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NOAA Fisheries to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals

By NOAA-Alaska Regional Office on Feb 1, 2021   Featured, Science/Education  

NOAA Fisheries to Hold Public Hearings on Proposed Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals

NOAA Fisheries will hold three public hearings on proposed rules to designate critical habitat in U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska for Arctic ringed seals and the Beringia distinct population segment of bearded seals under the Endangered Species Act.  NOAA Fisheries opened a 60-day public comment period on the proposed rules when they were published in […]

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in U.S. Arctic

By NOAA-Alaska Regional Office on Jan 7, 2021   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

NOAA Fisheries Proposes Critical Habitat for Ringed and Bearded Seals in U.S. Arctic

A bearded seal rests on ice in the Bering Sea. NOAA/Cameron NOAA Fisheries is proposing to designate critical habitat in U.S. waters off the coast of Alaska for Arctic ringed seals and the Beringia distinct population of bearded seals. Both species are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. The ESA requires that NOAA […]

NOAA Fisheries Declares Unusual Mortality Event Due to Elevated Strandings of Ice Seals in the Arctic

By NOAA Fisheries-Alaska Regional Office on Sep 13, 2019   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center  

NOAA Fisheries Declares Unusual Mortality Event Due to Elevated Strandings of Ice Seals in the Arctic

A dead seal found on a beach near Kotzebue, Alaska. Credit: NPS/Raime Fronstin NOAA is declaring an Unusual Mortality Event (UME) for bearded, ringed, and spotted seals in the Bering and Chukchi seas. From June 1, 2018 to present there have been reports of 282 dead seals, with 119 stranded seals in 2018 and 163 in 2019. The increase […]

Trump Administration Sued for Failing to Protect Imperiled Ice Seals’ Arctic Habitat

By Emily Jeffers | Center for Biological Diversity on Jun 13, 2019   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Trump Administration Sued for Failing to Protect Imperiled Ice Seals’ Arctic Habitat

  WASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity is suing the National Marine Fisheries Service today for failing to designate critical habitat in Alaska for two ice-seal species. Both bearded and ringed seals are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because climate change is melting their Arctic sea-ice habitat. “Ice seals’ homes are melting […]

NOAA Fisheries Responding to Multiple Dead Ice Seals in Bering Sea Region

By Julie Speegle | NOAA on Jun 12, 2019   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center, State  

NOAA Fisheries Responding to Multiple Dead Ice Seals in Bering Sea Region

  Photo: A hunter from Kotlik counted 18 dead seals along 11 miles of shore, north of Kotlik. Credit: Harold Okitkun/May 7, 2019. NOAA Fisheries is responding to several reports of unusually large numbers of dead ice seals along the coast of the Bering and Chukchi seas, in Alaska. At least 60 dead seals have […]

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Arctic Habitat of Endangered Ice Seals

By Emily Jeffers | Center for Biological Diversity on Mar 15, 2019   At Sea, Featured, National, National/World  

Lawsuit Launched to Protect Arctic Habitat of Endangered Ice Seals

  [dropcap]W[/dropcap]ASHINGTON— The Center for Biological Diversity filed a notice Thursday of its intent to sue the National Marine Fisheries Service to compel the designation of critical habitat in Alaska for two ice seal species. Both bearded and ringed seals are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act because their Arctic sea-ice habitat is melting. “As […]



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