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Conserving Skate Nursery Habitat In The Bering Sea

Ensuring a healthy ecosystem for sustainable fisheries.
June 29, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Skate swimming on the seafloor

Sentinels of Change: Gray Whales in the Arctic

Gray whales are now making their great annual migration to Arctic feeding grounds. What they find there may be changing.
March 29, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Tail of whale poking out of water

New Web Tools To Examine What Fish Are Eating And Track Marine Ecosystem Trends

Most comprehensive database of Alaska predator diets; First ecosystem report card for Gulf of Alaska.
March 28, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Winter Survey Yields More Than Science

Fishing industry helps orchestrate donation of surveyed fish to local food bank.
February 03, 2016 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Steller Sea Lion Field Season Map

Every year, biologists from the Alaska Fisheries Science Center Marine Mammal Laboratory survey the endangered Steller sea lion during the summer months in Alaska. This map provides a compilation of information collected during the 2016 field season, which included surveys via air, vessel and remote field camps.
January 02, 2016 - Map ,
Alaska

Search For Rare And Critically Endangered North Pacific Right Whale Begins First Dedicated Survey In Gulf Of Alaska In More Than A Decade

A team of NOAA Fisheries scientists set out on a month-long research survey onboard the NOAA ship Reuben Lasker to try to locate the rare North Pacific right whale, possibly the most endangered marine mammal to visit U.S. waters.
August 10, 2015 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Scientists Uncover New Way To Help Protect Harbor Seals In Disenchantment Bay, Alaska

New Way To Help Protect Harbor Seals in Disenchantment Bay, Alaska
July 13, 2015 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Two seals on ice floating on water

Newest NOAA Fisheries Survey Ship Begins West Coast and Alaska Whale Survey

Vessel Reuben Lasker to assess gray whales and search for highly endangered right whales.
July 09, 2015 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
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Run Timing Forecast for Chinook Salmon on the Yukon River

The forecast calls for the first significant pulse of Chinook salmon to cross the Yukon River Delta around June 15 this year, and the half way point of the run is expected to occur around June 23.
June 02, 2015 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Caught fish lined up on a table

Ocean Myth Busted: ‘Toddler’ Sea Turtles Are Very Active Swimmers

It turns out sea turtles, even at a tender 6–18 months of age, are very active swimmers.
April 09, 2015 - Media Release ,
Southeast