Pacific Northwest Cooperative Ecosystem Studies Unit (CESU)
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.