Fisheries

Mar 06 2019
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Sea Surface temperature map from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Predicting marine heatwaves can have economic implications

By | Aleutians, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Weather, Wildlife

The Gulf of Alaska is once again experiencing a marine heatwave. Scientists around the world are trying to predict these events, but there are economic implications to forecasting the future.

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Mar 05 2019
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Prospect of commercial fishing in central Arctic Ocean poses big questions for science

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Oceans

The first legally-binding, multilateral agreement to prevent commercial fishing in the central Arctic Ocean was signed last year. A key part of that agreement is collaboration on scientific research, which could underpin a management plan later.

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Feb 09 2019
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Bering Sea coastline near Nome, October 2017. (Photo by Zoe Grueskin/KNOM.)

Wind change pulls curtain back on a future Bering Sea

By | Aleutians, Climate Change, Environment, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech, Western

For those who wonder what the Bering Sea will be like decades from now, last year may have been a glimpse of the future. It brought something many did not expect: the disappearance of the undersea “cold pool,” which is the nursery for Alaska’s pollock fishery.

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