Science & Data

A study of the relationship between hookworms and northern fur seals in Alaska.

Cook Inlet beluga whale critical habitat map and associated data files.

In 1953, the Outer Continental Shelf Lands Act (OCSLA) (43 USC 1331-1356) charged the U.S. Secretary of the Interior with the responsibility for administering minerals exploration within and development of the Outer Continental Shelf (OCS). The Act empowered the Secretary to formulate regulations so that its provisions could be met. The OCSLA Amendments of 1978 (43 USC 1802) established a policy for the management of oil and natural gas in the OCS and for protection of the marine and coastal environments. The amended OCSLA states that the Secretary of the Interior shall conduct studies in areas or regions of sales to ascertain the “environmental impacts on the marine and coastal environments of the Outer Continental Shelf and the coastal areas which may be affected by oil and gas development” (43 USC 1346).

A study of hookworms and their effects on northern fur seal and California sea lion health.

Logbook summary reports for the 2010 calendar year.

We used longline surveys to quantify the shark assemblage at French Frigate Shoals (FFS) atoll from May to August 2009. Fishing effort consisted of 189 longline sets totaling 6,862 hook hours of soak time.

A study on northern fur seals (Callorhinus ursinus).

Poster about Cook Inlet belugas in the Little Susitna River Delta

2011 Alaska Marine Science Symposium poster on research concluding that seals do pup in the lake and some seals obviously over-winter there, but it seems unlikely that most seals do.

A study of historical climate fluctuations and the possibility of hydropower.