Posts by Paula Dobbyn
Deadlines approach for Sea Grant fellowships
Alaska Sea Grant is accepting applications for several fellowships for students or recent graduates.
Read MoreReport identifies ways to rejuvenate Alaska’s commercial fishing fleet
A new report on Alaska’s aging fishing fleet and loss of access to commercial fisheries in rural communities recommends five steps to reverse these troubling trends.
Read MoreNew report offers potential solutions to reverse “graying of the fleet”
A new report from a team of Alaska researchers tackles a two-pronged challenge for the 49th state—an aging fishing fleet and rural communities increasingly left out of a multibillion dollar annual harvest and a way of life that has sustained them for generations.
Read MoreWhat caused 39 walruses to wash ashore dead in western Alaska?
As investigators hunt for clues, tests show biotoxins in stomach contents and intestines of four walruses.
Read MoreAlaska 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 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 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.
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