Alaska’s Pollock Fishery: A Model of Sustainability
Alaska’s cold, nutrient-rich waters support some of the largest and most successful commercial fisheries on the planet. The pollock fishery is one of them. It’s the second largest fishery in…
New Online Course for Spotting and Reporting Entangled Whales in Alaska Waters
Highly-trained responders depend on boating community to be “eyes and ears” on the water…
New Seafloor Maps Reveal Habitat Sculpted by Ancient Glaciers
New bathymetric map of the western Gulf of Alaska. New seafloor maps show for the first time the course of ancient ice masses. They show how they shaped essential habitat for…
New Study Shows Arctic Cod Development, Growth, Survival Impacted by Oil Exposure
Arctic cod is an important source of food for whales, seals, fish, birds, and humans in Arctic ecosystems. Arctic cod surviving to the juvenile stage were smaller and in poorer…
Study Looks at Vulnerability of Eastern Bering Sea Fish, Crab, and Salmon Stocks to Climate Change
NOAA scientists and partners have released a Climate Vulnerability Assessment for groundfish, crabs, and salmon in the Eastern Bering Sea. They looked at the potential impacts of changing climate, ocean temperatures, and other environmental conditions…
Third Annual Belugas Count! set for September 21, 2019
NOAA Fisheries and partners invite members of the public to participate in conserving the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whales at the third annual “Belugas Count!” —being held Saturday, September 21,…
Taking Stock of the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated fishing
This week marked the second observance of the International Day for the Fight against Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing. This day was declared by the General Assembly of the United…
NOAA Confirms Fifth Dead Gray Whale in Alaska
On May 28, 2019, NOAA Fisheries received a report of a dead gray whale in Chignik Bay, a community on the southern side of the Alaska Peninsula. The whale was…
Saildrone Set to Track Alaska Red King Crab
Fishing industry and researchers team up to track red king crab seasonal movements to provide data vital to keeping the Bristol Bay fishery sustainable in a changing climate Alaska…
