news – Alaska Sea Grant

Invasive European green crabs continue their advance

By Alaska Sea Grant | June 25, 2026

A person holds a European green crab. The crab is distinguished by its five spines on either side of the eyes and three bumps between the eyes.

European green crabs are on the move in Southeast Alaska, so keep your eyes out for this invasive species and its distinctive ‘5-3-5’ carapace. According to the Alaska Department of…

Wakefield symposium explores marine heatwaves and resilience

By Tom Moran | June 24, 2026

A woman stands behind a podium speaking. The podium reads Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium.

Kodiak Island was host to the 34th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, which focused on a hot topic in Alaska: marine heatwaves in high-latitude oceans. Scientists, students, stakeholders and policymakers gathered…

Alaska Sea Grant goes to school

By Tom Moran | June 23, 2026

A teenager stands in a classroom wearing an orange mylar bag with a face opening and arms.

Fish often congregate in schools. In Alaska’s coastal communities, so do potential fishermen. That’s why Alaska Sea Grant is increasing its emphasis on offering commercial fishing instruction to students in…

AKSEA program fosters educational collaborations

By Tom Moran | June 22, 2026

A woman holds up a jellyfish made of purple and yellow construction paper.

When it comes to crafting educational resources, four heads are better than one. That’s the idea behind the Alaska Knowledge, Science, and Education Alliance (AKSEA), which just concluded its first…

Lessons from Newtok

By Tom Moran | June 19, 2026

Two young Alaska Native women hold up a stained glass window. The window is made of around a dozen pieces of stained glass in blues and greens, some of which incorporate faint images and writing.

Towns don’t get much more different than Newtok, Alaska, and Provincetown, Massachusetts. But the recently relocated Yup’ik village near the Bering Sea coast and the resort town on the tip…

Fellowship spotlight: Aubrey Taradash

By Alaska Sea Grant | June 17, 2026

Aubrey Taradash is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with both the Alaska Center for Marine Debris and the Marine Debris Foundation. Taradash’s work helps advance cleanup efforts and foster new technologies to reduce and remove marine debris across Alaska. Hear from Aubrey in this video short.

Fellowship spotlight: Rachel French

By Kyle Kolda | May 28, 2026

A young woman wearing a winter cap and life jacket smiling at camera while holding up a piece of kelp. Blue sky is behind her.

For the past two years, Rachel French has supported Alaska’s growing kelp and oyster industry as an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow with the mariculture team. She updated key oyster and kelp farming resources to strengthen connections to promote sustainable practices.

Arctic Research Open House booth bags a crowd

By Alaska Sea Grant | May 27, 2026

A woman in a pink hat stands by a table squeezing an ink tube. The table is covered with seven colorful trays of ink, each with a little roller.

Visitors to Alaska Sea Grant’s booth at the University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) Arctic Research Open House were left holding the bag. Attendees at the May 14 event block-printed images…

Alaska Sea Grant announces research awards

By Alaska Sea Grant | May 26, 2026

A woman stands on the deck of a boat holding a crossbow. She smiles at the camera. She has an infant strapped to her chest. In the distance is a whale fluke.

Alaska Sea Grant’s latest round of research projects stretch across the state of Alaska and the scale of life on earth. The five projects selected to receive Alaska Sea Grant…

In a typhoon’s wake at WAISC

By Tom Moran | May 18, 2026

An Alaska Native elder in a blue sweater stands before a microphone, speaking to a crowd of people sitting at folding tables.

Ex-Typhoon Halong played itself out in the northern stretches of the Bering Sea more than six months ago. But the storm’s continuing power was evident at the 2026 Western Alaska…