Greetings, On behalf of my co-authors I'm pleased to announce the publication of our manuscript detailing recent sightings of the critically endangered eastern population of North Pacific right whales from the IWC-POWER surveys. Matsuoka K, Crance JL, Taylor JKD, Yoshimura I, James I, An Y. 2021. North Pacific right whale sightings in the Gulf of Alaska and the Bering Sea during IWC-Pacific Ocean Whale and Ecosystem Research (IWC-POWER) surveys. *Marine Mammal Science*, DOI: 10.1111/mms.12889 Summary: The eastern North Pacific right whale (*Eubalaena japonica*) is one of the most critically endangered large whale populations (n≈30) in the world. During three cruises in Alaska waters, sixteen individual right whales were photographed. Nine of the animals were matched to known individuals; five of the seven unmatched animals were confirmed new. One right whale was identified as a juvenile, the first non-adult seen in the Bering Sea since 2004. Biopsy samples collected from six individuals of previously unknown sex, including the juvenile, resulted in five males and one female. These results improve our knowledge on the status of this critically endangered population. https://doi.org/10.1111/mms.12889 Pdf available upon request. Best, Jessica -- Jessica Crance (she/her) Marine Mammal Laboratory Alaska Fisheries Science Center 7600 Sand Point Way NE Seattle, WA 98115 work: 206-526-4063 cell: 619-733-1386