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NOAA Team Mounts Response in Effort to Disentangle Juneau-area Humpback Calf

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.
July 21, 2016 - Media Release ,
Alaska
a line entangling a humpback whale calf

Behnken Named as International Pacific Halibut Commission Interim Commissioner

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.
June 22, 2016 - Media Release ,
Alaska

NOAA Asks Public to Report Sightings of Entangled Humpback in Seymour Canal Area

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.
June 02, 2016 - Media Release ,
Alaska
entangled humpback whale

NOAA Announces 2016 Charter and Commercial Halibut Management Measures

The commercial IFQ halibut season opens Saturday, March 19, 2016.
March 15, 2016 - Media Release ,
Alaska

Secretary of Commerce Approves Measure to Reduce Bering Sea Halibut Bycatch

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.
January 20, 2016 - Media Release ,
Alaska

Species in the Spotlight: NOAA Fisheries Launches Aerial Technology to Help Stranded Cook Inlet Beluga Whales

The call came in on a Thursday afternoon in August: a Cook Inlet beluga whale had been spotted, stranded on the mudflats south of Anchorage, Alaska. Once a stranded beluga is reported to NOAA Fisheries, biologists spring into action to coordinate a res
December 18, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska

NOAA Fisheries Seeks Public Input on Plan to Reduce Halibut Bycatch in Bering Sea

NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comment on a proposed rule that would reduce bycatch limits for Pacific halibut in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) groundfish fisheries. Bycatch is also known as prohibited species catch
November 13, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska

Scientists Conduct Full Necropsy in Quest to Determine What Killed "Offshore" Killer Whale

October 20, 2015 Julie Speegle, (907) 586-7032 w., (907) 321-7032 c. A collaborative team of scientists is investigating what caused the death of a female killer whale found on a beach in Portage Bay, Kupreanof Island, northwest of Petersburg. The team
October 20, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska
biologist holding killer whale jaw ajar to reveal worn teeth

NOAA Fisheries, Alaska SeaLife Center to Release Seal Pup Rescued from Douglas Island

Marine mammal specialists from NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region and the Alaska SeaLife Center will release a female Pacific harbor seal pup in Juneau.
October 16, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska
harbor seal pup

NOAA Fisheries seeks letters of public support for International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) nominees

NOAA Fisheries is seeking letters of public support for nominees (listed below) for two presidential appointments to serve as U.S. Commissioners to the International Pacific Halibut Commission. The IPHC is a bilateral regional fishery organization.
September 23, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska