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Celebrating Alaskan Indigenous Members of the Marine Mammal Stranding Network

Tribes and local governments play an important role in collecting marine mammal data and responding to entangled and stranded marine animals throughout remote areas of Alaska.
November 19, 2021 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
A Tribal member stands next to a stranded bowhead whale that was killed by killer whale predation. Blue sky, white waves, and a dark sand beach. Perry Ashagnuak (Utqiagvik) collecting an eye from a stranded bowhead whale that had been killed by killer whale predation. Photo credit: Raphaela Stimmelmayr

Biological Opinion Office of Naval Research (ONR) Arctic Activities

Endangered Species Act (ESA) Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion Office of Naval Research (ONR) Arctic Research Activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas Year 4 (2021-2022) NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2021-01926.
September 29, 2021 - Biological Opinion ,
Alaska

Predicting Future Fish Productivity by Better Understanding the Role of Habitat in the Life of a Fish

This innovative modeling approach considers links between environmental variables and local habitat impacts on overall fish productivity.
August 03, 2021 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Infographic of an underwater habitat with coral, rocks, starfish, fish, a bowhead whale and hexagons showing relationships between pH, temperature, salinity etc. and transfer advection of krill - created by Rebecca White, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, NOAA Fisheries Habitat includes environmental conditions like water temperatures and salinity and this affects the distribution of fish, crabs, marine mammals and their prey. Credit: NOAA Fisheries.

Incidental Take Authorization: University of Alaska Geophysics Institute Geophysical Surveys in the Arctic Ocean

NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the University of Alaska Geophysics Institute (UAGI) to incidentally harass, by Level B harassment only, marine mammals during geophysical surveys in the Arctic Ocean. This…
Notice
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Alaska
Published
04/29/2024

11 Cool Facts About Whales, Dolphins, and Porpoises

Did you know these marine mammals are part of the cetacean family? Check out these facts to learn more.
February 16, 2021 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
New England/Mid-Atlantic
Pacific Islands
Southeast
West Coast
National
finback image for 2020 whale week Finback whales. Credit: NOAA Fisheries

North Slope Borough, NOAA, University of Washington and Cooperative Institute for Climate Ocean and Ecosystem Studies Scientists Collaborate to Monitor Whales in 2020 in Northern Alaska

When it comes to observing bowhead whales in Arctic waters, scientists and Indigenous communities are learning to “expect the unexpected.”
November 09, 2020 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Photo of a bowhead whale in the Beaufort Sea. One bowhead whale sighted in a feeding aggregation approximately 15 km north of the mouth of Smith Bay, Alaska (event 116), North Slope Borough Autumn Aerial Surveys Flight 1, 17 September 2020. Photo: NOAA Fisheries.

First Direct Evidence of Killer Whale Predation on Bowhead Whales in the U.S. Pacific Arctic Documented by Scientists

A new study provides essential information to conserve an endangered species and supports subsistence communities own observations.
September 14, 2020 - Feature Story ,
Alaska
Photo of five bowhead whales at waters surface. Bowhead whales. Photo Credit: NOAA Fisheries. Funded by the Bureau of Ocean Energy Management.

Incidental Take Authorization: Alaska Gasline Development Corporation Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) Construction in Prudhoe Bay, Alaska

NOAA Fisheries has issued an incidental harassment authorization (IHA) to the Alaska Gasline Development Corporation to incidentally harass, by Level A and Level B harassment, marine mammals during a particular activity (West Dock facility construction)…
Notice
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Alaska
Effective
04/29/2024

Biological Opinion on the Issuance of a Letter of Authorization under the MMPA to Hilcorp Alaska, LLC and Eni U.S. Operating Co. Inc. for the Construction, Maintenance, and Use of Sea Ice Roads and Trails on the North Slope, Beaufort Sea, AK, 2020 to 2025

ESA Section 7 Biological Opinion on the Issuance of a LOA to Hilcorp Alaska, LLC and Eni U.S. Operating Co. Inc. for Sea Ice Roads and Trails on the North Slope, Beaufort Sea, Alaska, 2020 to 2025, NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-00194.
March 26, 2020 - Biological Opinion ,
Alaska

Biological Opinion Ice Exercise 2020

Endangered Species Act Section 7(a)(2) Biological Opinion on Ice Exercise 2020, NMFS Consultation Number: AKRO-2019-02445.
January 27, 2020 - Biological Opinion ,
Alaska