This Environmental Assessment analyzes the potential impacts of issuing an exempted fishing permit to allow testing a seabird avoidance measure in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands.
Re-examination of sighting and catch records in or near the southeastern Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska over the past two centuries to help define areas and ecological limit critical to the survival of the eastern population of North Pacific right whales.
Biological opinion on the effects of activities associated with the Kensington Gold Project on all threatened and endangered species. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2004-2624.
A study on the underwater acoustic recordings of construction noise associated with the Port MacKenzie dock modification to determine the level of sounds expected during construction of the crossing.
The implementation of the 2005 and 2006 final harvest specifications is necessary for the management of the groundfish fisheries and the conservation of marine resources, as required by the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act.
Analysis of an action to amend halibut Individual Fishing Quota and Community Development Quota regulations that define regulatory fishing areas for these programs under the authority of both NOAA Fisheries and International Pacific Halibut Commission.
Analysis of a regulatory amendment. This amendment would streamline the review and approval processes of quota transfers, eligible vessels, and alternative fishing plans for the Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program.
On August 23, 2004, the Southwest and Northwest Regions requested that the Southwest and Northwest Fisheries Science Centers conduct an update of the Status Review for North American Green Sturgeon (Acipenser medirostris) (Adams et al. 2002).