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…
Murkowski, Sullivan, Peltola Announce Disaster Declarations for Alaska Fisheries
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan, (both R-Alaska), and Representative Mary Sattler Peltola (D-Alaska) welcomed determinations from the U.S. Department…
Senate Passes Sullivan-Murkowski Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate this week voted unanimously to pass the Alaska Salmon Research Task Force Act, legislation introduced by Senators Dan Sullivan and Lisa Murkowski (both R-Alaska)…
Strongest Arctic cyclone on record led to surprising loss of sea ice
A warming climate is causing a decline in sea ice in the Arctic Ocean, where loss of sea ice has…
NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comment on Plan for Abundance-Based Management of Halibut in the Bering Sea
Amendment 123 balances interests of two largest halibut user groups in the Bering Sea-Aleutian Islands Fishery Management Area. NOAA Fisheries…
M/V Tazlina will sail Northern Panhandle route during January and February 2023
Service gap covered while M/V LeConte undergoes its annual overhaul (JUNEAU, Alaska)—The M/V Tazlina will provide service in January and…
Coast Guard, NOAA seize illegally caught fish near Homer
KODIAK, Alaska – A Coast Guard law enforcement boarding team seized illegally caught fish near Homer, Wednesday. The Naushon crew…
One Missing, Presumed Dead in Randi Jo Sinking near Point Baker
Alaska Wildlife Troopers revealed Tuesday that they were notified early Monday afternoon that the F/V Randi Jo had run aground…
Tanker has boiler fire at Port of Alaska, no injuries, spills
Anchorage, AK – Oil products tanker Atlantic Lily suffered a boiler fire onboard while delivering fuel to Petroleum, Oil and…