This Fisheries Management Plan includes all species and fisheries for Alaska crab (red, blue, and brown king crab, Tanner crab, and snow crab). In-season management of these fisheries is provided by Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Kodiak.
Field biologist Emma Fowler shares some of the marvelous sights and scenes, unusual finds, and bucket list achievements from the spring Gulf of Maine Bottom Longline Survey.
These datasets are a compilation of acoustic data and associated annotation logs, collected in the Western North Atlantic Ocean, including the Stellwagen Bank National Marine Sanctuary.
The Marine Mammal Laboratory (MML) conducted aerial surveys to photograph and
count Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups (~1 month old) and non-pups (adults and
juveniles ≥ 1 year old)... (AFSC/MML/AEP 2016) in Alaska in June-July 2022.
This acoustic–optical survey method provides data that are vital for the assessment of fish species in ecosystems which are difficult, or impossible for certain species, to survey with existing methods.
