A pilot project was conducted 2006-2007 to determine whether temporarily providing food and protection from predation would enhance the poor survival rate of juvenile monk seals.
A study of the 1984-1995 program that collected 104 monk seals whose mortality appeared certain; and attempted to nourish and rehabilitate these animals to enable their release.
This Environmental Assessment analyzes alternatives on issuance of an exempted fishing permit for continued testing of a salmon excluder device in the Bering Sea pollock trawl fishery. The experiment would be conducted from Fall 2011 through Fall 2012.
The goal of ESA recovery under this plan is to improve the viability of these salmon and steelhead, and the ecosystems upon which they depend, to the point that they no longer require ESA protection.
This environmental assessment analyses a range of alternatives to implement Annual Catch Limits in the Alaska Scallop Fishery to meet regulatory requirements.
Biological opinion on the effects of oil and gas exploration activities in the U. S. Chukchi Sea on the endangered bowhead whales, fin whales, and humpback whales.
Analysis of the proposed action to change the Federal Fisheries Permit (FFPs) and License Limitation Program (LLPs) requirements for operators of pot and hook-and-line catcher processors in the BSAI Pacific cod parallel waters fisheries.
NOAA Fisheries has determined that a regulatory amendment to limit access by federally permitted pot and hook-and-line catcher/processors to the Bering Sea AI Pacific cod state fishery will not significantly impact the quality of the human environment.