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.
News and Research Highlights
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Public Survey Results on Steller Sea Lions
A survey on the public’s preferences and attitudes toward Steller sea lions was sent to 5,000 U.S. residents.A basic summary of results is available in pdf format. More>
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Polar Research Teams Finish Field Work
Cruise logs from two science teams of the Polar Ecosystem Program tracked the progress of the ice seal assessment survey from the USCG icebreaker Polar Sea and the ice seal breeding ecology cruise aboard the NOAA ship Oscar Dyson..
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Unusual Partnership to Conserve Sharks
Cartoonist Jim Toomey is working with NOAA Fisheries Service and Acting Assistant Administrator Jim Balsiger in a unique partnership to increase awareness of the importance of sharks to the ocean ecosystem. More> |
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Food Web Modeling of the Aleutian Archipelago
This study used two ecosystem modeling approaches: 1) a large-scale food web model and 2) a series of 13 simplified standardized contiguous food web models. More> |
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Satellite Tagging Humpbacks in South Pacific
Scientists working in the South Pacific were funded to conduct a collaborative satellite tagging project on humpback whales in two locations: New Caledonia and the Cook Islands. More> |
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NOAA Science Camp Registration Opens
This year NOAA Science Camp offers two week-long sessions, July 7-11 and July 14-18 from 9 am to 4 pm on the Sand Point NOAA campus for campers entering 7th or 8th grades in fall 2008. More info is available on the Science Camp website.
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New Kelp Species Discovered in Aleutians
AFSC scientist Mandy Lindeberg and colleagues announced the discovery of a new species of kelp—and a new genus altogether— the ‘Golden V’, Aureophycus aleuticus. More> |
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Groundfish Systematics
Research continues on the taxonomy and systematics of several families of fishes, most recently skates, snailfishes, rockfishes, sculpins, eelpouts, and manefishes. More> |
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Through-Ice Sampling Workshop
Members of the Fishery Interaction Team organized a workshop to gather information on state-of-the-art methods for fish and oceanographic surveys of the Beaufort Sea shelf during ice-covered periods. More>
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8 May, 2008
