Posts by Molly R Cain
Alaska Sea Grant announces new projects supporting community-academic partnerships
Alaska Sea Grant is excited to announce four new projects, with over $90,000 supporting the development of community-based research partnerships and engagement of communities on research teams. The projects are…
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant State Fellowship welcomes its 10th class
Sixteen early-career scientists and professionals were selected for the 2024–2025 Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship. These Fellows will start this summer and fall, working around the state in support of…
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant showcases research at community event
Alaska Sea Grant participated in the annual Arctic Research Open House, held May 16 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ campus. The free event invites the public to…
Read MoreConference addresses shifting fisheries distributions
The 33rd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium was held in Sitka last month. The three-day conference, hosted by Alaska Sea Grant, brought together more than 60 fishery researchers, managers and community…
Read MoreFellow spotlight: James Currie
James Currie is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with NOAA’s National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) Alaska Region Aquaculture Program in Juneau. James works with Alicia Bishop, the aquaculture…
Read MoreNew class of Alaska Sea Grant State Fellows starts work this summer
Fourteen early-career scientists and professionals were selected for the 2023–2024 Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship. These Fellows will start this summer, working around the state in support of Alaska’s coastal…
Read MoreFellow spotlight: Karen Grosskreutz
Karen Grosskreutz is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with the cross-Pacific Indigenous Aquaculture Collaborative Network (IAC). Grosskreutz is helping support Indigenous knowledge-holders and culture-bearers to connect with members…
Read MoreConnecting research to the Fairbanks community at campus event
In May, Alaska Sea Grant participated in the annual Arctic Research Open House at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Troth Yeddha’ campus. The public was invited to explore the…
Read MoreInvestigating the interactions between sea otters and oyster farms
Alaska is home to about seventy-five percent of the world’s sea otters. Sea otters are a keystone species, as they have a substantial impact on the ecosystems they inhabit. The…
Read MoreFellow spotlight: Ben Americus
Ben Americus is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow with the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF), working as a science policy coordinator. As one part of this role, he is…
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