Location: Bering Sea, ice edge zone
Timing: April
Funding: NOAA
Project: Ribbon and spotted seals will be tagged with satellite-linked transmitters to study their seasonal movements, foraging ecology and dive behavior. Seals will be sampled for g
Location: Bering Sea, ice edge zone
Timing: April
Funding: NOAA
Project: Ribbon and spotted seals will be tagged with satellite-linked transmitters to study their seasonal movements, foraging ecology and dive behavior. Seals will be sampled for genetics and to assess their health and condition. Small boats based on the NOAA Vessel Oscar Dyson, will be used to access the seals on ice floes.
Alaska Ocean Farms harvests seaweed near Kodiak, Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
Spectators spot whales on a WhaleSENSE whale watching trip in Juneau, Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries
North Pacific right whale. Credit: Brenda K. Rone
Veteran intern Antonio Jones at an oyster farm in Drayton Harbor, Washington, checking traps for European Invasive Green Crab. Credit: Northwest Straits Commission
