The following is the first feature in a multi-part series about NOAA Fisheries Partnerships in Alaska. NOAA Fisheries is strengthening relationships and building partnerships with the commercial fishing industry, environmental community, academia and private businesses to broaden our expertise and maximize agency resources to better fulfill our scientific and management mission of monitoring, protecting and sustaining Alaska’s valuable natural marine resources. Special thanks to Ben Shouse, Lenfest Ocean Program, Jeremy Sterling, NOAA Fisheries/Alaska Fisheries Science Center, and Ivonne Ortiz, the University of Washington’s Joint Institute for the Study of the Atmosphere and Ocean (JISAO) for pulling this feature together.