The mission of the Alaska Fisheries Science Center is to
generate the scientific information and analysis necessary for the conservation,
management, and utilization of the region's living marine resources.
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- NOAA Fisheries has concluded that a petition to list 44 species of cold water corals off Alaska as threatened or endangered does not present substantial information that listing under the Endangered Species Act may be warranted. The agency will not conduct a formal status review of the species. More>
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Jeep Rice and Chris Wilson Receive Distinguished Career Awards
- AFSC scientists Jeep Rice and Chris Wilson were awarded NOAA's 2013 Distinguished Career Award: Jeep Rice for his pioneering work in the long-term effects of petroleum hydrocarbons on marine ecosystems; Chris Wilson for 27 years of innovation and research advancements in conducting fisheries abundance assessments in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. The Distiguished Career Award recognizes long-term achievement in advancing the goals and mission of NOAA Fisheries.
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- Sixteen Center staff retired recently with a combined total of more than 500 years of federal service. Those years in service reflect well on the Alaska Fisheries Science Center workplace and are a testimony to the dedication of our staff. More>
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- This report is produced annually to compile and summarize information about the Alaska Marine Ecosystem for the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council, the scientific community, and the public. The report includes an ecosystem assessment, contributions with updated status and trend indices, and ecosystem-based management indices and information for the Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands. and the Gulf of Alaska ecosystems. More>
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2012 Winter Gulf of Alaska Pollock Survey Results
- Results of the Acoustic-Trawl Surveys of Walleye Pollock (Theragra chalcogramma) in the Gulf of Alaska, February-March 2012 (DY2012-01 and DY2012-03). AFSC Processed Report 2012-09. (pdf; 3.43 MB). More>
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- The 2013 AFSC Longline Survey calendar is available online. The document details the dates and locations for this annual survey. More> (pdf)
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- 2012 North Pacific groundfish stock asssessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) reports for 2013 are now available online. More>
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- The AFSC Southeast Alaska Coastal Monitoring project forecasts a pink salmon harvest for 2013 of 54 million fish. If this SECM forecast materializes, and high pink salmon prices are sustained, the harvest value of this sustained resource could approach a record $100 M value (ex-vessel) to the stakeholders of Southeast Alaska in 2013. More>
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12 February, 2013
