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Bilateral Effort Underway To Assess Populations Of Arctic Seals And Polar Bears

Scientists are using infrared cameras to detect warm-bodied animals, to locate and identify seals and polar bears on sea ice in the high Arctic.
April 28, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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New Web Tools To Examine What Fish Are Eating And Track Marine Ecosystem Trends

Most comprehensive database of Alaska predator diets; First ecosystem report card for Gulf of Alaska.
March 28, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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New Studies Raise Questions About Crabs Adaptability

New studies on the effects of ocean acidification due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
March 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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Scientists Study Euphausiids (Krill) In Alaska: Fish Food And Indicators Of Ecosystem Health

Alaska has an abundance of marine life including whales, dolphins, seals and fish. In fact, the walleye pollock resource supports the largest fishery in the U.S. Why is this? Availability of prey has a lot to do with it.
March 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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Harmful Algal Blooms: A Sign of Things to Come?

An interview with NOAA Fisheries scientist Vera Trainer.
January 27, 2016 - Podcast ,
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Twenty Years Of Monitoring Ecosystem Health In Alaska: How Is The Information Used?

For 20 years, scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center have been pulling together data for numerous indicators of ecosystem health including water temperature, sea ice extent, and seabird reproductive success. Scientists from federal, state, and academic institutions monitor these indicators for the four marine ecosystems that surround Alaska – the Aleutian Islands, the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, and the Arctic.
December 22, 2015 - Feature Story ,
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Atlantic Salmon Recovery: It Takes an Ecosystem

An interview with NOAA Fisheries biologist Rory Saunders.
December 07, 2015 - Feature Story ,
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Mystery in the Western Aleutian Islands

Overall the harbor seal population in Alaskan waters is fairly healthy.  But there are some places like the western Aleutian Islands, where harbor seal populations have declined and scientists still don’t know why. 
November 12, 2015 - Feature Story ,
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Scientists Produce Most Comprehensive List To Date of Fish Species in the Salish Sea

Two scientists compiled the most comprehensive list to date of documented fish species.
November 09, 2015 - Feature Story ,
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Alaska’s Secret Gardens

Aleutian Island coral gardens hold secrets - some that may save lives.
November 03, 2015 - Feature Story ,