulf of Alaska<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8_4_Harms_Apr27_830.pdf\">John Harms<\/a> &#8211; <strong>The potential for resource impacts from long-term fishery monitoring surveys<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8_5_hulson_wgc23.pdf\">Peter Hulson<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Balancing survey workload and assessment needs<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5_3_Head_0426_0910.pdf\">Melissa Head<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Decadal-scale reproductive variability in Pacific hake and why it&#8217;s important to capture for sustainable management<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2_3_Ianelli_Assessment-paradigms.pdf\">James Ianelli<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Should we continue to work in the \u201cBest Assessment\u201d paradigm?<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4_2_Jackson_Apr25_1515.pdf\">Derek Jackson<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Artificial illumination of trawl gear components to reduce Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) bycatch in the U.S. west coast bottom trawl fishery<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9_5_Ladig_Apr27_1140.pdf\">Tom Laidig<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Measuring fish reactions to survey vehicles<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11_1_Larson_westerngroundfish23_rockfish_thu_300.pdf\">Wes Larson<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Genetic stock structure of multiple rockfish species across the West Coast: chaos reigns supreme?<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9_4_Levine_Apr27_1120.pdf\">Robert Levine<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Direct observations of the trans-boundary movement of walleye pollock in the northwestern Bering Sea<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7_1_Lockhart_Apr26_1330.pdf\">Katlyn Lockhart<\/a> &#8211; <strong>A tale of two surveys: Comparing two bottom trawl surveys to assess the abundance and distribution of young-of-the-year groundfishes in nearshore soft-sediment habitats<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/4_1_Lomeli_etal_HLBT-YEYE_Talk.pdf\">Mark Lomeli<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Testing of hook sizes and appendages to reduce yelloweye rockfish bycatch in a Pacific halibut longline fishery<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12_3_LowryEtAl_SharkHotspotEvaluation_WGCApr2023.pdf\">Dayv Lowry<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Investigating a shark diversity hotspot in South Puget Sound: Findings from year one+<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/7_2_Marion_4-26_1350.pdf\">Scott Marion<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Assessing impacts of trawling on seafloor habitats: A long-term study capitalizing on a natural experiment in the re-opened trawl Rockfish Conservation Area off Oregon<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12_2_Matta_PSSWGC_Apr28_0850.pdf\">Beth Matta<\/a> &#8211; <strong>The Pacific sleeper shark: unraveling an enigma<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6_3_Mazur_Apr26_1100.pdf\">Mackenzie Mazur<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Evaluating the impact of <\/strong><strong>age data in a Petrale sole stock assessment<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/3_3_Nielsen_etal_cod_revised.pdf\">Julie Nielsen<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Seasonal movement patterns of Pacific cod in Alaska indicate connectivity between management areas<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2_2Niles-WGC-2023.pdf\">Corey Niles<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Current management issue: thinking about policy and stock boundaries<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/6_4PacunskiEtAl_ResearchAcrossInternationalBorder_WGCApr2023_BP.pdf\">Robert Pacunski<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Research across an international border: Partnering to assess a shared at-risk species<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5_2_WGF_NPerkins_2023_final.pdf\">Nicholas Perkins<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Diving deep into the Network: remotely operated vehicle surveys reveal protection effects and regional trajectories of recovery across California\u2019s Marine Protected Area Network<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2_1_Phillips_APR25_1020.pdf\">Todd Phillips<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Defining and delineating groundfish stocks for fishery management<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5_1_Halibut_April26_830.pdf\">Josep Planas<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Improved understanding of seasonal reproductive development in female Pacific halibut (Hippoglossus stenolepis) guiding accurate revision of maturity estimates<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1_4_western_groundfish_pierson.pdf\">Katie Pierson<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Can management keep up?\u00a0The need for adaptation in a changing world<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/13_2WGC_2023.pdf\">Melanie Rickett<\/a> &#8211; <strong>The Development of the Trawl Electronic Monitoring Program in the North Pacific.<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/13_3_WGC_SROMAIN_2023.pdf\">Suzanne Romain<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Challenges associated with integration of machine vision algorithms into catch accounting programs<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/13_4_Ecology-and-Management-of-North-Pacific-Armorhead-in-Copy.pdf\">Chris Rooper<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Ecology and Management of North Pacific Armorhead in International Waters of the North Pacific<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/10_1_Rosemond_Apr27_1330.pdf\">Claire Rosemond<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Black Rockfish maturity influenced by marine heat waves<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/2_5Selleck-WGF-NOAA-2023-04-25.pdf\">Jamey Selleck<\/a> &#8211;\u00a0<strong>Historical habitat and catch reconstruction modeling informing conservation management of ESA-listed rockfishes in the Southern Salish Sea<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/12_1_WGC-2023-Hagfish-Sharpe.pdf\">Cameron Sharpe<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Pacific hagfish off the Oregon Coast<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/8_3_Stevenson_Apr27_0910.pdf\">Duane Stevenson<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Updating long-standing fisheries-independent bottom trawl surveys<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5_5_Terwilliger_Apr26_950.pdf\">Mark Terwilliger<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Age validation of Black Rockfish, Copper Rockfish, and Cabezon using secondary ion mass spectrometry (SIMS) to elucidate seasonal patterns in otolith stable oxygen isotopes<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/5_4_Thorson-WGC2023.pdf\">James Thorson<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Estimating trade-offs in life-history, morphometric, behavioral, reproductive, and trophic traits for all fishes<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/11_3_Weber_Apr27_340.pdf\">Nick Weber<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Epigenetic Age Estimation in a Deepwater Scorpionfish, Blackbelly Rosefish<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/1_2_Webster-WGC2023.pdf\">Ray Webster<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Flexible fishery-independent surveys in a changing world<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/10_3_Willis-Norton_Apr27_1410.pdf\">Ellen Willis-Norton<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <strong>Multistressor global change drivers reduce hatch and viability of Lingcod embryos<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/9_2_Yeager_WGC2023.pdf\">Mallarie Yeagar<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Assessing the role of larval connectivity on a kelp forest fish across the California MPA Network<\/strong><\/p><h2>Posters<\/h2><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Barotrauma-Poster-WGC-Alvino.pdf\">Molly Alvino<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Do swim bladder morphologies reflect the responses of nearshore rockfishes to barotrauma?<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WGC2023_Dykstra_Recreational_P_Halibut_DMR.pdf\">Claude Dykstra<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Examining stress profiles and mortality rates of discarded Pacific halibut (<em>Hippoglossus stenolepis<\/em>) from a charter recreational fishery<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WGC2023_Dykstra_Catch_Protection_Depredation.pdf\">Claude Dykstra<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Gear based approaches to breaking the depredation reward cycle<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/ROCKfish-and-a-HARD-cap-Poster.pdf\">Christian Heath<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Between a ROCKfish &amp; a HARD cap \u2013 how inseason regulations are used to meet harvest objectives for groundfish<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/M.JohnstonYelloweyePoster.pdf\">Morgan Johnston<\/a>&#8211; <strong>Predictive species distribution modeling of yelloweye rockfish (Sebastes ruberrimus) <\/strong><strong>in Oregon\u2019s rocky reefs for improved stock management<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WGF_Lauermann-Poster_4-20-2023.pdf\">Andrew Lauermann<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; <strong>Temporal trends and MPA effects in mid-depth reefs across California&#8217;s MPA network using a remotely operated vehicle<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/WGC_2023_Lawrence_Poster.pdf\">Kelly Lawrence<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Statewide nearshore video acoustic survey lessons learned and next steps<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/Markowitz_WGC_2023.pdf\">Emily Markowitz<\/a> &#8211; <strong>Advancing agency research and building accessibility through open science practices: NOAA Fisheries Alaska Bottom Trawl Survey public data products<\/strong><\/p><p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\"><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/04\/WGC_Poster_Shotwell_IBM-EFH_2023.pdf\">Kalei Shotwell<\/a>&#8211;\u00a0<\/span><strong style=\"font-size: 14px; color: var( --e-global-color-text );\">Developing a novel approach to estimate habitat linked survival rates for early life history stages using individual-based models<\/strong><\/p><p><a href=\"https:\/\/groundfish.psmfc.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/05\/Stone_WGC_2023_Poster-PDF.pdf\">Kali Stone<\/a> &#8211; 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