Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands - Pictures

The farthest west point in the Bering Sea,
US, Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ), looking towards Russia. © Kerim Aydin, US NOAA Fisheries

The Bering Sea is an important feeding area,
for the northern fulmar (Fulmarus glacialis). © Shannon Fitzgerald, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, US NOAA Fisheries

A Pacific cod (Gadus macrocephalus),
in a “coral garden” habitat of the Aleutian Islands. © Rebecca Reuter, Alaska Fisheries Science Center, U.S. NOAA Fisheries

A humpback whale (Megaptera novaeangliae),
surfacing in a foraging hotspot in Unimak Pass, between the Bering Sea and Gulf of Alaska. © Phil Clapham, National Marine Mammal Laboratory, US NOAA

Pacific walrus (Odobenus rosmarus divergens),
foraging off the ice in the Bering Sea. © NOAA Corps., Captain Budd Christman

A typical catch from a bottom trawl survey,
conducted by a commercial trawler. © Kerim Aydin, US NOAA Fisheries