Posts by Alaska Sea Grant
Mourning the loss of UAF graduate Sean Brennan
Alaska Sea Grant’s faculty and staff are mourning the loss of Sean R. Brennan, a PhD graduate of the University of Alaska Fairbanks. A father of three, Brennan was killed in a ski accident in Alta, Utah, on January 2, 2020. The Seattle resident was 37. At UAF, Brennan focused his PhD research on tracing…
Read MorePacific Fishing: Boatyard safety (PDF)
Pacific Fishing Magazine published an article adapted from Alaska Sea Grant’s new publication
“Boatyard Hazards: Tips for protecting worker safety and health,” written by former Marine Advisory Program specialist Terry Johnson.
KNOM: Little known about algal toxins’ effects on subsistence in Arctic waters
Alaska Sea Grant’s Gay Sheffield says two different samples of clams from that voyage were found to have high levels of an algal toxin called saxitoxin
Read MoreAlaska Fish Radio: 8th AK Young Fishermen’s Summit set for January
Alaska Sea Grant’s Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit since 2007 has aimed to build a sustained network of fishing operations across the state. The next summit is set for late January in Juneau.
Read MoreLooking to start a seaweed farm in Alaska?
Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) and partners, including Alaska Sea Grant, are excited to announce a new training program for people interested in starting a seaweed farm. The program will be held in Kodiak, Ketchikan and Sitka in February 2020. Applications are due by December 20, 2019. The training is part of the Alaska Mariculture Initiative and is intended…
Read MoreJuneau Empire—Opinion: Investing in fisheries pays off
Alaska Senator Lisa Murkowski’s funding priorities include fishing-focused programs including NOAA Sea Grant, which supports the next generation of Alaska fishermen through development programs like the annual Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit.
Read MoreKodiak Daily Mirror: Kodiakans discuss future of sustainable energy
The two-day Adapt Kodiak workshop was organized by Alaska Sea Grant and funded by U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Western Alaska Landscape Conservation Cooperative, the National Park Service and the Aleutian and Bering Sea Islands Initiative.
Read MoreMail & Guardian: Mayhem as sea ice melts in heating world
The Bering Strait region may be primed for large-scale harmful algal blooms, experts said at a two-day Nome workshop organized by Alaska Sea Grant and the Alaska Ocean Observing System.
Read MoreNews-Miner: UA partnership program with federal agency seeks to diversify marine workforce
A University of Alaska system partnership established this summer with NOAA aims to provide career opportunities to Alaska Native and rural Alaska students. The Partnership Education Program Alaska, or PEP Alaska, was developed by Alaska Sea Grant and NOAA Fisheries.
Read MoreSeafoodNews: Alaska Sea Grant releases new handbook on avoiding boatyard hazards
Citing a rate of injury and illness on ships and in boatyards is more than double those of construction and general industry, Alaska Sea Grant has released an online booklet aimed at making boatyards safer.
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