Publications

Memo from the Alaska Fisheries Science Center to the Alaska Regional Office on Steller sea lion population trends.

Biological opinion on the effects of the 3-D Seismic Surveys of Cook Inlet, Alaska by Apache Alaska Corporation on endangered species.

Researchers conducting field studies of Steller sea lions in Alaska meet annually to ensure coordination of field activities, a meeting also attended by researchers conducting field studies in Russia or Canada, at captive facilities, and by other interested parties (Appendix 1). The main purpose of this coordination is to minimize potential disturbance to Steller sea lions, and to maximize collaboration and sample or data sharing opportunities1. The 2011 meeting was held in association with the Alaska Marine Science Symposium in Anchorage, Alaska.

Biological opinion to determine whether space vehicle and missile launch operations at the Kodiak Launch Complex are likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the Steller sea lion, or result in the destruction or adverse modification of its critical habitat.

The purpose of this document is to explain the analysis and rationale for determining whether the mortality and serious injury incidental to U. S. commercial fisheries will have a negligible impact on specific species listed as endangered under the ESA.

Authorization of groundfish fisheries under the fishery management plans for groundfish of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska management areas.

This assessment/review provides an evaluation of the environmental, social, and economic effects of alternatives to the Steller sea lion protection measures for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Management Area groundfish fisheries.

Researchers possessing Endangered Species Act (ESA)/Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) permits to conduct scientific studies on Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus) in Alaska meet at least annually to coordinate field study plans for the subsequent year, and these annual meetings also include researchers conducting studies in Canada and Russia. The primary objectives are to minimize potential disturbance to wild sea lions and maximize collaboration and sharing of samples or data, but the meeting is also a forum to discuss other research-related topics, such as national or regional Steller sea lion management issues with research implications. This meeting also partly meets coordination requirements stipulated in the issued permits.

Alaska Marine Mammal Observer Program overview for 2010-2013 and beyond in the Southeast Alaska drift gillnet fishery.

Marine birds and mammals observed in the Yakutat salmon setnet fishery.