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NOAA Scientists Go to Sea to Collect Data Crucial to Sustainable Alaska Fisheries

April 27, 2015 Contact: Julie Speegle, (907) 586-7032 (office), (907) 321-7032 (cell) Scientists from NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center will embark from Dutch Harbor May 19 on another busy survey season off Alaska's coast.
April 27, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska

NOAA Fisheries Expands Whale SENSE Program to Alaska

For tourists visiting Juneau and Southeast Alaska, there is no sight more exhilarating than seeing humpback whales bubble feeding or breaching.
April 23, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska
humpback whale diving

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

NOAA Releases New Cook Inlet Beluga Abundance Estimate

Scientists from NOAA's Alaska Fisheries Science Center today announced that the 2014 abundance estimate for the endangered Cook Inlet beluga whale population is 340 animals, a slight increase over the 2012 survey.
March 30, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska

Successful Conservation Efforts Along Florida, Pacific Coasts Recognized in Revised ESA Listing of the Green Sea Turtle

Reclassification into 11 Distinct Population Segments will provide more tailored conservation efforts globally, all green sea turtle populations will continue to be protected under the ESA
March 20, 2015 - Media Release ,
National

Presidential Task Force Releases Action Plan to Combat Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated Fishing and Seafood Fraud

Today, the Presidential Task Force on Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud, co-chaired by the Departments of Commerce and State, released its action plan. This plan articulates the aggressive steps that federal agencie
March 15, 2015 - Media Release ,
National

NOAA Announces 2015 Charter and Commercial Halibut Management Measures

NOAA Fisheries is providing notice of the immediate effect of regulations of the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC). The commercial IFQ halibut season opens Saturday, March 14, 2015. At its annual meeting in January, the IPHC recommended t
March 12, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska

NOAA Fisheries seeks public input on environmental analysis of proposed Makah whale hunt

NOAA Fisheries is inviting public comments on a new Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) that evaluates the Makah Tribe’s request to resume treaty-based hunting of eastern North Pacific gray whales for ceremonial and subsistence purposes. The
March 06, 2015 - Media Release ,
West Coast
National

NOAA Fisheries Publishes Final Recovery Plan for Threatened Corals

Plan contains actions necessary to recover elkhorn and staghorn species.
March 05, 2015 - Media Release ,
Southeast

Commerce Announces 2015 Out-of-Cycle Regional Fishery Council Appointment

The Commerce Department today announced the appointment of Kenneth "Kenny" Down of Washington state to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council.
February 20, 2015 - Media Release ,
Alaska