NOAA Fisheries' review of the status of the listed species, the condition of the critical habitat, the environmental baseline for the action area, all the potential effects and exposure of the action as proposed, and cumulative effects.

A Program within the Marine Mammal Laboratory Division at Alaska Fisheries Science Center.

We use photos to identify, catalog, and study marine mammals in the Southeast. These photos provide important information about the health, social structure, abundance, and distribution of marine mammal populations.

Biological Opinion on the effects of the proposed construction of a cruise ship berth and associated facilities in Whittier, Alaska. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-02953

Biological opinion considers the effects to ESA-listed species from the proposed replacement of the UMC Dock Positions III and IV. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2016-9588.

ESA Section 7 Consultation

Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion for National Marine Fisheries Service, Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division, USCG Dock Construction, Seward and Sitka, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2024-

Biological Opinion on Skagway Ore Terminal, NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-02952

Cooperative conservation partnerships between NOAA Fisheries and States can be formalized by entering into agreements under section 6 of the Endangered Species Act.

Opinion on the effects of icebreaking and a new vessel transit route in the Beaufort Sea on several marine mammal species, and effects to the newly designated ringed and bearded seal critical habitat. NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-00873.

NOAA Fisheries' biological opinion on the effects of oil and gas exploration activities for LS 193 on endangered and threatened species and designated and proposed critical habitats. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2015-9422.

Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion for Biological Opinion National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Region, Sustainable Fisheries Division Fishery Management Plan for the Groundfish Fisheries of the Gulf of Alaska NMFS Consul

Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion for National Marine Fisheries Service Office of Protected Resources, Permits and Conservation Division Sitka Seaplane Base Construction, Sitka, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2023-025

Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion for U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Unalaska Bay Bar Reduction Project, Iliuliuk Bay, Alaska NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2022-03610

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.