U.S. Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker today determined there are commercial fishery failures for nine salmon and crab fisheries in Alaska, California and Washington. In recent years, each of these fisheries experienced sudden and unexpected
NOAA Fisheries is releasing its recovery plan for the Cook Inlet beluga whale, which will guide efforts to recover the species to a point where they can be removed from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants.
NOAA Fisheries concluded that the listing of Pacific harbor seals in Iliamna Lake, Alaska as an endangered or threatened species under the Endangered Species Act (ESA) is not warranted. The seals do not constitute a species as defined by the ESA.
The mammal curator and collection staff from the University of Alaska Museum of the North in Fairbanks will collect humpback whale remains at the Anchorage Coastal Wildlife Refuge this week. The 42-foot adult humpback whale washed ashore early last July.
NOAA Fisheries, in coordination with the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, is announcing its intent to expand the scope of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for a new bycatch management program for Gulf of Alaska trawl groundfish fisheries.
NOAA whale experts are hoping a Juneau-area humpback calf nicknamed Lincoln can free itself from an entanglement after a team of five was able to make a strategic cut to the line Wednesday.
Linda Behnken is replacing International Pacific Halibut Commission interim commissioner Jeff Kauffman as commissioner in the Alaska resident seat.
The U.S. State Department designated Jeff Kauffman, from Wasilla, in December 2015 to serve.
Julie Speegle, (907) 586-7032 (office), (907) 321-7032 (cell)
NOAA's marine mammal stranding experts are asking the public to report any sightings of an entangled adult humpback whale. The animal was last seen Wednesday on the east side of Admiralty.
Julie Speegle, (907)586-7032 w., (907)321-7032 c.
The Secretary of Commerce has approved a fishery management plan amendment to reduce halibut bycatch in four sectors of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands groundfish fisheries.
