• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-11-12T21:46:11.000+00:00

The Blend was the system used by the NMFS Alaska Regional Office to monitor groundfish catch from 1991 until 2002. The Blend system combined data from industry production reports and observer...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2015-12-23T00:00:00.000+00:00

This feature dataset contains feature classes showing the distribution of marine mammal species protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act occuring in the Alaska EEZ. See Spatial Data...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2017-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

A Raster having 20 m resolution with decimal values was assembled from 18.6 billion bathymetric soundings that were obtained from the National Center for Environmental Information (NCEI)...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2009-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

A federal Scallop License Limitation Program (SLLP) license is required onboard any vessel deployed in scallop fisheries in Federal waters off Alaska (except for some diving operations). The SLLP...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

This database represents a summary of information on stranded marine mammals reported to NMFS throughout the State of Alaska in fulfillment of Title IV of the Marine Mammal Protection Act. These...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-11-12T21:55:17.000+00:00

Beginning in 2014, the the halibut Catch Sharing Plan (CSP) authorizes annual transfers of commercial halibut IFQ as guided angler fish (GAF) to charter halibut permit holders for harvest in the...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2002-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

As of January 1, 2000 a Federal License Limitation Program (LLP) license is required for vessels participating in directed fishing for LLP groundfish species in the Gulf of Alaska (GOA) or Bering...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-02-29T00:00:00.000+00:00

NMFS is mandated by the Marine Mammal Protection Act (MMPA) to collect reports of marine mammal stranding events. This particular catalogue item is specific to the endangered Cook Inlet beluga...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-11-12T21:48:08.000+00:00

Shoreside production reports are mandatory reports submitted by shoreside and stationary floating processors that receive groundfish from federally permitted catcher vessels. These reports...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 1995-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

Under the IFQ Halibut/Sablefish Permit Program and CDQ Halibut Permit Program permits are issued for harvesting and receiving/processing halibut, and non-trawl sablefish. For IFQ...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2011-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

This feature dataset contains feature classes that depict the distribution and critical habitat of species list under the Endangered Species Act which occur in Alaska waters. See Spatial Data...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2015-09-02T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Catch-In-Areas database integrates catch data from the Catch Accounting System (which has the spatial resolution of a NMFS Reporting Area) into a database that resolves the GIS data into...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-11-12T21:49:04.000+00:00

The industry report submitted by processing facilities, including shoreside processors, stationary floating processors, catcher/processors and motherships, documenting catcher vessel groundfish,...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-11-12T21:47:07.000+00:00

The Western Alaska Community Development Quota (CDQ) Program allocates a percentage of all Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands quotas for groundfish, prohibited species, halibut, and crab to eligible...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-11-12T21:36:12.000+00:00

Beginning January 1, 2000, all vessels and processors wishing to participate in the non-CDQ Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands (BSAI) pollock fishery are required to have valid American Fisheries Act...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2024-07-19T00:00:00.000+00:00

Essential Fish Habitat (EFH) maps depict the area of EFH for each life stage of fish managed under a Fishery Management Plan within the Gulf of Alaska, Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands, and Arctic....

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2005-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Federal Fisheries Permit (FFP) is required for vessels of the United States which are used to fish for groundfish in the Gulf of Alaska or Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands. This permit is also...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2015-01-02T00:00:00.000+00:00

Spatial management files combine all related and relevant spatial management files into an integrated fisheries management file. Overlaps of the redundant spatial restrictions were removed by...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2025-11-12T21:42:40.000+00:00

The Rockfish Pilot Program was a five-year project that allowed harvesters to form voluntary cooperatives and receive an exclusive harvest privilege for groundfish species in the Central Gulf of...

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• Organization: National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Department of Commerce
• Updated: 2008-01-01T00:00:00.000+00:00

The Amendment 80 Program was adopted by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (Council) in June 2006. The final rule implementing Amendment 80 published in the Federal Register on September...

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