2026 Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium
May 5–8, 2026
Kodiak Marketplace
Kodiak, Alaska, USA
Marine heatwaves at high latitudes: Tools for tracking and supporting fisheries resilience
The 2026 Wakefield Fisheries Symposium will bring fishery researchers, managers, and other professionals together to share knowledge, experience, and learn about marine heatwaves at high latitudes. This interactive symposium will explore the impacts of extreme warming events on high-latitude fisheries and highlight tools and strategies to build resilience in fishery management. Participants worldwide are invited to share case studies so that we can compare approaches across regions and learn from each other.
Abstracts are invited on three themes related to marine heatwaves at high latitudes.
- Theme 1: The Big Picture—Climate, Oceanography, and Ecosystem Dynamics
- Theme 2: Species Responses—Case Studies of Heatwave Impacts
- Theme 3: Managing in a Changing Ocean—Adaptive Strategies for Resilience.
See the call for abstracts for more information.
Call for abstracts | Submission deadline: Friday, January 30, 2026
Registration
Early-bird registration for the symposium is $200 and is available through March 30, 2026. After that date, the registration fee will increase to $250. Online listen-only registration is $100 (not available for presenters). Please register and pay your fees in advance so that adequate materials are available.
The in-person registration fee includes lunches and break refreshments.
Students, Kodiak residents, and federal employees are eligible for waived registration (code: wake26comp). There is also limited travel funding available for students who will give a presentation at the symposium. Students can express interest in travel support within the abstract submission site.
Science planning committee
- Ginny Eckert, UAF Alaska Sea Grant
- Matthew Baker, North Pacific Research Board
- Molly Cain, UAF Alaska Sea Grant
- Erin Fedewa, NOAA Fisheries
- Anna Henry, North Pacific Fishery Management Council
- Davin Holen, UAF Alaska Sea Grant
- Mike Litzow, NOAA Fisheries
- Franz Mueter, UAF College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
- Celeste Ossowski, Kodiak Area Native Association
- Danielle Ringer, Ringer Consulting
- Sean Rooney, NOAA Fisheries
- Chris Siddon, Alaska Department of Fish and Game
If you have questions, contact Molly Cain, Alaska Sea Grant Associate Director.
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.
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