[Developers] analyze acoustic tracking data

[Mark Maunder]

Kevin,

I won't have the time, but someone else might be interested. I have forwarded it to the ADMB developers group to see if any of them are interested.

Regards,

Mark

-----Original Message-----
From: kevincmweng at gmail.com [mailto:kevincmweng at gmail.com] On Behalf Of Kevin Weng
Sent: Monday, April 09, 2012 3:24 PM
To: Mark Maunder; John Sibert; Dodie Lau
Subject: Re: tuna camp abstract and postdoc ideas

Hey Mark,

If we move forward with a postdoc hire to take on the issue of how to analyze acoustic tracking data, would you be willing to co-advise? I'm very interested in working with the person on biology end of things, but I lack statistical expertise. If no you, are there other people from the ADMB community who might be interested?

Thanks, Kevin




On Sat, Mar 31, 2012 at 11:04 AM, Mark Maunder <mmaunder at iattc.org> wrote:
> Kevin,
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> We are always looking for ADMB based projects, so I think affiliating 
> a phrp postdoc with admb is a great idea. We are also looking for ways 
> to spend our current NMFS money and some options were to teach ADMB 
> based courses in Hawaii and have students work with ADMB gurus 
> possibly in Hawaii. Making these joint PFRP/ADMB efforts might lead to 
> a core group of ADMB users/developers in Hawaii at UH.
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> Mark
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> From: John Sibert [mailto:sibert at hawaii.edu]
> Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2012 11:45 AM
> To: Kevin Weng; Mark Maunder
> Subject: Re: tuna camp abstract and postdoc ideas
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> Sure. It is a familiar message. Go ahead and attach my name.
>
> I like your idea of somehow affiliating a phrp postdoc with admb. Why 
> not run the idea by Mark Maunder? Analysis of vr2 data is a wide open 
> field ripe for an imaginative statistical approach.
> Cheers,
> John
>
> On Mar 30, 2012 5:28 PM, "Kevin Weng" <kweng at hawaii.edu> wrote:
>
> Hey John,
>
> Below is my proposed abstract for Tuna Camp this year, text derived 
> from our brochure. Can I put your name on as a co-author?  Can you 
> send me comments/mods?
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> As we mentioned in the meeting last week, there is enough money to 
> bring on a 1 yr postdoc. One idea is to bring on someone who would 
> tackle the issue of analyzing acoustic receiver data in a 
> statistically sensible fashion. Producing some kind of generalized 
> approach to design and analysis of these studies would be a real 
> contribution to the community. I'm also wondering if there could be 
> use of ADMB in this project, to provide a bridge to that community.
> Any thoughts?
>
> Kevin
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> Tuna Camp abstract
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> Weng and Sibert
> At 65 million square miles, the Pacific Ocean is the largest single 
> feature of planet Earth. It is six times as large as the Atlantic 
> Ocean and covers one third of the Earth’s surface. Fisheries for 
> pelagic species in the Pacific land about 2.7 million metric tons of 
> fish per year, valued at more than $2 billion. Since 1994, the Pelagic 
> Fisheries Research Program (PFRP) has been funding new science to help 
> improve management of fisheries in the Pacific Ocean. Based in 
> Honolulu, Hawaii, the PFRP has distributed $27 million in competitive 
> grants to scientists from around the world. This research has been 
> crucial to understanding and managing fisheries for tunas, swordfish, 
> and other large fish species that range far across the Pacific Ocean, 
> crossing national boundaries and encountering fishhooks as they go.
> The PFRP also supports education of new fisheries scientists and 
> encourages PFRP-funded scientists to get involved with agencies that 
> regulate fisheries. Highlights of PFRP-funded research include stock 
> structure of tunas, long term support for ecosystem modeling to 
> support management (SEAPODYM), food web studies, geolocation 
> algorithms, protected species bycatch mitigation, stock assessment 
> models (MULTIFAN-CL, TUMAS), The ADMB Project, economic models for 
> management decision support, and research into small scale and 
> traditional fisheries. Under the present federal funding crisis, the 
> PFRP is being considered for termination and requires the support of 
> the community.