Funding will advance NOAA’s efforts to support Indigenous Knowledge holders and Alaska Natives. Last week, the Department of Commerce and NOAA announced the availability of $1 million for multi-year funding opportunities that will be distributed through the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Indigenous Engagement Program to support remote Alaska communities. This investment — funded by the […]
Trends in compliance over 21 years provide insight to help build greater collaboration in support of sustainable fisheries. Productive, resilient fisheries that support thriving communities and a strong blue economy are achieved through management laws and regulations. “Fisheries sustainability is only as good as compliance with the rules we have created to maintain it,” said […]
New chapters in 2023 Arctic Report Card show the promise of Indigenous knowledge to strengthen resilience NOAA’s 2023 Arctic Report Card documents new records showing that human-caused warming of the air, ocean and land is affecting people, ecosystems and communities across the Arctic region, which is heating up faster than any other part of the world. […]
The call came in to NOAA’s Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network 24-hour hotline the morning of July 19. A whale-watching company near Ketchikan had spotted a humpback whale entangled in line and dragging unmarked buoys. NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement in Ketchikan responded, verified the whale’s location in Blank Inlet on the south side of Gravina Island, […]
