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NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-F/OPR-21

NOAA Technical Memorandum NMFS-OPR-20

Published Date: 2001

Published Date: 2001

On September 5, 2001, the, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), completed the twenty-third annual longline survey of Alaska sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) resources of the upper continental slope (Figure 1). This survey was designed to continue the time series (1979-94) of the Gulf of Alaska portion of the Japan-U.S. cooperative longline survey that was discontinued after 1994. NMFS has surveyed the Gulf of Alaska annually since 1987, the eastern Aleutian Islands biennially since 1996, and the eastern Bering Sea biennially since 1997. The Gulf of Alaska and eastern Bering sea were sampled in 2001.

On September 5, 2000, the, Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC), completed the twenty-second annual longline survey of Alaska sablefish (Anoplopoma fimbria) resources of the upper continental slope (Figure 1). The present NMFS survey was designed to continue the time series (1979-94) of the discontinued Japan-U.S. cooperative longline survey of the Gulf of Alaska. NMFS has surveyed the Gulf of Alaska annually since 1987, the eastern Aleutian Islands biennially since 1996, and the eastern Bering Sea biennially since 1997. The Gulf of Alaska and eastern Aleutian Islands were sampled in 2000.

Analysis of the implementation of Steller sea lion protection measures to insure that groundfish fisheries off Alaska are not likely to jeopardize the continued existence of the western distinct population segment of Steller sea lions or destroy or adversely modify their designated critical habitat

This opinion considers the direct and indirect effects of amendments to the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Area and Gulf of Alaska Fishery Management Plans on Steller sea lions and their critical habitat, together with the effects of other activities.

Dredging Operations and Environmental Research study of underwater sounds in Cook Inlet, Alaska.