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 speciesprincipally marine mammalsand to protect and enhance Alaska's marine habitat.
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- Secretary of Commerce Gary Locke Approves Fisheries Plan for Arctic
- Researchers complete 2009 eastern Bering Sea fish and crab stock surveys
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Public Comment Periods
- Proposed regulations to revise the criteria for rural residents to participate in the subsistence fishery for Pacific halibut in waters in and off Alaska. Comments must be received no later than September 8, 2009.
- Notice of continuing information collection for the Pacific halibut subsistence fishery. Comment period through October 5, 2009.
- Notice of proposal for collection of information for data that can only be gathered through Observer Program questions. Comment period through August 28, 2009.
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