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UAF student studies whale watching impacts on humpbacks
Whale watching is a booming business in Alaska’s state capital. Over the past nearly 20 years, the number of whale watching boats in the waters around Juneau has roughly doubled.…
Read MoreScholarship supports women in science
La’Ona DeWilde, currently earning a PhD in environmental biology at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, chose her career because of her strong traditional belief in respecting animals and caring for…
Read MoreState fellow joined dozens of scientists for Arctic Integrated Ecosystem Survey
Genevieve Johnson is five months into her yearlong fellowship with Alaska Sea Grant, working on chum salmon genetics and Arctic ecosystem research for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.
Read MoreYoung fishermen flock to networking and skill-building summit in Anchorage
New and aspiring Alaska commercial fishermen gathered in Anchorage for the Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit, which aims to train the next generation of commercial fishermen to be successful and help turn the tide on Alaska’s aging fleet, where the average age of a boat captain is 50.
Read MoreDeadlines approach for Sea Grant fellowships
Alaska Sea Grant is accepting applications for several fellowships for students or recent graduates.
Read MoreFuture Alaska seafood leaders complete week of training
Some of the biggest seafood processors operating in Alaska sent their top cadre of workers to the Alaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute in Kodiak this fall. The institute, called ASPLI, is one of the state’s leading training programs serving Alaska’s seafood industry, which employs nearly 57,000 workers. As the state’s largest manufacturing sector, seafood processors produced 2.7 billion pounds of Alaska products in Alaska in 2016, with a wholesale vaue of $4.2 billion, according to McDowell Group.
Read MoreUAF student Maggie Chan awarded marine policy fellowship in DC
Maggie Chan, graduate student at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, will head to Washington, DC, next year as a Knauss Marine Policy Fellow. She is in a select group nominated by Sea Grant programs nationwide who will start their fellowships in February 2018, and continues the recent success of Knauss applicants from Alaska.
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 MoreKodiak summer interns benefit seafood industry
Three interns at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center reported on project outcomes at a recent seminar. Their work will be used by nutritional supplement marketers, Alaska seafood promoters and seafood processing plants.
Read MoreUAF student wins fellowship in nation’s capital
A University of Alaska Fairbanks graduate student has received a prestigious fellowship in Washington, D.C., starting next year.
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