New Halibut Mapping


The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) carries out annual surveys to assess halibut stocks inwards 11 regulatory areas, from northern California to the Bering Sea. H5N1 novel interactive map has used this survey information to visualize how the numbers as well as size of halibut inwards the Pacific Ocean accept drastically fallen since 1998.

Mapping alter inwards weight, length, as well as abundance of Pacific Halibut: 1998 - 2015 visualizes 2 quantifiable facts almost halibut stocks inwards the survey areas. The colored circular markers present both the full pounds of halibut (size of marker) as well as the pct of halibut over 32 inches (color of the marker). This agency that users are able to easily visualize the falling numbers of halibut as well as the reduction inwards size of the fish.

This reduction inwards size as well as numbers of Halibut inwards the Pacific is reinforced past times the overall numbers inwards each survey area. If yous hover over a regulatory surface area on the map yous tin rank notice stance the let on of halibut, the full pounds of halibut as well as the pct over 32 inches for the selected year. H5N1 bar graph too dramatically highlights the shrinking numbers of halibut since 1998.

The proficient tidings is that halibut numbers inwards the end few years accept improved inwards many of the regulatory survey areas, specially inwards those along the westward coast of Canada as well as the USA. This is in all likelihood due, to around extent, to the conservative management of fish stocks over the end decade.

This halibut stocks map was created past times Lis Fano. You tin rank notice stance to a greater extent than of her maps on her online portfolio.
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