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Humpback whale tails, photo: Dave Csepp

Alaska Region: 2003 News Releases

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For more information please contact:

Sheela McLean
Public Affairs
NMFS Alaska
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99802
Ph: 907-586-7032
Fx: 907-586-7249
Email: Sheela.McLean@noaa.gov
  • December 16, 2003 (PDF). NOAA Fisheries Announces BSAI Crab Fishery Buyback
  • December 16, 2003. Electronic Fisheries Reporting Workshops Scheduled
  • November 7, 2003. New rules support faster fisheries observer data transmission
  • October 27, 2003. NOAA Fisheries proposes depleted designation for Prince William Sound Killer Whales
  • October 17, 2003. VT Halter Marine and NOAA Fisheries Launch Hi-Tech Fisheries Survey Vessel the Oscar Dyson
  • October 15, 2003. Kodiak researchers study crab preferences
  • October 9, 2003. Prominent marine mammal researcher earns top award
  • September 18, 2003. Agency extends comment period on environmental document
  • September 12, 2003. Beluga whale subsistence harvest EIS released
  • September 9, 2003. Atka mackerel study points towards effectiveness of no-trawl zones
  • August 29, 2003. Beluga whales stranded in Turnagain Arm float free
  • August 29, 2003. NOAA Fisheries Releases Draft Document on Groundfish Management
  • August 11, 2003 (PDF). Nation’s Federal Marine Fisheries Managers to Host Fisheries Conference November 13-15
  • August 1, 2003. IFQ Recordkeeping Rules to Change
  • July 16, 2003. Pygmy Sperm Whale Found Near Yakutat
  • July 3, 2003. NOAA Fisheries Issues 8,000 Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificates
  • July 2, 2003. False Killer Whale Sighted in Alaska Waters
  • June 27, 2003. Settlement Reached on Penalties for Four U.S. Fishing Vessels Crabbing in Russian Waters
  • June 25, 2003. NOAA Fisheries and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council Win National Environmental Policy Act Award
  • June 11, 2003. Homer Sport Halibut Fishermen Busted
  • June 11, 2003. Research Vessels Begin Gulf of Alaska Bottom Trawl Survey
  • June 10, 2003. Fisheries Chief to Meet With Constituents in Alaska
  • May 15, 2003. NOAA Fisheries Issues First Subsistence Halibut Registration Certificate
  • May 13, 2003 (PDF). NOAA Marks Another Year of Success in Rebuilding America's Marine Fish Stocks; Releases Annual Report to Congress
  • April 21, 2003. NOAA Fisheries Authorizes Alaska Subsistence Halibut Fishing
  • March 28, 2003. NOAA Fisheries and Plaintiffs Reach An Agreement: Alaska Groundfish/Steller Sea Lion Lawsuit May End
  • March 26, 2003. NOAA Reconfirms Lena Point Location for Fisheries Research
  • February 3, 2003. NMFS Office for Law Enforcement Seizes Illegally Caught Snow Crab Valued at Nearly $350,000
  • January 24, 2003. NOAA Fisheries Reviewing Petition for Prince William Sound Killer Whales