‘Plasticosis’: Researchers Discover New Digestive Disease Sickening Seabirds
“This study is the first time that stomach tissue has been investigated in this way and shows that plastic consumption…
NOAA Fisheries Denies Request for Emergency Action to Close the Red King Crab Savings Area and Subarea
NOAA Fisheries has denied a request for emergency action to close the red king crab savings area and red king…
Always Ready, That Others May Live
COAST GUARD AIR STATION KODIAK — Undulating waves pitched the 2,000-ton U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Cypress like a bath toy,…
M/V Columbia will sail again in Feb. 2023, covering routes for M/V Matanuska
Matanuska in need of safety upgrades and repairs (JUNEAU, Alaska) — M/V Columbia will sail again in February, serving Southeast Alaska…
As Lease Sale Flops, Environmentalists Vow to Keep Fighting for Cook Inlet
“Today’s<Monday> outcome reinforces that fossil fuel development in Cook Inlet is no longer a sound investment,” said one campaigner. “Alaskans…
Navy to Continue Training Activities in the Gulf of Alaska
SILVERDALE, Wash — The U.S. Navy announced its decision to continue periodic military training activities in the Gulf of Alaska…
Friends of the Earth Slams Failed Cook Inlet Lease Sale
WASHINGTON – Bidding in last week’s Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale revealed a notable reluctance from the fossil fuel…
Fishing Communities Coalition Applauds Congress for Funding Young Fishermen’s Development Act
The Fishing Communities Coalition (FCC)s it is thrilled that, for the first time since it was enacted, the Young Fishermen’s…
Learning More about “Dark” Fishing Vessels’ Activities at Sea
NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement is exploring technology innovations and limitations in the ongoing fight against illegal, unreported, and unregulated…
Wood-eating clams use their poop to dominate their habitat
Deep beneath the waves, tiny clams with shells usually about as big as a pea bore into pieces of sunken…