2024 Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium
April 16–18, 2024 • Sitka, Alaska
Shifting distributions and phenologies: implications for fisheries
The 2024 Wakefield Symposium presentation slides are now linked in agenda.
Description
The 2024 Wakefield Fisheries Symposium will bring together fishery researchers and managers to address how political decisions, jurisdictional arrangements, and survey management structures can adapt to environmental changes and shifting species distributions. Participants worldwide are invited to share case studies and contrast approaches in different regions. Discussions will be forward-looking and solutions-focused.
Hotel and venue
All meeting sessions will be held at the Harrigan Centennial Hall in Sitka.
There is a room block reserved at the Westmark Sitka, a 3-min walk from Centennial Hall, for a discounted rate of $149 plus room taxes and fees ($20 extra person charge). Reservations can be made by calling (907) 747-6241 and referencing the group name Sea Grant. Unreserved rooms in the room block will be released March 31.
Science program committee
- Keith Criddle (Chair), UAF CFOS
- Matthew Baker, North Pacific Research Board
- Molly Cain, UAF Alaska Sea Grant
- Ginny Eckert, UAF Alaska Sea Grant
- Robert Foy, NOAA Fisheries
- Davin Holen, UAF Alaska Sea Grant
- Alex Jenkins, UAF MS Fisheries Student and Tamamta Fellow
- Chris Siddon, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
- Diana Stram, North Pacific Fishery Management Council
- James Thorson, NOAA Fisheries
For logistical questions regarding the 2024 Wakefield Fisheries Symposium, contact Molly Cain, Alaska Sea Grant Associate Director. For recommendations on content or participation, contact Keith Criddle, Science Program Committee Chair.
We look forward seeing you at the 2024 Wakefield Fisheries Symposium.
About the Wakefield Fisheries Symposium series
The Alaska Sea Grant College Program has been sponsoring and coordinating the Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium series since 1982, in partnership with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, and the North Pacific Research Board.
These meetings are a forum for information exchange in biology, management, economics, and processing of various fish species and complexes, as well as an opportunity for scientists from high-latitude countries to meet informally and discuss their work.
Alaska Sea Grant accommodation and code of conduct
Alaska Sea Grant is committed to providing safe and welcoming environments for all who participate in activities, meetings, or events. Accommodation requests related to a disability should be made at least five business days in advance to sea.grant@alaska.edu. Participants and organizers of Alaska Sea Grant-sponsored activities are supported by the Alaska Sea Grant event code of conduct.
Symposium sponsors
