Amendment 58 will reduce the annual trawl bycatch limits for Chinook salmon and will revise the Chinook Salmon Savings Area in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands management area.
A synthesis of information showing the number and geographical coverage of surveys in which encountered belugas would have been reported. Information includes effort and sighting data from marine mammal research projects in the Gulf of Alaska.
Overview of research on Alaska beluga whales including distribution and abundance, habitat associations and contaminants, radio and satellite tagging, harvest history, and traditional knowledge.