Wakefield – Alaska Sea Grant

Wakefield Symposium coming to Kodiak

By Alaska Sea Grant | January 7, 2026

Heatwaves will be a hot topic at next year’s Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium. The theme for the event, to be held May 5–8, 2026, at the Kodiak Marketplace event space,…

Regional gatherings provide unique opportunities for exchange

By Brooke Carney | February 17, 2025

Graphic showing groups of people at different Alaska Sea Grant events. It is titled "bringing people together." One photo shows a large screen behind a panel of people that says Mariculture Conference of Alaska.

Alaska Sea Grant serves, in part, as a convener, bringing people together for important and productive conversations on a broad range of topics relevant to coastal life in Alaska. The…

Conference addresses shifting fisheries distributions

By Molly R Cain | May 16, 2024

Boats sit in boat slips in a harbor with snow capped mountains in background. Rocks in foreground.

The 33rd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium was held in Sitka last month. The three-day conference, hosted by Alaska Sea Grant, brought together more than 60 fishery researchers, managers and community…

Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium coming to Sitka April 16–18, 2024

By Kate Barber | October 20, 2023

Fishery managers, researchers, and seafood-industry professionals are invited to mark their calendars for the 33rd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium to be held in Sitka next spring. The theme for the…

Symposium aims to bridge gaps between fishermen and scientists

By Kayla Schommer | October 30, 2018

four people pulling a large net out of the ocean

Fishing and seafood-industry professionals will join academics at the 32nd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium in Anchorage next spring. The symposium’s theme is “Cooperative Research — strategies for integrating industry perspectives…