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A Missing Ingredient in the Recipe for Healthy Ecosystems

NOAA Fisheries social scientists stress the importance of human dimensions in environmental management.
June 09, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act in Action: How Biological Surveys Support Sustainable Alaskan Fisheries

This month NOAA Fisheries celebrates the 40th Anniversary of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, the federal law that set the U.S. on track to healthy fish stocks and fisheries. Underlying the success of this important U.S. law is a management system supported by good science. Biological surveys make it possible for scientists to provide reliable estimates of how many fish are in the ocean. Sometimes, scientists also get a few surprises, like discovering a new species.
June 06, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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NOAA and Partners Chart New Territory for Ocean Science

Deploying autonomous sailing vessels with customized acoustic technologies to study whales, fish and seals in remote parts of the ocean.
June 03, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Where Do Alaska Fish Go?

The Alaska Fisheries Science Center, the McDowell Group and the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission have produced a new publication examining how federally managed groundfish and crab stocks caught in Alaskan waters
May 23, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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A Little Camera May Yield Big Results

A low-tech mini-camera (miniCam) may turn out to be an efficient way to identify fish during research surveys.
May 17, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Echogram showing a scan of the ocean, the red line represents the sea floor and the green scattering represents pre-spawning Pollock

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation And Management Act In Action: Age Data Are Important For Sustainable Fisheries

A little stone in a fish’s ear contains valuable information that helps determine its age.
May 10, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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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 ,
Alaska
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Ten-Day At Sea Joint Mission Successfully Tallies 20+ Violations

On March 10, 2016, two Alaska Wildlife Troopers, a public safety technician, and a NOAA Enforcement Officer got underway for a 10-day at-sea operation in the Aleutian chain, Alaska. The joint patrol mission was focused on conducting at-sea boarding's, as
April 09, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Sentinels of Change: Gray Whales in the Arctic

Gray whales are now making their great annual migration to Arctic feeding grounds. What they find there may be changing.
March 29, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Tail of whale poking out of water

Four NOAA Fisheries Surveys Planned for Summer to Collect Data Crucial to Sustainable Alaska Fisheries

Scientists from NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center will embark from Dutch Harbor May 28 on another busy survey season, off Alaska's coast, collecting data needed for fisheries managers to determine sustainable fishery harvest levels.
March 28, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Map of proposed survey stations for research in the eastern Bering Sea