Science Supporting Alaska Seafood Industry Threatened by Federal Firings, Biologists and Fishermen Say

Howard was one of the 13 staffers fired from the science center, a roughly 5% cut of that scientific workforce, according to sources with NOAA Professional Employees Association, a union representing much of the staff.

The Federal Government is Assuming Management of Salmon Fishing in Parts of Alaska’s Cook Inlet

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, also known as NOAA Fisheries, is taking over what had been state management of salmon in inlet waters designated as the federal exclusive economic zone, located more than 3 miles offshore.