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National Marine Fisheries Service, Alaska Regional Office

Southeast alaska landscape, photo: Mandy Lindeberg

Alaska Region: 2006 News Releases

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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 29, 2006. Commerce Department Announces the Appointment of New Member to North Pacific Council
  • December 20, 2006. Local NOAA Fisheries photographers place in national contest
  • December 20, 2006. NOAA Fisheries joins others in signing state-wide Invasive Species Agreement
  • December 13, 2006. Phil Smith retiring from NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region
  • December 4, 2006. NOAA Scientists Complete Status Review of Alaska's Cook Inlet Beluga Population
  • November 18, 2006. Alaskan Fishermen to Pay $254,500 Penalty for Fisheries Violations
  • November 13, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Launches 'Nearshore Fish Atlas of Alaska' Website
  • October 26, 2006. NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Natives sign ice seal co-management agreement
  • October 24, 2006. Researchers find rare manefish in Southeast Alaska
  • October 19, 2006. NOAA Fisheries initiates process for annual bowhead whale subsistence quota
  • September 29, 2006. Fishing community representatives gather for conference
  • August 30, 2006. NOAA Fisheries releasing draft document on groundfish harvest
  • August 28, 2006. NOAA Scientists Use New Device to Improve Salmon Research
  • August 23, 2006. News Alert: Telemetry Buoy Tracks Entangled Whale
  • August 22, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Publishes Final 1006 List of Fisheries
  • August 3, 2006. NOAA scientists name Alaskan fish with Aleut words
  • August 2, 2006. NOAA researchers study from Japanese research boat
  • July 28, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Service Establishes Critical Marine Protected Area in Alaska
  • July 26, 2006. News Alert: NOAA Vessel Miller Freeman to Conduct East Kodiak Acoustic-Trawl Survey in Chiniak and Barnabas Troughs
  • July 20, 2006. Whale rescue expert teaching—and learning—in Alaska
  • July 19, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Extending Comment Period on Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan
  • July 17, 2006. Habitat Protection Increases Vessel Monitoring in Alaskan Waters
  • June 30, 2006. NOAA Fisheries files final rule on northern right whale critical habitat
  • June 29, 2006. Commerce announces 2006 Ocean Fishery Council appointments
  • June 28, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Finalizes Protections for Essential Fish Habitat In Alaska
  • June 21, 2006. U.S. Fisheries Chief, William Hogarth, Elected To Chair International Whaling Commision 2007 meeting held in Anchorage, Alaska
  • June 7, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Service Wins Halibut Pre-Sorting Case
  • June 1, 2006. Young Gray Whale Visits Waters Near Juneau
  • May 24, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Service Seeks Comments on Steller Sea Lion Plan
  • May 10, 2006. NOAA Fisheries and Partners Installing Artificial Reef Near Whittier
  • May 10, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comment on the Incidental Harassment of Marine Mammals in the Arctic Ocean
  • April 11, 2006. Labrador Retrievers Assist Ringed Seal Researchers
  • April 4, 2006. NOAA Reaches Settlement in Case Against Steller Sea Lion Researcher
  • April 4, 2006. NOAA Enforcement Seizes Herring from Canadian Tender Vessels
  • March 27, 2006. NOAA Scientists Study Harbor Seals and Cruise Ships
  • March 21, 2006. NOAA Fisheries requests comments on Essential Fish Habitat proposed rule
  • March 10, 2006. NOAA Marine Sciences Scholarship Expanding
  • March 9, 2006. NOAA Offers Reward for Information on Harbor Seal Shootings
  • February 27, 2006. Federal Agents Seize Thousands of Pieces of Illegal Marine Mammal Parts
  • February 6, 2006. Scientists Scrutinize Bitter Crab Syndrome
  • January 20, 2006. 2005 Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Population Estimate Completed
  • January 11, 2006. Cape Sarichef fishing restrictions ended