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Bristol Bay Campus hosts lunchtime info series for local fishermen

By Alaska Sea Grant | February 8, 2023
Group of people in a conference room eating lunch and learning about tax tips for commercial fishers

Alaska Sea Grant and the Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation started a new monthly “Lunch and Learn” program at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham. These…

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Mariculture Conference of Alaska coming in February

By Melissa Good | January 25, 2023
2023 Mariculture Conference of Alaska logo

Alaska Sea Grant will host the 2nd Annual Mariculture Conference of Alaska in Juneau, February 15–17. Registration is now open for the event, where farmers, researchers and professionals in mariculture-related…

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Federal grant to boost Alaska’s mariculture industry

By Alaska Sea Grant | September 29, 2022
kelp growing on a line. Photo courtesy of Lexa Meyer

The U.S. Department of Commerce’s Economic Development Administration (EDA) recently committed $49 million to grow Alaska’s mariculture industry. The award is one of 21 nationally chosen from more than 500…

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2022–2023 Alaska Sea Grant State Fellows announced

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 25, 2022
Photo composite of 2022-2023 Alaska Sea Grant State Fellows

Thirteen early-career scientists and professionals have been selected for the 2022–2023 class of Alaska Sea Grant State Fellows. The group comprises the largest fellowship cohort in the program’s history.  The…

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UAF student awarded 2022 NMFS-Sea Grant Fellowship

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 19, 2022
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University of Alaska Fairbanks student Genoa Sullaway is one of eight graduate students announced as a 2022 National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS)-Sea Grant Joint Fellowship recipient. The NMFS-Sea Grant Joint…

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Undergraduate Community Engaged Internship: Selah Judge

By Anne Gore | August 11, 2022
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For a second consecutive summer, Alaska Sea Grant hosted Community Engaged Interns (CEI). The program is coordinated with a national initiative to mentor and train undergraduate students who are interested…

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Seaweed processing and handling workshop provides workforce training

By Melissa Good | May 24, 2022
man sorting sugar kelp

Seaweed farming is a major industry worldwide, and the United States imports more than 95%—19 million tons—of its edible seaweed. Alaska has an ideal environment for producing home-grown seaweed to…

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Supervisor training for seafood processors

By Alaska Sea Grant | May 23, 2022
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Alaska Sea Grant and the Applied Business program at the UAF Community and Technical College are collaborating to offer leadership and supervisory skills training for workers in the seafood processing…

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State Fellow Spotlight — Kyle Neumann

By Alaska Sea Grant | March 17, 2022
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Jesse Gordon contributed to this story Kyle Neumann is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow with the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center Genetics Program in Juneau.  He is working to…

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Identifying training needs of new Alaska fishermen

By Anne Gore | February 15, 2022
a pile of salmon

Alaska’s seafood industry is the economic backbone of many coastal communities. Seafood harvesting jobs pay well, and yet getting into the business is not easy. Commercial fishing demands a range…

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Alaska Sea Grant is headquartered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks and is part of a national network of Sea Grant programs administered by NOAA.

University of Alaska Fairbanks

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VISION: Alaska will sustain its vibrant marine, coastal, and watershed ecosystems, with strong coastal communities and people who make decisions using science-based and traditional knowledge for the social and economic benefit of all Alaskans.

MISSION: To enhance the sustainable use and conservation of Alaska’s marine, coastal, and watershed resources through research, education, and extension.

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