June 9, 2025 — The National Marine Fisheries Service reported 24 percent of its staff in the Alaska region have left the agency so far in 2025, after layoffs imposed by the Trump administration, voluntary resignations and workers moving on amid uncertainty nd belief there will be future cutbacks.
In a May 30 management report to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, the fisheries service said its Alaska region staff “had 115 Federal employees on January 1, 2025 which is now reduced to 87 accounting for a loss of 28 staff (24% of existing staff) due to a combination of probationary terminations, the deferred resignation program, voluntary early retirement, and voluntary separations in anticipation of a reduction in force.”