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2006 News Releases and News Alerts


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For more information please contact:

Sheela McLean
Public Affairs
NMFS Alaska
P.O. Box 21668
Juneau, Alaska 99802
Ph: 907-586-7032
Fx: 907-586-7249
Email: Sheela.McLean@noaa.gov

  • December 29, 2006. Commerce Department Announces the Appointment of New Member to North Pacific Council


  • December 20, 2006. Local NOAA Fisheries photographers place in national contest


  • December 20, 2006. NOAA Fisheries joins others in signing state-wide Invasive Species Agreement


  • December 13, 2006. Phil Smith retiring from NOAA Fisheries Alaska Region


  • December 4, 2006. NOAA Scientists Complete Status Review of Alaska's Cook Inlet Beluga Population


  • November 18, 2006. Alaskan Fishermen to Pay $254,500 Penalty for Fisheries Violations


  • November 13, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Launches 'Nearshore Fish Atlas of Alaska' Website


  • October 26, 2006. NOAA Fisheries and Alaska Natives sign ice seal co-management agreement


  • October 24, 2006. Researchers find rare manefish in Southeast Alaska


  • October 19, 2006. NOAA Fisheries initiates process for annual bowhead whale subsistence quota


  • September 29, 2006. Fishing community representatives gather for conference


  • August 30, 2006. NOAA Fisheries releasing draft document on groundfish harvest


  • August 28, 2006. NOAA Scientists Use New Device to Improve Salmon Research


  • August 23, 2006. News Alert: Telemetry Buoy Tracks Entangled Whale


  • August 22, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Publishes Final 1006 List of Fisheries


  • August 3, 2006. NOAA scientists name Alaskan fish with Aleut words


  • August 2, 2006. NOAA researchers study from Japanese research boat


  • July 28, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Service Establishes Critical Marine Protected Area in Alaska


  • July 26, 2006. News Alert: NOAA Vessel Miller Freeman to Conduct East Kodiak Acoustic-Trawl Survey in Chiniak and Barnabas Troughs


  • July 20, 2006. Whale rescue expert teaching—and learning—in Alaska


  • July 19, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Extending Comment Period on Steller Sea Lion Recovery Plan


  • July 17, 2006. Habitat Protection Increases Vessel Monitoring in Alaskan Waters


  • June 30, 2006. NOAA Fisheries files final rule on northern right whale critical habitat


  • June 29, 2006. Commerce announces 2006 Ocean Fishery Council appointments


  • June 28, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Finalizes Protections for Essential Fish Habitat In Alaska


  • June 21, 2006. U.S. Fisheries Chief, William Hogarth, Elected To Chair International Whaling Commision 2007 meeting held in Anchorage, Alaska


  • June 7, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Service Wins Halibut Pre-Sorting Case


  • June 1, 2006. Young Gray Whale Visits Waters Near Juneau


  • May 24, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Service Seeks Comments on Steller Sea Lion Plan


  • May 10, 2006. NOAA Fisheries and Partners Installing Artificial Reef Near Whittier


  • May 10, 2006. NOAA Fisheries Seeks Comment on the Incidental Harassment of Marine Mammals in the Arctic Ocean


  • April 11, 2006. Labrador Retrievers Assist Ringed Seal Researchers


  • April 4, 2006. NOAA Reaches Settlement in Case Against Steller Sea Lion Researcher


  • April 4, 2006. NOAA Enforcement Seizes Herring from Canadian Tender Vessels


  • March 27, 2006. NOAA Scientists Study Harbor Seals and Cruise Ships


  • March 21, 2006. NOAA Fisheries requests comments on Essential Fish Habitat proposed rule


  • March 10, 2006. NOAA Marine Sciences Scholarship Expanding


  • March 9, 2006. NOAA Offers Reward for Information on Harbor Seal Shootings


  • February 27, 2006. Federal Agents Seize Thousands of Pieces of Illegal Marine Mammal Parts


  • February 6, 2006. Scientists Scrutinize Bitter Crab Syndrome


  • January 20, 2006. 2005 Cook Inlet Beluga Whale Population Estimate Completed


  • January 11, 2006. Cape Sarichef fishing restrictions ended