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NOAA Fisheries is responsible for science-based management of Alaska’s commercial fisheries in federal waters through the ...

Historically, Japanese trawl boats conducted a large magister squid fishery in the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska ... Lab research project on the magister squid diet showed that squid prey on important ...

Sockeye salmon hatch in freshwater rivers, lakes, and streams. Key regions include Alaska’s Copper River, Bristol Bay, and British Columbia’s Fraser River. Bering Sea: Rich in plankton and krill, ...

Humans who interact directly with local ecosystems possess traditional ecological knowledge that enables them to detect and predict ecosystem changes. Humans who use scientific ecological methods can ...