"Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Program"

Scientists at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center collect a variety of information about fish that aids in the effective management of commercially important fish and crab stocks.

Southeast Alaska Coastal Monitoring project survey data on Juvenile Salmon in the Marine Waters of Southeastern Alaska.

Fisheries and biomedical researchers collaborate to find out if cancer cures are living on Alaska’s seafloor.

The Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation (SAFE) report summarizes the best available scientific information concerning the past, present, and possible future condition of the stocks, marine ecosystems, and fisheries that are managed under Federal regulation. It provides information to the Councils for determining annual harvest levels from each stock, documenting significant trends or changes in the resource, marine ecosystems, and fishery over time, and assessing the relative success of existing state and Federal fishery management programs. For the FMP for the Groundfish Fishery of the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) Area, the SAFE report is published in three sections: a “Stock Assessment” section, which comprises the bulk of this document, and “Economic Status of Groundfish Fisheries off Alaska” (i.e., the “Economic SAFE report”) and “Ecosystem Considerations” sections, which are bound separately.

Notice of Availability of a "Draft Programmatic Environmental Assessment (DPEA) for Fisheries and Ecosystem Research Conducted and Funded by the National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Fisheries Science Center."

Teaching a robot to follow its senses.

Scientists track Salmon on first swim to sea.

Ensuring a healthy ecosystem for sustainable fisheries.

A little stone in a fish’s ear contains valuable information that helps determine its age.

2016 North Pacific Groundfish Stock Assessment and Fishery Evaluation Reports for 2017 Fisheries.