Science & Data

Survey of juvenile salmon in the marine waters of Southeastern Alaska from May to August 1998.

Between 1911 and 1984, northern fur seal (Callorhinus ursinus) research was carried out by Canada, Japan, Russia, and the United States under the Treaty for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals and Sea Otters. Since 1984, studies have been carried out independently by cooperating former member nations.

The annual stock assessment and fishery evaluation (SAFE) report is a requirement of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council's Fishery Management Plan for Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands King and Tanner Crabs (FMP), and a federal requirement [50 CFR Section 602.12(e)]. The SAFE summarizes the current biological and economic status of fisheries, guideline harvest levels (GHL), and analytical information used for management decisions or changes in harvest strategies. The report is assembled by the Crab Plan Team with contributions from the State of Alaska, Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) and the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and is available to the public and presented to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) on an annual basis.

Twenty stations were sampled monthly along a primary marine migration corridor in the northern region of southeastern Alaska to assess the distribution, growth, mortality, and diet of wild and hatchery stocks of juvenile Pacific salmon.

Between 1911 and 1984, northern fur seal research was carried out by Canda, Japan, Russia, and the United States under the Treaty for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals and Sea Otters. Since 1984, studies have been carried out independently by cooperating form member nations.

Between 1911 and 1984, northern fur seal research was carried out by Canada, Japan, Russia and the United States under the Treaty for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals and Sea Otters. Since 1984, studies have been carried out independently by cooperating former member nations.

Between 1911 and 1984, northern fur seal research was carried out by Canada, Japan, Russia, and the United States under the treaty for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals and Sea Otters. Since 1984, studies have been carried out independently by cooperating former member nations.

Between 1911 and 1984, northern fur seal research was carried out of Canada, Japan, Russia, and the United States under the Treaty for the Preservation and Protection of Fur Seals and Sea Otters. Since 1984, studies have been carried out independently by cooperating former member nations.

Videotapes of beluga whale groups were collected during aerial survey work in Cook Inlet, Alaska, from June 1-5, 1994.

The population status of northern fur seals Callorhinus ursinus ) on st. Paul Island has been monitored annually since 1911. Annual reports of research on the population status of northern fur seals on all U. s. breeding rookeries (including st. Paul Island) and throughout their pelagic North Pacific and Bering Sea range (Fig. 1) have been published since 1940 excluding, a 3-year break during World War II. This series of publications, first produced by the Marine Mammal Biological Laboratory (later to become the National Marine Mammal Laboratory) represents one of the longest-running documentations of life history patterns and dynamics of a wild animal population. From 1911 to 1984, northern fur seal research was carried out by Canada, Japan, the Soviet Union, and the United States under a convention for the conservation of North Pacific fur seals. Since 1984, studies have been conducted independently, but cooperatively by former member nations.