On Alaska’s remote cliffs, the summer air once thundered with seabirds returning from the sea. The spectacle drew scientists, ...

A recent study by NOAA Fisheries found that shore-based observers can effectively strengthen catch accounting in Alaska’s pollock fishery, offering a viable complement to electronic monitoring systems ...

Scientists explored the effectiveness of shore-based observers in place of at-sea observers in a high-volume trawl fishery. They also developed a structured approach to evaluate shoreside monitoring ...

Researchers in Alaska have discovered that beluga whales have lots of different partners and this “mate switching” could be ...

Rescuers are looking for an entangled sea creature after it disappeared soon after being spotted in an Alaska inlet, federal officials said. On Oct. 1, Protected Species Observers working along the ...

A polar bear walks on ice after pulling iself out of the Chukchi Sea on June 14, 2014. Even though the Chukchi Sea polar bear population has fared better than others in the rapidly warming Arctic ...

After a two-year hiatus forced by low stocks, the Bering Sea snow crab harvest is back on. The decision to reopen the harvest, announced on Oct. 4 by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, is based ...