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Bristol Bay Times: Expert offers tips on survival kits for safe adventuring
As summer approaches, many might consider venturing into the vast expanses of Bristol Bay. Gabe Dunham, with the Alaska Sea Grant, had some tips on how people can be prepared when they do.
Read MoreUndercurrent News: California company leads Alaska’s largest seaweed harvest
Blue Evolution has been collaborating with the University of Alaska and Alaska Sea Grant on seaweed research aimed at developing cost-effective cultivation methods.
Read MoreScience Magazine: Chemical records in teeth confirm elusive Alaska Lake seals are one of a kind
Hundreds of harbor seals live in Iliamna Lake in Alaska. How the seals first colonized the lake remains a mystery. Research funded by Alaska Sea Grant aims to learn more about these seals to inform conservation efforts in the face of climate change and proposed development.
Read MoreAlaska Native News: Carbon dioxide sample from Utqiaġvik provides wake-up call on climate
Alaska Sea Grant education specialist Marilyn Sigman visited Utqiaġvik to learn how the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere measured at Hawai‘i’s Mauna Loa volcano over the last six decades compares with the air above Alaska.
Read MoreKRBD: Whale encounters topic of next Ask UAS presentation
Gary Freitag will discuss whales of Southeast Alaska and his work with the Marine Mammal Stranding Network. He and Shellie Tabb give details about the presentation.
Read MoreNome Nugget: Slight uptick in Cesium-137 heralds arrival Of Fukushima plume in Northern Bering Sea
After the 2011 tsunami that caused the destruction of a nuclear powerplant at Fukushima, Japan, Bering Sea coastal residents anticipated that some radiation would show up in the region. Now it has, but at levels that are well below concern.
Read MoreSeafoodNews.com: Alaska Sea Grant hosting Better Process Control class, workshop on oil spill preparedness
Looking to continue your education? Alaska Sea Grant has you covered. This month the organization is offering two different events for those in the Anchorage area.
Read MoreKDLG radio: Dillingham plans improvements to sewage lagoon
Alaska Sea Grant and the Bristol Bay Native Association have helped monitor erosion near the lagoon, helping the city take action.
Read MoreNome Nugget: Mueter talks fisheries management at Strait Science series
Franz Mueter of the University of Alaska Fairbanks talked fisheries management in Nome as part of the Strait Science series, organized by Alaska Sea Grant and the UAF Northwest Campus.
Read MoreKodiak Daily Mirror—Quality control: Keeping Alaska seafood safe, fresh
Seafood processor workers from throughout the state gathered in Kodiak last week for the five-day class Seafood Processing and Quality Control, facilitated by Alaska Sea Grant and taught by Chris Sannito.
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