Co-management promotes full and equal participation by Alaska Natives in decisions affecting the subsistence management of marine mammals as a tool for conserving marine mammal populations in Alaska.
The Status of Stocks and Multispecies Assessment Program, Fishery Interaction Team, was formed to investigate the effects of commercial fishing on top trophic level consumers.
Biological opinion on the potential effects of ferry terminal construction in Haines, Alaska on endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitat. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2017-9661.
Biological opinion on the proposed Biorka Island Dock Replacement Project at Sitka, Alaska, and its effects on endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitat for those species. NMFS Consultation Number: AKR-2017-9693.
Biological opinion on the potential effects of oil and gas exploration activities in Lease Sale 244, Cook Inlet, on endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitats.
The Marine Mammal Laboratory (MML) conducted aerial, ship, and land-based surveys to count Steller sea lion (Eumetopias jubatus) pups and non-pups on terrestrial rookery and haulout sites in Alaska in June to July 2017.
Biological opinion on the effects of oil and gas exploratory drilling in the Kitchen Lights Unit of Cook Inlet on endangered and threatened species and designated critical habitat.