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 Law Enforcement to hold public meetings on 2011 charter halibut regulations
- NOAA Designates Critical Habitat for Cook Inlet Beluga Whale
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Public Comment Periods
- Notice of availability of Amendments 38 and 39 to the Fishery Management Plan for BSAI King and Tanner Crabs to specify annual catch limits and accountability measures for each crab stock. Comment period through July 5, 2011.
- Notice of a proposed information collection via a specimen banking information sheet for the National Marine Mammal Tissue Bank, the Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program and the Alaska Marine Mammal Tissue Archival Project. Comment period through July 5, 2011.
- Notice of a proposed renewal of a currently approved information collection on the Alaska Individual Fishing Quotas for Pacific halibut and sablefish. Comment period through June 28, 2011.
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