Fellowship spotlight: Sydney Almgren

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Sydney Almgren is an Alaska State Fellow working with the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation. Almgren collaborates with industry members, agencies, and fishermen to meet requirements to have Alaskan fisheries certified as sustainable. Hear from Almgren in this video short.

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Before her J.D., working on HABs

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Tessa Davis didn’t have to leave her home in Kodiak to take part in an Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship. But for the aspiring human-rights lawyer, spending the summer helping…

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Return to Moss Island

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Roxy Reynolds’ Alaska Sea Grant Mariculture Summer Apprenticeship was a homecoming in the most literal sense. Reynolds apprenticed at the Moss Island Oyster Farm, a Kachemak Bay enterprise founded by…

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Skiff school comes to Kasaan

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For the people of Kasaan, small boats are a big deal. That’s why Alaska Sea Grant recently conducted a maintenance, operation and safety workshop in the Prince of Wales Island…

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Faces of Alaska Sea Grant: Katie Baldwin Basile

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Katie Baldwin Basile is a coastal resilience specialist with the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, based in Bethel. Working with the Alaska Ocean Observing System, Katie uses storytelling to connect communities with science, local and Indigenous Knowledge and resilience planning. Learn more about Basile in this video, the first in a new series.

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A seafood success story

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A 14-hour shift can’t dampen Jake Merzoian’s enthusiasm for Alaska Sea Grant. “I’m really aspiring to get into upper management, and here’s this program that’s been able to help me…

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Fellowship spotlight: Ana Velasquez

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Ana Velasquez is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with the Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska. Ana works on ocean policy and mariculture initiatives, supporting Indigenous stewardship and collaborative efforts to sustain healthy marine ecosystems in Southeast Alaska. Hear from Ana in this video short.

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