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IPHC Requests Tenders for the 2021 Fishery-Independent Setline Survey (FISS)

By IPHC Secretariat | International Pacific Halibut Commission on Dec 30, 2020   At Sea, Featured, General News  

IPHC Requests Tenders for the 2021 Fishery-Independent Setline Survey (FISS)

SEATTLE – The International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) is seeking to charter longline vessels to conduct its Fishery-Independent Setline Survey (FISS) in 2021. The primary purpose of the FISS is to collect standardized data for use in the Pacific halibut stock assessment. This information collected is also used to study aspects of the Pacific halibut resource […]

Ocean-Going Robots Effective at Surveying Pollock

By Alaska Fisheries Science Center on Dec 29, 2020   Featured, NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Fisheries Science Center, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

Ocean-Going Robots Effective at Surveying Pollock

This may be the first time data collected using uncrewed surface vehicles were used to help produce an annual estimate of abundance for a commercial fish stock. Every other year, NOAA Fisheries conducts an acoustic-trawl survey from crewed research vessels to measure pollock abundance in Alaska’s eastern Bering Sea. As a result of COVID-19, many […]

November 5th, 1910

By Alaska Native News on Nov 5, 2020   This Day in Alaskan History  

November 5th, 1910

 

NOAA Bathymetric Data Helps Scientists More Accurately Model Tsunami Risk Within Barry Arm

By NOAA Office of Coast Survey on Sep 15, 2020   Featured, Science/Education, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

NOAA Bathymetric Data Helps Scientists More Accurately Model Tsunami Risk Within Barry Arm

  In May of 2020, local geologists identified a steep, unstable slope that has the potential to become a tsunami-generating landslide in Barry Arm, a glacial fjord 60 miles east of Anchorage, Alaska. With documented cases of tsunami-generating landslides in Alaska including Lituya Bay in 1958 and Taan Fjord in 2015, this new hazard immediately caught the attention of […]

Alaska Sea Grant survey reveals challenges to mariculture industry caused by COVID-19 pandemic

By Melissa Good | Alaska Sea Grant on May 24, 2020   Featured, News from Alaska SeaGrant  

Alaska Sea Grant survey reveals challenges to mariculture industry caused by COVID-19 pandemic

  Alaska Sea Grant recently surveyed the Alaska mariculture industry to shed light on the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and response on their businesses in February and March. Survey respondents reported that revenue was down, with 43 percent reporting losses of more than half of their revenue. More than a third had laid off […]

Alaska’s Parents Share Concerns About How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Affecting Their Families

By Clinton Bennett | Alaska Department of Health and Social Services on Apr 27, 2020   Featured, Health, State  

Alaska’s Parents Share Concerns About How the COVID-19 Pandemic is Affecting Their Families

  Next survey has launched, explores impact on physical activity and nutrition April 27, 2020 ANCHORAGE — In just a week, almost 2,000 Alaska parents responded to the first survey in the Alaska Department of Health and Social Services’ (DHSS) series of family surveys to find out how the COVID-19 pandemic is impacting the lives […]

Medical Marijuana for Veterans

By Congressman Don Young on Mar 10, 2020   Op/Ed and the Editor  

Medical Marijuana for Veterans

  Dear Alaskans, America’s veterans put their lives on the line to defend our freedom and way of life. I have long believed that we should be doing all that we can to ensure they receive the best medical care possible well after their service ends. Our nation’s veterans deserve patient-centered care that works for […]

Scientists Bracing for the New Climate Frontier

By Fishermen's News Online on Feb 4, 2020   Featured, Fishermen's News Online  

Scientists Bracing for the New Climate Frontier

  Rapid changes in the environment brought on by warming temperatures and increasing ocean acidification are prompting new direction in research, say scientists who addressed the 2020 Alaska Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska. “Everything is new,” said Cisco Werner, chief science advisor to NOAA Fisheries, in his presentation to dozens of participants gathered to […]

The Thin Line Between Alaska and Canada

By Ned Rozell | Geophysical Institute on Jul 13, 2019   Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science  

The Thin Line Between Alaska and Canada

  Marked by metal cones and a clear-cut swath 20 feet wide, Alaska’s border with Canada is one of the great feats of wilderness surveying. The boundary between Alaska and Canada is 1,538 miles long. The line is obvious in some places, such as the Yukon River valley, where crews have cut a straight line […]

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