Status of life history sampling conducted through the commercial fisheries bio-sampling programs in the Western Pacific Territories of American Samoa and Guam and in the Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana Islands

"The focus of this report will be to document the methodologies implemented by each western Pacific regional bio-sampling team to collect biological samples from target coral reef and bottomfish species, species-specific length and weight metrics, and fisheries data and summarizes the sampling results achieved from the programs' inception through December 2014."--Introduction--Page 2. [doi:10.7289/V5XD0ZP5 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5XD0ZP5)] Meagan Sundberg, Robert Humphreys, M. Kimberly Lowe, Eric Cruz, John Gourley, Domingo Ochavillo. "December 2015." doi:10.7289/V5XD0ZP5 (http://dx.doi.org/10.7289/V5XD0ZP5) System requirements: Adobe Acrobat Reader. Includes bibliographical references (page 17). 2015 NMFS (National Marine Fisheries Service) PIFSC (Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center) CoRIS (Coral Reef Information System) Library http://doi.org/10.7289/V5XD0ZP5 Public Domain 1863