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Oceans

Sep 15 2017
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Adult sockeye salmon encounter a waterfall on their way up-river to spawn. (Photo by Marvina Munch/ U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service)

Kodiak opposes salmon cap agenda change

By | Fisheries, Oceans, Southcentral, Southwest, Wildlife

Kodiak is gearing up to oppose what it considers a threat to its fisheries. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a study  last year that found a percentage of Kodiak area sockeye salmon are Cook Inlet fish. Some Cook Inlet fishermen now want to set caps for sockeye salmon in the Kodiak area.

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Sep 02 2017
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The NOAA Ship Fairweather in 2015. (Photo courtesy NOAA)

Aboard NOAA ship, challenges and adventure while mapping sea floor

By | Arctic, Federal Government, Nation & World, Northwest, Oceans, Transportation

Summer is the busy season for marine research in the waters of Western Alaska, and that means plenty of ship traffic through the Port of Nome. One such ship is the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration vessel Fairweather, which recently made a third stop in Nome during a mission to map the ocean floor. 

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Aug 30 2017
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NOAA-trained marine mammal responders collect a sample from the exhalation of an entangled a humpback whale on Sunday, August 27, near the mouth of Tracy Arm, Alaska. (Photo courtesy of John Moran/ NOAA Fisheries)

Cruise ship anchor cut to free humpback whale in Southeast

By | Oceans, Southeast, Tourism, Transportation, Wildlife

A cruise ship in Southeast Alaska cut its anchor free Sunday to release a humpback whale tangled in the ship’s anchor chain. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said numerous whales were bubble net feeding in Holkham Bay near Tracy Arm, about 45 miles south of Juneau early Sunday morning.

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