Posts by Alaska Sea Grant
Arctic Research Open House booth bags a crowd
Visitors to Alaska Sea Grant’s booth at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Arctic Research Open House were left holding the bag. Attendees at the May 14 event block-printed images…
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant announces research awards
Alaska Sea Grant’s latest round of research projects stretch across the state of Alaska and the scale of life on earth. The five projects selected to receive Alaska Sea Grant…
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant announces 2026 Community-Engaged Fellows
Six undergraduate students will get a leg up in their careers this summer while helping Alaska’s coastal communities through Alaska Sea Grant’s Community-Engaged Fellowship program. The fellows will work on…
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant at ComFish
Kodiak fishermen brought their A-game to the city harbor last month for a timed skills competition. A dozen local fishers took part in the friendly contest, organized by Alaska Sea…
Read MoreWakefield Symposium coming to Kodiak
Heatwaves will be a hot topic at next year’s Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium. The theme for the event, to be held May 5–8, 2026, at the Kodiak Marketplace event space,…
Read MoreKotlik project works to clean up and reduce marine waste
Aubrey Taradash and Tom Moran contributed to this story. An old tarp or battery is generally not considered a prize haul. But such was the case in Kotlik, where a…
Read MoreRemembering Gary Freitag
Alaska Sea Grant is deeply saddened by the passing of our friend and colleague, Gary Freitag. Gary spent 13 fruitful years at Alaska Sea Grant as the Marine Advisory Program…
Read MoreOyster farmers learn the trade at Prince of Wales workshop
For three days in September, the future of Alaskan oyster farming got to learn some lessons from its present. The Alaska Sea Grant Oyster Farming Operations Workshop gave six farmers…
Read MoreSocial science students experience East Greenland
A dozen social science students from three nations learned firsthand about the people and places of East Greenland through a summer field school co-led by Alaska Sea Grant faculty Davin…
Read MoreCommunity-Engaged Fellowship spotlight: Dawn Smith
Dawn Smith spent her summer leading a coastal science camp and developing educational resources as part of the Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship program. Her work centered in Whittier, Alaska,…
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