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Empowering a Fleet Through Electronic Technologies

By NOAA Fisheries-Office of Science and Technology on Jan 22, 2023 Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center

The pollock fishery in the Gulf of Alaska is unique in many ways. The pollock fishery in Alaska’s Bering Sea is rationalized, which means each vessel/permit holder is allocated a certain amount of catch for the season. But the Gulf of Alaska pollock fishery is open access, with every vessel racing against the others for catch. The […]

NOAA Fisheries Invites Public Comment on Draft Climate Regional Action Plans

By NOAA Fisheries-Office of Science and Technology on Apr 23, 2022 NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center

NOAA Fisheries is soliciting input on its draft Climate Regional Action Plans to address climate-science needs in each region over the next three years Changing climate and oceans are affecting the nation’s valuable living marine resources and the people, businesses and communities that depend on them. From warming oceans and rising seas, to droughts and […]