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Alaska Sea Grant partners in marine safety instructor training
Commercial fishermen, an Alaska state trooper and a ferry boat captain were among those trained as marine safety instructors last month. Training saves lives—since the 1980s the commercial fishing industry has seen a 76% decrease in deaths.
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.
Read MoreA volunteer collects seawater from the deep on the Seward Line, Part 2 of 4
On a September run, the Tiglax zigzags from station to station and back again in the Gulf of Alaska. Researchers sample water with standard tools and test a new industrial-size collecting apparatus.
Read MoreA volunteer collects seawater from the deep on the Seward Line, Part 1 of 4
On the open ocean in the Gulf of Alaska, a scientist’s assistant bottles up water samples while sleep-deprived.
Read MoreStrait Science: Researcher makes connection between wind and whales
Dr. Carin Ashljan, scientist at Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, spoke in Nome about her 11-year project looking at the bowhead feeding zones near Utqiagvik as part of the Strait Science lecture series hosted by UAF and Alaska Sea Grant.
Read MoreTwo-year project on coastal resilience wraps up in Goodnews Bay
An Alaska Sea Grant–funded research project on coastal erosion in western Alaska has concluded with good news for the village of Goodnews Bay.
Read MoreHigh school students learn about fur seals
In mid September two Unalaska high school students had an exciting opportunity to work with “charismatic megafauna”—they were invited to help necropsy a dead northern fur seal.
Read MoreBeaufort and Chukchi Seas have near record open water
Temperatures are dropping and the days are getting darker as Alaska moves into autumn. But despite the approaching winter chill, there’s lots of open water north of Alaska—a near record, in fact. That has potential implications for fall storms and coastal erosion in northwestern Alaska.
Read MoreAlaska Sea Grant gears up for smoked fish training, and processing workshop
From SeafoodNews.com: Alaska Sea Grant, an organization created to help Alaska’s marine coastal and watershed ecosystems through research and education, is offering two programs to ensure that the seafood industry in the area continues to grow.
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