July 27, 2018
Learn how NOAA and partners are studying the Kachemak Bay ecosystem.
Located in southern Cook Inlet, Alaska's Kachemak Bay Habitat Focus Area supports important recreational, subsistence, and commercial fishing.
The region has experienced significant declines in shrimp and crab that have not recovered despite fishery closures. NOAA is working with many partners to study the bay ecosystem, monitor invasive species, and develop risk assessment tools. Watch this video to learn more.
Veteran intern Antonio Jones at an oyster farm in Drayton Harbor, Washington, checking traps for European Invasive Green Crab. Credit: Northwest Straits Commission
Sustainably grown, organic Alaskan kelp is harvested at the Seagrove Kelp Co. farm in Doyle Bay. Credit: NOAA Fisheries/Jordan Hollarsmith
