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Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program Citizen Science

By Alaska Regional Office | NOAA Fisheries on May 22, 2022   At Sea, Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Science/Education  

Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program Citizen Science

Community science along the shores of Cook Inlet. It Takes a Village The Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program is run by NOAA Fisheries in collaboration with several organizations. It offers opportunities for volunteer citizen scientists to bolster monitoring efforts for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population. The volunteers collect important data on beluga distribution and […]

Share the Shore: Harbor Seal Pups

By Alaska Regional Office | NOAA Fisheries on May 10, 2022   At Sea, Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

Share the Shore: Harbor Seal Pups

These pups—often seen alone onshore—are not abandoned. Seal Pupping Season Begins! NOAA’s Alaska Region has already received reports that harbor seal pups have arrived! Pupping season is typically between May and July, but each year a few pups arrive earlier. During the pupping and nursing season, mother harbor seals will leave their pups on shore […]

NOAA’s Alaska Region Joins the Ocean Guardian Program

By Alaska Regional Office | NOAA Fisheries on May 4, 2022   General News, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

NOAA’s Alaska Region Joins the Ocean Guardian Program

For Teacher Appreciation Week, we highlight the dedicated educators who inspire stewardship of Alaska’s ocean and watersheds. NOAA’s Ocean Guardian Program works with schools throughout the country to promote the conservation of local watersheds, the ocean, and places like national marine sanctuaries. Each school creates local projects to create environmentally sustainable events and programs that benefit the […]

NOAA Fisheries Designates Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in U.S. Arctic

By Alaska Regional Office | NOAA Fisheries on Apr 1, 2022   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

NOAA Fisheries Designates Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in U.S. Arctic

Designation of critical habitat is required for species listed under the Endangered Species Act. NOAA Fisheries is designating critical habitat in U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska for Arctic ringed seals and the Beringia distinct population segment (DPS) of bearded seals. Both species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act (ESA). The ESA requires that […]

Pinniped Entanglement Group Brings Together a Worldwide Initiative

By Alaska Regional Office | NOAA Fisheries on Mar 28, 2022   Featured, General News, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

Pinniped Entanglement Group Brings Together a Worldwide Initiative

  Proactive Cooperation Pinnipeds—seals,  sea lions, and walruses—are inquisitive animals. This makes them vulnerable to becoming entangled around their necks when they investigate loop-shaped marine debris such as packing bands and abandoned fishing nets. They can also become snagged by fishing hooks and entangled by other garbage that enters the marine ecosystem. In 2009, a group […]

Alaska Halibut Season Opens March 6

By Alaska Regional Office | NOAA Fisheries on Mar 5, 2022   At Sea, Featured, State  

Alaska Halibut Season Opens March 6

NOAA announces 2022 charter and commercial halibut management measures Pacific halibut season opens Sunday, March 6 statewide in Alaska, according to a final rule just posted in the Federal Register by NOAA Fisheries. The regulations, adopted at the annual meeting of the International Pacific Halibut Commission in January, go into effect immediately.  Included in this season’s federal […]

Flame: Juneau, Alaska’s Wildlife Superstar

By Alaska Regional Office | NOAA Fisheries on Feb 21, 2022   At Sea, Featured, Science/Education, Southeast Alaska  

Flame: Juneau, Alaska’s Wildlife Superstar

The Journey of a Tail To celebrate Whale Week (February 14-20, 2022), NOAA Fisheries is spotlighting a well-loved, school-bus-sized, seasonal resident of Juneau, Alaska—the humpback whale named Flame! Flame was named by the whale-watching community and is one of the most frequently observed whales in Juneau. She’s also known as #1538 in the Southeast Alaska […]

Alaska Aquaculture Permitting Portal and Guidance Document Now Available

By Alaska Regional Office | NOAA Fisheries on Nov 8, 2021   At Sea, Featured  

Alaska Aquaculture Permitting Portal and Guidance Document Now Available

These new tools guide applicants through the aquatic farm leasing and permitting process in Alaska. Navigating the aquaculture leasing and permitting process in Alaska is a barrier to development. To reduce this barrier to sustainable aquaculture growth, we have produced a new permitting portal and guidance document to aid prospective and established farmers.  These processing barriers were identified by […]



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