Publications

2007 summary of the bowhead whale population, management, psychology, behavior and the Alaska Native subsistence hunt.

Analysis of five alternatives for providing observer coverage for the North Pacific groundfish and halibut fisheries.

Analysis of potential impacts of Ruth Burnett Sport Fish Hatchery in Fairbanks, Alaska

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Administrative Order (NAO) 216-6 (May 20, 1999) contains criteria for determining the significance of the impacts of a Proposed Action.

This Final Programmatic Environmental Impact Statement assesses the environmental impacts associated with research on northern fur seals and Steller sea lions.

The Magnuson–Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act (2007) is the primary law that governs marine fisheries management in U.S. federal waters.

Analysis of the potential impacts of issuing an exempted fishing permit to allow for the testing of an electronic monitoring system on trawl vessels fishing in the Central Gulf of Alaska rockfish fishery.

Until the late 1990s, most research on Steller sea lions in Alaska was conducted by relatively few groups using the Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan (NMFS 1992) for guidance, and thus coordination was straightforward. Because of a large increase in scientific activity and funding, mostly through Congressional appropriations starting in FY01, a framework for a comprehensive and coordinated research program was created as an organizational tool (Ferrero and Fritz 2002). Studies were also categorized based on which multiple hypotheses proposed for the Steller sea lion decline were being addressed.

Yakutat observer manual. The Marine Mammal Protection Act gives NOAA Fisheries the authority to place observers aboard commercial fishing vessels to collect data for the purposes of assessing the impacts of commercial fisheries on marine mammals.

Modification to the halibut bag limit in the halibut charter fisheries in International Pacific Halibut Commission Area 2C