Archive for 2017
Alaska Sea Grant reviews its performance in new annual report
Alaska Sea Grant’s latest annual report is now available. The report captures many of the highlights of our work over the past year in research, education and outreach to benefit the people, economies and ecosystems of coastal Alaska.
Read MoreSeaweed farming, robot-style
An underwater robot with a custom-built arm may become a useful tool in seaweed farming, an emerging industry in Alaska. Alaska Sea Grant’s Gary Freitag designed and modified the seaweed-plucking arm to help our state’s aquaculture industry expand its reach.
Read MoreAlaska mariculture projects receive federal funding
Alaska Sea Grant has received funding to help marine aquaculture businesses in the state find good locations, obtain geoduck seeds and avoid shutdowns after heavy rains.
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant fellow helps develop state’s new climate policy
Severe storms, loss of sea ice, crumbling shoreline. These are just a few of the impacts Alaska is experiencing as the result of climate change. Alaska’s governor and Lt. governor are preparing to release a new climate change strategy for the state. One of our fellows has been working to develop it from the halls of state government in Juneau.
Read MoreTo list or not to list. The battle continues over the Pacific walrus.
Our Nome-based Marine Advisory agent Gay Sheffield stopped by the studios of KNOM-FM recently to discuss the federal government’s decision not to grant protections to the Pacific walrus under the Endangered Species Act. “Listing the walrus isn’t going to bring the sea ice back,” she said. Listen to the full interview here.
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant partners in marine safety instructor training
Commercial fishermen, an Alaska state trooper and a ferry boat captain were among those trained as marine safety instructors last month. Training saves lives—since the 1980s the commercial fishing industry has seen a 76% decrease in deaths.
Read MoreA volunteer collects seawater from the deep on the Seward Line, Part 4 of 4
The last day of a research vessel cruise may involve the hardest work, but everyone on board has the same goal—dismantle the gear, pack it up, offload by the ton, stow equipment and get it ready for shipment, and then celebrate the accomplishments.
Read MoreA volunteer collects seawater from the deep on the Seward Line, Part 3 of 4
After the team works their way through the stations, lowering and raising the CTD overboard, they take a break to walk on an iceberg calved from a glacier in Prince William Sound.
Read MoreA volunteer collects seawater from the deep on the Seward Line, Part 2 of 4
On a September run, the Tiglax zigzags from station to station and back again in the Gulf of Alaska. Researchers sample water with standard tools and test a new industrial-size collecting apparatus.
Read MoreA volunteer collects seawater from the deep on the Seward Line, Part 1 of 4
On the open ocean in the Gulf of Alaska, a scientist’s assistant bottles up water samples while sleep-deprived.
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