Location: Bering Sea, ice edge zone
Timing: April
Funding: NOAA
Project: Ribbon and spotted seals will be tagged with satellite-linked transmitters to study their seasonal movements, foraging ecology and dive behavior. Seals will be sampled for g
In partnership with the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the University of Washington, scientific and technical data will be obtained to evaluate the feasibility of collecting wave energy on a permanent basis...
Location: Central Bering Sea
Timing: July 15 - Sept 15, 2018
Funding: International Whaling Commission, Government of Japan
Project: The International Whaling Commission (IWC), with the Government of Japan and NOAA, is conducting a collaborative marine
Location: Southeast Alaska inside waters
Timing: August - September
Funding: NOAA
Project: Sighting data, biopsy samples and environmental DNA samples from harbor porpoise will be collected
during a ship survey in inside waters of Southeast Alas
Location: Bering and Chukchi Seas
Timing: August - September
Funding: NOAA, Bureau of Ocean Energy Management (BOEM), North Pacific Research Board (NPRB)
Project: This continues a decade of passive acoustic monitoring of marine mammals in the Ala
Location: Cook Inlet
Timing: May - June, September - October
Funding: NOAA
Project: Passive acoustic recorders will be used in Cook Inlet to identify feeding grounds for the endangered beluga whale population and to characterize potential noise r
Location: Cook Inlet
Timing: August - September
Funding: NOAA
Project: A boat-based biopsy survey will be conducted to provide information on the sex, genetics, diet, and hormonal status (for stress, pregnancy, sexual maturity, etc.) of individua
Location: Cook Inlet
Timing: August - September
Funding: NOAA
Project: Photogrammetry surveys will be conducted to estimate age classes and an index of beluga calf production in late August/early September. A hexacopter UAS equipped with a high-r
