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Investigating Salmon Bycatch Dynamics in the Alaska Pollock Fishery

NOAA Fisheries scientists are studying factors that may contribute to the bycatch of Chinook and chum salmon in Alaska’s pollock fishery.
November 18, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Two adult chum salmon, one male and one female, hover over a river bed of cobbles and pebbles. The salmon have green bodies with purple stripes along the body, and the male has large, pointed teeth. New research may help scientists and fisheries managers reduce bycatch of chum salmon (above) and Chinook salmon in the eastern Bering Sea pollock fishery. Credit: Roger Tabor/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

Helping Alaska's Coastal Communities Adapt with Next-Generation Ocean Forecasting

As Alaska’s oceans rapidly change, NOAA scientists are developing cutting-edge tools to help communities respond and adapt.
November 17, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
National
Small boats and colorful houses line a river bank beneath a bright blue sky filled with clouds. Small boats along the Ningliqvak (Ninglikfak) River below the village of Chevak in western Alaska. Credit: Lisa Hupp/U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service

NOAA Fisheries Releases 2025 Alaska Aquaculture Accomplishments Report

In 2025, NOAA Fisheries provided science to help grow Alaska’s aquaculture industry.
September 26, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
wild bull kelp Wild bull kelp (Nereocystis luetkeana). Credit: NOAA Fisheries

Celebrating Aquaculture Week: Farming from Tide to Table

Join us for Aquaculture Week 2025 to learn how marine aquaculture—or farmed seafood—is vital for supporting our nation’s seafood production and jobs on the water, enhancing coastal resilience, and more.
September 22, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
A person stands in chest deep water holding a floating oyster cage. Thomas Piecuch flips floating oyster bags on his farm (Credit: Holy Ground Oyster Company).

NOAA Announces Confirmed U.S. Large Whale Entanglement Numbers for 2024

There were 95 large whale entanglement cases documented in 2024—an increase from 2023 and higher than the historical average.
September 18, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
A trained and authorized responder stands on the bow of a boat and uses a specialized knife on a very long pole to attempt to remove an entanglement wrapped around a humpback whale’s body Credit: NOAA/Maria Harvey

Alaska Creek Impacted by Historic Mining Restored to Support Salmon and Local Communities

The NOAA-funded restoration of Resurrection Creek on the Kenai Peninsula is reviving salmon habitat, boosting the local economy, and uniting conservationists and miners in an unprecedented partnership.
September 18, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
An excavator and dump truck move stones around a construction site with a forest and mountain in the background An excavator digs a new stream channel while a dump truck unloads stones to recreate the stream bed on Resurrection Creek. Credit: Molly Feltner/NOAA.

Mapping Alaska’s Wild Kelp Beds with Farmers

NOAA Fisheries and seaweed farmers team up to chart wild kelp beds, helping grow Alaska’s seaweed aquaculture industry.
September 16, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
dragon kelp bed in coastal Alaska Aerial imagery of dragon kelp bed in coastal Alaska. Credit: NOAA Fisheries, Mandy Lindeberg.

Exploring the Upsides and Obstacles of Growing Pacific Oysters in Alaska’s Cold Waters

Scientists teamed up to examine how high-latitude conditions affect Pacific oyster health and quality in Southeast Alaska.
September 02, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Pacific oysters travel down a sorting tumbler at Salty Lady Seafood Company in Juneau, Alaska Pacific oysters travel down a sorting tumbler at Salty Lady Seafood Company in Juneau, Alaska. Credit: Salty Lady Seafood Company.

Modernizing Fisheries Survey Science: Advancing NOAA’s Fisheries-Independent Data Collection

As marine ecosystems change and technology advances, modernizing survey tools allows NOAA to maintain critical survey time series and deliver the best available science to support sustainable fisheries management.
August 22, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
A group of five people are surrounded by a large red fisheries trawl net. The net is hung avove them and hangs onto the floor and under their feet. Shawn Russell trains the other fisheries scientists about the net operations. Shawn Russell, AFSC Net Shed and Survey Support Team Supervisor, leading a training on bottom trawl survey gear in the net shed, a converted World War II era airplane hangar at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Seattle Campus. Credit: Emily Markowitz/NOAA Fisheries.

Humpback Whale Calf Washes Ashore Near Juneau

Community members gather for a rare, up-close view of the young marine mammal before it is relocated south of town. A necropsy team is seeking answers on the cause of death.
August 21, 2025 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
humpback whale calf washed ashore near Juneau An aerial view of the stranded humpback whale calf in Gastineau Channel with a buoy and line attached to it by the response team. Credit: Seth Bartusek, Alaska Department of Fish and Game, taken under NOAA Permit # 24359.