Lynker Awarded U.S. Pacific Pelagic Longline Fishery Support!
The Lynker team has been hard at work! We are excited to announce a recent award to develop an economic assessment and associated information to support the Western Pacific Fishery Management Council’s efforts to manage the U.S. Pacific Pelagic Longline Fishery.
Lynker’s Jennifer Schultes First Female PIROP Observer to Reach 1,000 Days at Sea!
Lynker’s Jennifer Schultes is the first female observer in the history of NOAA’s Pacific Islands Region Observer Program to reach more than 1,000 sea days! We are proud of you for this amazing accomplishment, Jennifer!
Lynker Awarded NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center Research Support!
Lynker is excited to have been awarded NOAA National Marine Fisheries Service’s Auke Creek Research & Little Port Walter Field Research. Our support will include fieldwork on vessel surveys and research field stations as well as data analysis and summarization for the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Auke Bay Laboratories.
Lynker Awarded Louisiana Sea Grant Better Bycatch Reduction Program!
Lynker is pleased to announce our award, in partnership with Royal Engineers and Consultants, LLC, to administer Louisiana Sea Grant (LSG) participation contracts for the Better Bycatch Reduction Program. LSG is working with the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) to identify and promote certified bycatch reduction devices (BRDs –“bird”) for use in the shrimp […]
Lynker’s Mario Esera’s Career in Conservation on the Water!
Check out this feature story from NOAA Fisheries about Lynker’s Pacific Islands fisheries observer, Mario Esera, and how he built a career in conservation on the water. Mario observes trips on longline fishing vessels out of both Honolulu and Pago Pago in American Samoa. His goal is to reach 5,000 sea days to beat the […]
Lynker’s Abigail Powell’s Observation of Deep-Sea Flatfish Spawning Aggregation!
Lynker’s Marine Scientist, Abigail Powell, was part of a team that captured what they think are the first visual observations of a deep-sea flatfish spawning aggregation! The unusual images of petrale sole, a commercially important species, were collected at a rocky bank off California using NOAA’s autonomous underwater vehicle ‘Popoki’. This research was published in “Frontiers in Marine Science”. […]