After Nearly 20 Years, NOAA Surveys Norton Sound Beluga Whale Population
![Study transects for the beluga whale aerial survey in Norton Sound. Photo Credit: NOAA Fisheries, 2017](https://knom.org/wp-content/uploads/2017/06/NortonSoundBeluga_2017.jpg)
The Alaska Beluga Whale Committee, the North Slope Borough, and NOAA Fisheries’ Alaska Fisheries Science Center are collaborating on aerial surveys of the Eastern Bering Sea as well as near the Yukon River Delta until June 29th.