NOAA Fisheries is releasing its recovery plan for the Cook Inlet beluga whale, which will guide efforts to recover the species to a point where they can be removed from the Federal List of Endangered and Threatened Wildlife and Plants.
Marine Fisheries Review: A summary of current and potential factors and key gaps in existing knowledge of these factors as they relate to Cook Inlet beluga survival and recovery.
Alaska Marine Science Symposium poster providing evidence to support the designation of the Susitna River Delta as Cook Inlet beluga whale calving grounds, and the nearshore areas of Upper Cook Inlet as nursery grounds.
The call came in on a Thursday afternoon in August: a Cook Inlet beluga whale had been spotted, stranded on the mudflats south of Anchorage, Alaska.
Once a stranded beluga is reported to NOAA Fisheries, biologists spring into action to coordinate a res
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.
