“Start haul back,” the NOAA Corps watch officer says to the fisherman operating the winch controls. The officer monitors the helm and navigation settings to maintain a smooth ride while the fisherman, a NOAA wage mariner, begins the slow process of reeling in a trawl net from the depths. They’re aboard NOAA Ship Oscar Dyson in […]
It was announced on Thursday of last week by NOAA, that they had funded the Alaska’s Island Trails Network as one of the recipients of the Marine Debris Program’s community-based marine debris removal grants. The program funded the Island Trails Network $128,510 to ” remove and analyze the composition of nearly 60,000 pounds of debris […]
Ten years; 500,000 landing reports. Fisheries managers, fishers, and seafood processors across the state of Alaska are celebrating those two milestones this month for the innovative Interagency Electronic Reporting System, better known as eLandings. Responding to industry requests for electronic reporting, staff from NOAA Fisheries, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, and the International […]
A team of NOAA Fisheries scientists set out on a month-long research survey onboard the NOAA ship Reuben Laskerto try to locate the rare North Pacific right whale, possibly the most endangered marine mammal to visit U.S. waters. Today, only an estimated 30 North Pacific right whales remain, the legacy of extensive historical whaling in […]