In 2017, the 36th annual eastern Bering Sea shelf bottom trawl survey was extended northward to include 144 additional stations in an area bounded by the Bering Strait, Norton Sound, and the U.S.–Russia Maritime Boundary.
In 2018, the 37th annual eastern Bering Sea shelf bottom trawl survey was extended northward to include 49 additional stations in an area bounded by the Bering Strait, Norton Sound, and the U.S.–Russia Maritime Boundary.
In 2019, the NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center conducted two surveys within U.S. territorial waters of the Bering Sea; the southeastern Bering Sea shelf bottom trawl survey and the northern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey.
In 2021, the NOAA Fisheries, Alaska Fisheries Science Center conducted two surveys within U.S. territorial waters of the Bering Sea: the southeastern Bering Sea shelf bottom trawl survey and the northern Bering Sea bottom trawl survey.
In 2022, NOAA Fisheries’ Alaska Fisheries Science Center conducted two surveys within U.S. territorial
waters of the Bering Sea: the southeastern Bering Sea shelf bottom trawl survey and the northern
Bering Sea bottom trawl survey.
The Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) of NOAA Fisheries, National Oceanic & Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), conducts research on marine mammals off the coasts of Alaska, Washington, Oregon, and California.
This is an outreach product to describe 2022 Alaska Fisheries Science Center aerial survey to obtain an abundance estimate for the endangered population of beluga whales in Cook Inlet, Alaska.