SeaWorld San Antonio is the new permanent home for the rescued Cook Inlet beluga whale calf named Tyonek currently undergoing rehabilitation at the Alaska SeaLife Center.
NOAA Fisheries is seeking nominations to fill two non-NOAA commissioner seats on the International Pacific Halibut Commission. Terms for the current commissioners who are eligible for reappointment expire on March 31, 2018.
NOAA Fisheries has determined a male Cook Inlet beluga whale calf found stranded in Cook Inlet in September 2017, and rehabilitated at the Alaska SeaLife Center, is not capable of surviving on its own and cannot be released back into the wild.
Julie Speegle, (907) 586-7032
Nancy Deel (Alaska SeaLife Center), (907) 224-6375
Seward, AK (October 03, 2017) The Alaska SeaLife Center (ASLC) received a stranded male beluga whale calf from Cook Inlet on Saturday, September 30.
NOAA Fisheries is proposing to authorize formation of a recreational quota entity (RQE), which could purchase and hold commercial halibut quota shares for use by charter anglers in International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) regulatory Areas 2C (South
NOAA Fisheries is asking the public to stay away from the carcass of a humpback whale that washed ashore at Kincaid Park. The whale is located on the beach, about a mile from the sand dunes. Marine mammals can transmit disease to humans and pets.
NOAA Fisheries marine mammal entanglement experts are hopeful that a humpback whale is free, after a successful operation to cut the anchor line it was stuck in Sunday afternoon near the mouth of Tracy Arm.