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April 2019
Basic Seafood HACCP (Kodiak Apr 2019)
All seafood processors in Alaska are required to have an approved Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan. This class prepares the participant to develop this plan. A basic HACCP certificate issued by the Association of Food and Drug Officials is awarded at the end of the class. HACCP class will cover the principles of HACCP and provide the tools and training to create a seafood HACCP plan. Students will be provided with textbooks and training materials. Exercises will include…
Find out more »May 2019
Basic Seafood HACCP (Sitka May 2019)
All seafood processors in Alaska are required to have an approved Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) plan. This class prepares the participant to develop this plan. A basic HACCP certificate issued by the Association of Food and Drug Officials is awarded at the end of the class. HACCP class will cover the principles of HACCP and provide the tools and training to create a seafood HACCP plan. Students will be provided with textbooks and training materials. Exercises will include…
Find out more »2019 Wakefield Fisheries Symposium
Topic: Collaborative Fisheries Research. More details will be forthcoming as the steering committee works to plan the 2019 event.
Find out more »July 2019
Bering Strait: Algal Toxin Workshop
July 16, 9 am – 4:30 pm (open to public) July 17, 8 am – noon (health care professionals only) Location: UAF Northwest Campus Education Center, Grand Hall This workshop, cosponsored by Alaska Sea Grant and the Alaska Ocean Observing System and supported by the US Arctic Research Commission, will provide an introduction to algal toxins, harmful algal blooms and the effect these have on western Alaska’s marine resources. The two-day workshop will also cover identification, impacts and monitoring techniques and…
Find out more »Alaska Marine Policy Forum—July 2019
Join us for the Alaska Marine Policy Forum conference call, sponsored by Alaska Sea Grant and Alaska Ocean Observing System. Every other month we host a one-hour conference call with participants across the state interested in marine policy in Alaska. Hear the latest about state and federal marine funding, legislation and policy issues. Recent forum summary: May 2019 Next call: Wednesday, July 17, 1 pm AK time Call-in info: 1-866-832-7806, PIN 2671471 If you would like to be added to the distribution list, please…
Find out more »September 2019
Overview of the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
Connect online via Zoom: https://alaska.zoom.us/j/930073479 The next Fisheries and Ocean Sciences seminar will be Wed. Sept. 11, 3:30 pm in 201 O'Neill Bldg (Fairbanks) and will be broadcast to 101 Lena Pt (Juneau) and 219 Pioneer in Homer. Additional rooms can be connected upon request, and you can connect via the Zoom link above. The featured speaker will be Sunny Rice, Marine Advisory Program Agent in Petersburg, who will present "Overview of the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program." Petersburg…
Find out more »Alaska Marine Policy Forum—September 2019
Join us for the Alaska Marine Policy Forum conference call, sponsored by Alaska Sea Grant and Alaska Ocean Observing System. Every other month we host a one-hour conference call with participants across the state interested in marine policy in Alaska. Hear the latest about state and federal marine funding, legislation and policy issues. Recent forum summary: July 2019 Next call: Wednesday, September 25, 1 pm AK time Call-in info: 1-866-832-7806, PIN 2671471 If you would like to be added to the distribution list, please email…
Find out more »October 2019
Northern Bering Sea and Bering Strait ecosystem update
A University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences seminar will be held on Wed. Oct. 2, 3:30 pm in 201 O'Neill Bldg (Fairbanks) and will be broadcast to 101 Lena Pt (Juneau) and 219 Pioneer in Homer. Additional rooms can be connected upon request, and you can connect via the following Zoom link: https://alaska.zoom.us/j/930073479. The featured speaker will be Gay Sheffield, Marine Advisory Program Agent, Alaska Sea Grant who will present “Northern Bering Sea and Bering Strait…
Find out more »Smoked Seafood School 2019
Note date change: October 17–18 This two-day workshop is for anyone interested in smoking and processing fish, including home fish-smoking enthusiasts, small smokehouse operators, fishermen interested in direct marketing their fish, and commercial operators. Participants will receive a certificate upon completion of the workshop. Lectures and hands-on activities led by seafood scientists at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center will include: principles of fish smoking safety of smoked product brining filleting sockeye for curing and cold smoking hot-smoking chum, coho,…
Find out more »Adapt Kodiak: a coastal resilience workshop
Check-in and coffee starts at 8 am Thursday, with the program kicking off at 8:30. Download the agenda with video conference links. Adapt Kodiak is a workshop dedicated to the discussion of the challenges and opportunities faced by Kodiak residents in building greater community resilience. The steering committee of Kodiak residents has narrowed this focus to the following four areas. Participants are encouraged to attend any and all sections that meet their interests. Fisheries futures (Oct. 24, morning session) Food security and subsistence…
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