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NOAA layoffs could hamstring fisheries management in Alaska, marine biologists and industry experts say
The Alaska Fisheries Science Center, which studies and helps oversee Alaska’s marine resources, may have lost more than 5% of ...
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Firings prompt concerns that science supporting Alaska seafood industry could be undermined
NOAA Fisheries biologists working on key surveys were cut, and more firings are expected, while restrictions on new rules ...
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Alaska fisher gets six months in federal prison for attempting to kill endangered whale
A federal judge in Juneau has sentenced a Southeast Alaska fisher to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty last ...
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NOAA firings hit crucial Alaska weather service, fishery research
Nationally, more than 800 people across NOAA, an organization of 13,000 staff members, were fired, The New York Times reported Thursday. In Alaska, it was not immediately clear how many had lost ...