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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 ,
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Four NOAA Fisheries Surveys Planned for Summer to Collect Data Crucial to Sustainable Alaska Fisheries

Scientists from NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center will embark from Dutch Harbor May 28 on another busy survey season, off Alaska's coast, collecting data needed for fisheries managers to determine sustainable fishery harvest levels.
March 28, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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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 ,
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New Studies Raise Questions About Crabs Adaptability

New studies on the effects of ocean acidification due to rising atmospheric carbon dioxide levels.
March 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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Scientists Study Euphausiids (Krill) In Alaska: Fish Food And Indicators Of Ecosystem Health

Alaska has an abundance of marine life including whales, dolphins, seals and fish. In fact, the walleye pollock resource supports the largest fishery in the U.S. Why is this? Availability of prey has a lot to do with it.
March 01, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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Scientists Establish Baseline To Gauge How Alaska Communities Will Respond To Change

A 2016 study assessed dependence on marine resources and socio-economic well-being.
February 18, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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Feedback Encouraged on Regional Action Plan for Southeastern Bering Sea Climate Science

Feedback Encouraged on Regional Action Plan.
February 10, 2016 - Feature Story ,
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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 ,
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Twenty Years Of Monitoring Ecosystem Health In Alaska: How Is The Information Used?

For 20 years, scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center have been pulling together data for numerous indicators of ecosystem health including water temperature, sea ice extent, and seabird reproductive success. Scientists from federal, state, and academic institutions monitor these indicators for the four marine ecosystems that surround Alaska – the Aleutian Islands, the Bering Sea, the Gulf of Alaska, and the Arctic.
December 22, 2015 - Feature Story ,
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High Strandings Along U.S. West Coast a Possibility for Underweight California Sea Lion and Northern Fur Seal Pups

Scientists observed another year of low pup weights during their annual survey on the San Miguel Island rookery off California.
December 10, 2015 - Feature Story ,
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