Observer Training Schedule Observer training schedule for Seattle and Anchorage, August - November 2009. More> Science Board Nominations NOAA is soliciting nominations for members of the NOAA Science Advisory Board. More> Cool Stuff Juneau Humpback Catalog, Groundfish Survey Data, Glacial Ice Photos, Fish Ageing Demo, Rockfish Game, Fish & Invertebrate Photos AFSC Divisions Auke Bay Labs Fisheries Monitoring & Analysis National Marine Mammal Lab Resource Assessment &   Conservation Engineering Resource Ecology & Fisheries   Management Research Programs Information on the AFSC's research divisions, programs, projects, and plans. General Info Information about the AFSC mission, administration, directory, activities, facilities, directory, jobs, news, links Species Information on species of fish, invertebrates, marine mammals, and seabirds. Publications Citations database, stock assessments, tech memos, journal articles, research reports. Data & Tools Survey, catch, age and growth, life history, telemetry, interactive maps, spatial data, software. Images Photos of fishes, crabs, corals, marine mammals, underwater video, slideshows, posters. Education & Outreach Information on internships, careers, job shadow, K-12 science, and more. Quick Links Select Below NMFS Headquarters NMFS Alaska Region Auke Bay Lab FMA Division (Observers) HEPR Program Natl Marine Mammal Lab RACE Division REFM Division Kodiak Lab Newport Lab NPFMC WRC More Links...

		President Obama Honors Dana Hanselman President Obama has honored Dana Hanselman, a fisheries scientist with the Alaska Fisheries Science Center's Auke Bay Laboratories, with a Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers. More>
		Little Port Walter Celebrates 75 Years Established in 1934, NOAA’s Little Port Walter Marine Station on Baranof Island in Southeast Alaska is the oldest year-round biological field station in Alaska. More>
		2009 Bowhead Whale Aerial Surveys Begin Surveys of bowhead whales and other marine mammals in the Alaskan Arctic are being conducted from mid-June to late October.  More>
		Gulf of Alaska Bottom Trawl Survey Through July AFSC scientists plan to complete about 825 survey trawl hauls over a 75-day period ending July 31 along the continental shelf and upper continental slope of the Gulf of Alaska.  More>
		Public Survey on Protecting Steller Sea Lions A mailed survey collected information for estimating the public benefits of providing additional protection to Steller sea lions specifically and endangered species in general. More>
		Habitat Research in the Northern Bering Sea Scientists studying sea ice communities, optics, zooplankton biogeography, biogeochemistry, and anthropology, plus members of the media traveled to the subArctic. More>
		Photos and Video from Ice Seal Survey AFSC scientists are studying the ecology, distribution, and abundance of ice seals, which may be vulnerable to climate change through loss of sea ice. Check out the video and photos posted from the field. More>
		AFSC Quarterly Research Reports Auke Bay Laboratories; Fisheries Monitoring & Analysis Division; National Marine Mammal Laboratory; Resource Assessment & Conservaton Engineering Division; Resource Ecology & Fisheries Management Division

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