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Beluga Whale Sounds Aid Scientific Understanding of When Whales are Hunting Prey

By NOAA Fisheries on Nov 30, 2021   At Sea, Featured, Science/Education  

Beluga Whale Sounds Aid Scientific Understanding of When Whales are Hunting Prey

New information may help with recovery efforts for endangered Cook Inlet belugas. When listening to beluga whales, the sound of a crunch or a clapped jaw may be a reliable indication that a beluga whale just successfully captured or missed a fish. In a new published paper on beluga whales in Alaska, scientists analyzed sound data, collected […]

NOAA Fisheries Implementing Amendment 14 in Alaska’s Cook Inlet

By NOAA Fisheries on Nov 2, 2021   At Sea, Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

NOAA Fisheries Implementing Amendment 14 in Alaska’s Cook Inlet

The amendment will affect the Cook Inlet commercial salmon fishing season. This action does not close any salmon fishing in state waters. NOAA Fisheries issued a final rule to implement Amendment 14 to the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska (Salmon FMP). The Final Rule, which filed in the Federal […]

North Pacific Right Whale Research in Alaska

By NOAA Fisheries on Sep 10, 2021   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

North Pacific Right Whale Research in Alaska

Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Marine Mammal Laboratory conducts research to manage and recover this critically endangered population. The North Pacific right whale is the rarest of the large whales. Only about 30 individuals are estimated to remain of the Eastern stock that lives in Alaskan waters. Scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Marine Mammal Laboratory […]

Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Partners Necropsy Minke Whale Near Gustavus

By NOAA Fisheries on Jun 24, 2021   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Southeast Alaska  

Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Partners Necropsy Minke Whale Near Gustavus

Findings highlight risk to whales and dolphins from vertical lines in marine environment. A couple walking on the beach near Gustavus dock early on Sunday, May 30 were initially excited to spot a minke whale surface near a moored vessel. But then, they saw the whale dive and heard the mooring chain on the vessel […]

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