About Us
The Alaska Region of NOAA Fisheries oversees sustainable fisheries that produce about half the fish caught in US waters, with responsibilities covering 842,000 square nautical miles off Alaska. The Alaska Region also works to ensure the viability of protected species—principally marine mammals—and to protect and enhance Alaska's marine habitat.
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- NOAA reviewing ringed, bearded, and spotted ice seal status
- Electronic Fisheries Monitoring Workshop Proceedings
- Southeast Alaska Sport Charter Halibut Fishery
Public Comment Periods
- Proposed rule to implement Amendment 27 to the Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs. Comment period through November 3, 2008.
- Request for comments on proposed rulemaking to revise National Standard 2 guidelines regarding use of best scientific information available, in light of reauthorization of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Comment period through December 17, 2008.
- Notice of Availability of Amendment 73 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the BSAI and Amendment 77 to the Fishery Management Plan for Groundfish of the GOA to remove dark rockfish from both fishery management plans. Comment period through November 17, 2008.
- Notice of Availability of Amendment 27 to the FMP for the BSAI King and Tanner Crab Fishery. Comment period through November 10, 2008.
- Notice of a 90–day finding on a petition to list three ice seal species as threatened or endangered under the Endangered Species Act. Information and comments must be submitted by November 3, 2008.
- Proposed rule to extend the public comment period on the National Standard 1 guidelines. Comment period extended from September 8, 2008, to September 22, 2008.
- Notice of availability of the Alaska, Atlantic and Pacific regional marine mammal stock assessment reports. Comment period through October 14, 2008.
