Assessing population numbers among isolated populations of the cephalopod genus Nautilus, with local fishery and market surveys

Project ID: 10170BJ001

Federal Agency: U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Partner Institution: University of Washington

Fiscal Year: 2011

Initial Funding: $100,000

Total Funding: $100,000

Project Type: Research

Project Disciplines: Biological

Abstract: Project to conduct field research on extant nautiloid cephalopods in the genus Nautilus (chambered nautilus, or nautilus) in two locations: Great Barrier Reef of Australia, near Lizard Island, a location with no history of nautilus fishing; and Tanon Straits, Philippine Islands, a location with a history of nautilus fishing.