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Chilkat Valley News: Local entrepreneur aims to start kelp farm
Demand for seaweed like kelp has grown over the past five decades, and mariculture produces more than 96 percent of the world’s supply of seaweed products, currently valued at $4-5 billion, according to a 2017 report from Alaska Sea Grant.
Read MoreCordova Times: CDFU scholarships send fledgling fishermen to college
An Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit $500 scholarship, established by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, will help send recipients to a three-day crash course in fisheries management.
Read MoreNome Nugget: Forget the distribution charts—ask a fisherman
NOAA’s Dr. Lyle Britt came to Nome to share with the community his research on impacts of receding sea ice on marine ecosystems as part of the Strait Science series, sponsored by Alaska Sea Grant and the University of Alaska Fairbanks.
Read MoreJuneau Empire: Tlingit and Haida commissioned a climate change report for Southeast Alaska. Here’s what they found.
The Climate Change Adaptation Plan, published in May with help from Alaska Sea Grant and the University of Arizona Institute for Tribal Environmental Professionals, is a document showing what’s happening to Southeast Alaska and how the tribes in the region can handle it.
Read MoreArctic Sounder: Bering Sea is feeling the effects of warm winters
Communities around the Bering Sea are feeling the effects of recent warm winters. Biologists and others, including Alaska Sea Grant’s Gay Sheffield, are working to understand the long-term consequences.
Read MoreNome Nugget: Biologists advise to use caution in shellfish consumption
Alaska Ocean Observing System, UAF Fairbanks and Alaska Sea Grant sponsored a community workshop on Harmful Algal Blooms—certain poisons coming from certain blooms of algae produced by phytoplankton. The group held a second workshop the next day for healthcare professionals.
Read MoreAPM: Low levels of algal toxins in northern Bering Sea of interest to scientists and residents
Julie Matweyou with Alaska Sea Grant in Kodiak said PSP has hindered the seafood industry in Alaska and cost the state money
Read MoreAPM: New Bering Sea management plan to incorporate local and traditional knowledge
For the first time, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council will incorporate Traditional Knowledge from local communities into its core management plans for the Bering Sea region. Alaska Sea Grant’s Davin Holen, says Traditional Knowledge can be extrapolated into larger data sets.
Read MoreFairbanks Daily News-Miner: Fungus-based Styrofoam substitute to ship fish
A biologist and an engineer based in Anchorage have developed a substitute insulator made with biodegradable mushroom tissue. This week, Alaska Sea Grant was helping to measure the material’s thermal properties at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center.
Read MoreKFSK: As a deadly bat disease spreads, volunteers gather data on Southeast populations
Residents in Petersburg and several other Southeast communities, including Alaska Sea Grant’s Marine Advisory agent Sunny Rice, are taking a tally of the region’s suffering bat population.
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