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Alaska 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 MoreFellow spotlight: Nick Mills
Nick Mills is a 2024 Knauss Marine Policy Fellow sponsored by Alaska Sea Grant. Mills is living in Washington, D.C., for the one-year paid fellowship and working in a senior…
Read MoreAlaska Clean Harbors program expands with help of Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow
Alaska’s small-boat harbors are vital to the state, supporting tourism, fishing, and cultural activities. The Alaska Clean Harbors program promotes sustainable practices and waste reduction, offering tailored solutions to participating harbors. With new tiered certification, the program adapts to each harbor’s capabilities, ensuring ongoing relevance and effectiveness.
Read MoreFellow spotlight: Angela Korabik
Angela Korabik is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Kodiak, Alaska. With her supervisor, Dr. Alix Laferriere, Angela is engaged in…
Read MoreUndergraduate fellows start projects helping communities
Alaska Sea Grant is pleased to announce its fourth cohort of Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellows. Five undergraduate students are working on projects across the state this summer that connect…
Read MoreResearch collaboration helps Kodiak subsistence harvesters
Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have long been prevalent in the waters off the Kodiak archipelago, with the toxins produced by species such as Alexandrium catenella historically posing a threat to…
Read MoreFellowship spotlight: Jake Cohen
Jake Cohen is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with the Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) to support tribal ocean acidification (OA) monitoring programs on Kodiak Island. Since 2019,…
Read MoreFellow spotlight: Michelle Dutro
Michelle Dutro is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with NOAA’s Protected Resources Division, Alaska Region to support marine mammal stranding and entanglement data and response efforts. Under the…
Read MoreFellow spotlight: Katie Pietrucha
Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow Katie Pietrucha is working with the regulatory program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Alaska Marine Mammals Management Office. USFWS manages three species of…
Read MoreFellow spotlight: Lia Domke
Lia Domke is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow with the Habitat Conservation Division of NOAA’s Alaska Regional Office in her hometown of Juneau. The Habitat Conservation Division promotes healthy…
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