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Protected Resources Division
The Protected Resources Division (PRD), with offices in Juneau and Anchorage, is responsible for developing management and conservation programs for all but three species of marine mammals in Alaska, and for
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Killer whale spy hopping.
Photo: Shane Capron, NMFS
providing regional policy guidance on marine mammal and other protected species issues. In administering provisions of the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA), the Endangered Species Act (ESA), the Fur Seal Act, and the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation Act, the biologists and staff of the PRD work with other NMFS offices to develop regulations and management measures to protect, conserve and restore marine mammal populations.

A few of the areas that the PRD is specifically involved in are managing commercial fishery interactions with marine mammals and seabirds, coordinating Steller sea lion recovery efforts, co-management of marine mammal subsistence harvests with Alaska Native organizations, coordinating the Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network, establishing responsible marine mammal viewing guidelines, and developing and distributing public information and educational materials about marine mammals in Alaska. The division also consults on permit requests for scientific research, capture of marine mammals for public display, and takes of marine mammals incidental to other activities. Additionally, PRD consults with Federal agencies under Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act to ensure that Federal agency activities do not adversely affect threatened or endangered marine mammal species or their critical habitat.
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Species Information

  • Cetaceans (Whales and Dolphins)
  • Lynn Canal Pacific Herring UPDATED!
  • Seabird Bycatch Reduction
  • Seals - Harbor and Ice Seals
  • Northern Fur Seals
  • Steller Sea Lions UPDATED!
  • Walrus, Sea Otters, Polar Bears
  • Whales

    • Subsistence Management

  • Co-Management Agreements

    • Species Status and Population

  • Endangered/Threatened Species
  • Species of Concern
  • Stock Assessments

    • Research

  • Alaska Stock Assessment Reports
  • National Marine Mammal Laboratory
  • Permits and Authorizations


    • Weddell seal, photo: Amy Van Atten
    Weddell seal. Photo: Amy Van Atten, NMFS

    Interactions with Marine Mammals

    Fisheries
  • Commercial Fisheries Interactions
  • Marine Mammal Observer Program


    • Industry
  • Permits and Authorizations


    • Strandings and Entanglement
  • Stranding Network Reports and Events
  • Mortality and Injury Report
  • Entanglement (to come soon)
  • Marine Debris (to come soon)


    • Tourism
  • Whale Watching
  • Buying or Finding Marine Mammal Products and Parts - Frequently Asked Questions

    • Legislation and Compliance

  • National Environmental Laws
  • Memorandum of Agreement for Negotiation of Marine Mammal Protection Act Section 119 Agreements
         - October 2006
         - August 1997
  • List of Fisheries
  • Environmental/Socio-Economic Analyses



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    Anchorage
    Carrie Williams
    Administrative Support
    NMFS Alaska Region
    Protected Resources Division
    222 W. 7th Ave., #43
    Anchorage, AK 99513-7577
    PH: (907) 271-5006
    Fax:(907) 271-3030

    Brad Smith, Field Office supervisor, ESA, MMPA actions
    (907) 271-3023

    Barbara Mahoney, Marine mammal strandings, co-management, Cook Inlet beluga whales
    (907) 271-3448

    Katherine (Mandy) Migura, Cook Inlet beluga whales, ESA consultations
    (907) 271-1332

    Lisa Rotterman, Steller Sea Lion Coordinator,
    (907) 271-1692

    James Wilder, Oil and gas, ESA consultations, MMPA
    (907) 271-6620

    Mike Williams, Pribilof Islands program manager, MMPA
    (907) 271-5117


    		 Juneau
    Rhonda McMichael
    Administrative Support
    NMFS Alaska Region
    Protected Resources Division
    P.O. Box 21668
    709 West 9th Street
    Juneau, AK 99802
    PH: (907) 586-7236
    Fax: (907) 586-7012

    Kaja Brix, Director
    (907) 586-7235

    Aleria Jensen, Marine Mammal Stranding Coordinator/Harbor Seal Co-Management Coordinator
    (907) 586-7248

    Bridget Mansfield, Marine Mammal Observer Program Coordinator
    (907) 586-7642

    Erika Green Phillips, Biologist/Analytical Specialist
    (907) 586-7312

    Kim Rivera, Seabird Coordinator
    (907) 586-7424

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