Alaska’s Integrated Ecosystem Assessment program facilitates the delivery of assessments, provides ecosystem science to management, relevant stakeholders, and community members in the Alaska region to support effective Ecosystem-Based Management. They are carried out as a collaboration with the Alaska Fisheries Science Center(AFSC,) and the OAR Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL), community and university partners, and regional management councils to integrate field research, data, and models to inform management decisions.
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Watch NOAA scientists present the Gulf of Alaska Ecosystem to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (presentation minute 55 - 1:44).
NOAA scientists are presenting the Alaska Ecosystem Status Reports for the Gulf of Alaska, Eastern Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands large marine ecosystems to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council on Tuesday, December 14th.