The Alaska Fisheries Science Center is the research branch of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration's National Marine Fisheries Service responsible for fisheries research in the coastal oceans off Alaska and the west coast of the United States.

National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region: science-based conservation of living marine resources and biodiversity, socially and economically viable fisheries, reduction of human caused threats to protected marine mammals and seabirds, healthy living marine resource habitats ...

The Southwest Region is one of the National Marine Fisheries Service's six regional offices and six research centers located throughout the United States. Its programs assess, manage, and promote the conservation of living marine resources through these divisions.