This Day in Alaska History-October 7th, 1914
Hey, Google: Find this New Whale Sound
NOAA Fisheries identified that Bryde’s whales are the source of a new whale call in the western North Pacific. Working with Google AI, we used machine learning to sort through thousands of hours of acoustic recordings and identify when and where these calls occur. In 2014, an Oregon State University autonomous seaglider survey in the Mariana Archipelago […]
July 4th Means Freedom for Humpback Whale Near Valdez
NOAA and the U.S. Coast Guard worked together this 4th of July to free an entangled humpback whale in the Port of Valdez, Prince William Sound. The NOAA Fisheries Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Hotline received numerous reports late afternoon on July 3. A young humpback whale was entangled in the middle of the Port […]
Commercial fisherman pleads guilty to falsifying fishing records, killing sperm whale
JUNEAU, Alaska – A Southeast Alaska man pleaded guilty today to one count of false labeling, a Lacey Act violation, and one count of illegally taking a sperm whale, an Endangered Species Act violation. According to court documents, Dugan Paul Daniels, 54, of Coffman Cove, knowingly submitted false records about his commercial fishing activities to […]