NOAA Fisheries’ Pacific Coastal Salmon Recovery Fund (PCSRF) provides funding to states and tribes to protect, conserve, and restore Pacific salmon and steelhead fish populations.

Veteran and corps programs are enhancing workforce development and opportunities for higher education in the natural resources field, while restoring coastal habitat to support healthy fisheries, fishing communities, and NOAA trust resources.

A Division of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center

A look at survey and research activities planned for 2025.

The NOAA Technical Memorandum series continues the series established in 1970. Copies of AFSC and F/NWC NOAA Technical Memorandums can be ordered from the National Technical Information Service (NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road, Springfield, VA 22167.

Information on the Potential Biological Removal level, its importance to marine conservation, and how scientists use it.

NOAA is recommending $4.5 million in funding for 10 new projects through the 2017 Community-based Restoration Program Coastal and Marine Habitat Restoration Grants competition.

eDNA provides an affordable alternative to measure fish populations.

NOAA scientists use a variety of satellite data streams to inform fisheries management.

Listen to exemplar sound clips of marine mammal sounds, taken from passive acoustic recorders. We have compiled these sounds to provide examples of the variety and breadth of animal sounds.

NOAA Fisheries and partners have developed Regional Action Plans to guide implementation of the NOAA Fisheries Climate Science Strategy in each region.

These publications focus on a particular population or group of individuals. Includes population assessments, growth assessments, population size, demography,, and population specific influences, characteristics, and responses.

NOAA Fisheries convened an independent review panel to review the agency’s implementation of its National Recovery Program under the Endangered Species Act.

Reliable estimates of the monetary value of benefits provided by marine ecosystems is key to balancing tradeoffs among ecological, social, and economic priorities.

Mandy Keogh, the Alaska Region Stranding Coordinator, discusses team members and their vital roles.