NMFS Pacific Fitness and Wellness Challenge

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Across
  1. 2. How many federally recognized tribes are there in the State of Idaho?
  2. 4. Fastest growing rockfish species
  3. 5. Large Marine Ecosystem within the Pacific Islands Regions with the deepest oceans on Earth
  4. 7. The colloquial name for the large marine heatwave event between 2015-16
  5. 10. Scientists study krill and krill predators at Cape Shirreff on Livingston Island and Copacabana on King George Island in this continent
  6. 11. PIFSC using regular fisheries independent surveys for stock assessment purposes on this stock
  7. 13. Important estuary and nearshore marine vegetation
  8. 15. Which region encompasses the largest geographical area within NOAA Fisheries' jurisdiction?
  9. 16. What is the West Coast Region's largest grant program?
  10. 18. New type of beaked whale named after a SWFSC scientist
  11. 19. Which Species in the Spotlight spends most of their time in Puget Sound?
  12. 20. Increased carbon emissions contribute to ocean _________.
Down
  1. 1. The Alaska Region produces what percentage of fish caught in waters off the coast of the United States?
  2. 3. Maybe less than 100 of these individuals exist in the Gulf of Alaska; four were spotted last summer
  3. 4. Unintended and sometimes even prohibited species that are incidentally caught with the target species are called
  4. 6. How many Marine National Monuments are within the Pacific Islands Region?
  5. 8. Genetic material collected from marine mammal fluke prints (water samples) that can help identify stock structure is called
  6. 9. The Pacific Island Region's economically most important tuna species
  7. 12. Target of the largest fishery in Alaska, considered to be one of the best-managed fisheries in the world
  8. 14. A new rule prohibits swimming with & approaching this marine mammal within 50 yards
  9. 17. A prized but ESA-listed sportfish studied by scientists in Santa Cruz