NOAA Arctic Surveys 2019 (Preliminary Findings)

NOAA Fisheries recently released preliminary findings from its 2019 surveys in the Arctic.

The surveys include:

• Ice Seal and Polar Bear Aerial Survey Test
• Groundfish, Crab, Bottom-Dwelling Species Survey in Southeastern Bering Sea
• Arctic Larval Fish and Plankton Community Survey
• Aerial Survey of Bowhead Abundance
• Groundfish, Crab, Bottom-Dwelling Species Survey in Northern Bering Sea
• Arctic Ecosystem Assessment
• Aerial Survey of Arctic Marine Mammals
• Surface/Mid-water Column Community Survey
• Ecosystem Surveys in Bering Sea
• Passive Acoustic Whale Monitoring

The entire Alaska Fisheries Science Center Surveys in the Arctic: 2019 Preliminary Findings report is available here:

https://www.fisheries.noaa.gov/alaska/science-data/alaska-fisheries-science-center-surveys-arctic-2019-preliminary-findings

source: Alaska Fisheries Science Center