Alaska Fisheries Science Center: 2015 News Releases

December

• December 22, 2015: Twenty Years of Monitoring Ecosystem Health in Alaska: How is the Information Used?
  
  
• December 10, 2015: Underweight California sea lion and northern fur seal pups at a California rookery forebodes the possibility of high strandings along U.S. West Coast this winter and spring

November

• November 12, 2015: Mystery in the Aleutian Islands
  
  
• November 12, 2015: NOAA Issues Regulations to Protect Marine Mammals in Navy's NW Training and Testing Study Area
  
  
• November 9, 2015: Scientists Produce Most Comprehensive List To Date of Fish Species in the Salish Sea
  
  
• November 3, 2015: Alaska’s Secret Gardens: Aleutian Island Coral Gardens Hold Secrets - Some That May Save Lives

October

• October 27, 2015: A Partnership for Sustainability: Fishermen and Fisheries Observers
  
  
• October 27, 2015: Dr. Anne Hollowed Receives Prestigious PICES Warren Wooster Award
  
  
• October 8, 2015: Highlights of Oct 7 Tweet Chat with NOAA scientists on Special Survey To Assess Ecosystem Impacts Due to Warmer Than Usual Water Temperatures in the Eastern Bering Sea.
  
  

September

• September 30, 2015: Tweet Chat With NOAA Scientists: A Warming Bering Sea
  
  
• September 2, 2015: NOAA Awards More Than $4.5 Million to Support Species Recovery

August

• August 31, 2015: A Warming Bering Sea: What Does It Mean for Walleye Pollock?
  
  
• August 26, 2015: New Comprehensive Bering Sea Climate Change Study to Focus on Fish and Fishing and Provide Insights for Management in a Changing Marine Environment
  
  
• August 25, 2015: NOAA's First-Ever Climate Science Strategy Announced
  
  
• August 18, 2015: Joint Press Release about Potential Walrus Haulout in Arctic
  
  
• August 10, 2015: Search for Rare and Critically Endangered North Pacific Right Whale Begins
  
  
• August 3, 2015: Another Successful Year for NOAA’s Science Camp in Seattle
  
  

July

• July 30, 2015: NOAA Fisheries Asks Public to Comment on Updated Draft Acoustic Guidelines
   
• July 16, 2015: If you missed our tweet chat on July 16 with John Jansen on harbors seals in Alaska glacial fjords not a problem,we captured it here for you
   
• July 13, 2015: Scientists Uncover New Way To Help Protect Harbor Seals in Disenchantment Bay, Alaska
  
  
• July 9, 2015: Newest NOAA Fisheries Survey Ship Begins West Coast and Alaska Whale Survey
   

June

• June 30, 2015:  What Did Scientists See During the Eastern Bering Sea Canyon Survey?
   
• June 9, 2015:  Uncovering What’s Behind Fluctuations in Yukon River Chinook Salmon Populations
   
• June 4, 2015:  VMS Program Codifies Requirements, Prepares for Larger Vessel Monitoring Workload
   
• June 2, 2015:  Run Timing Forecast for Chinook Salmon on the Yukon River
   

May

• May 21, 2015:  For Pollock Surveys in Alaska, Things Are Looking Up
   
• May 20, 2015:  Maps from the 1930s Help Find Potential Fish Habitat in the Digital Age
   
• May 14, 2015:  NOAA Seeks Public Input on Plan To Promote Recovery of Cook Inlet Beluga Whales
   
• May 5, 2015:  Scientists Use Ccean Data To Predict Early Run of Chinook on Yukon River
   
• May 5, 2015:  Implications of Less Sea Ice on Fish Production in the Waters off Alaska
   

April

• April 30, 2015:  Sea Lion Strandings - The View From the Rookery
   
• April 29, 2015:  New Studies Explore Potential Impacts of Climate Change on Arctic Marine Species
   
• April 29, 2015:  NOAA Fisheries Scientists Successfully Spawn and Hatch Arctic Cod in Captivity
   
• April 29, 2015:  Northern Rock Sole Larvae Appear Resilient to Some Effects of Ocean Acidification
   
• April 28, 2015:  NOAA Scientists Go to Sea to Collect Data Crucial to Sustainable Alaska Fisheries
   
• April 20, 2105:  Successful Conservation Efforts Recognized in Revised ESA Humpback Whale Listing
   

March

• March 30, 2015:  NOAA Releases New Cook Inlet Beluga Abundance Estimate (.pdf)
   
• March 18, 2015:  Environmental Changes Stress West Coast Sea Lions: Male and female California sea lions respond differently to lack of food
   
• March 17, 2015:  Presidential Task Force on Combating Illegal, Unreported, and Unregulated (IUU) Fishing and Seafood Fraud releases its final recommendations
   
• March 16, 2015:  First Estimate of Number of Whales Killed During Industrial Whaling 1900-1999
   

February

• February 19, 2015:  Why Are Baby Sea Lions So Skinny?