News
The latest blog posts and news releases from Alaska Sea Grant
Foundations of kelp farming: Educating the new wave of aquatic farmers (5/25/2023) - Seaweed farming is a major industry worldwide, with the United States importing more than 95%—19 million tons—of its edible seaweed. Alaska’s coast is ideal for producing home-grown seaweed to meet…
Workshop summary released on drought and extreme events in Southeast Alaska (5/23/2023) - Alaska Sea Grant recently published the workshop summary Drought and Extreme Events: Building Collaborations To Enhance Data, Decision Making, and Adaptation Planning in Southeast Alaska. The summary details activities and…
A squid plays a shark at Kodiak’s ComFish (5/22/2023) - Alaska Sea Grant participated in the planning and administration of ComFish Alaska 2023, Alaska’s annual commercial fisheries trade show held in Kodiak. The spring event draws fishermen and companies involved…
New seafood career videos available (5/18/2023) - For anyone who is interested in pursuing a technical, vocational, or seafood career in Alaska, but doesn’t know where to start, check out new maritime career videos available from Maritime…
Ninth biennial Alaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute wraps up (5/15/2023) - The ninth Alaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute (ASPLI) recently concluded in Anchorage, bringing together rising stars of seafood processing to learn from industry and academic experts on topics ranging from…
Fellow spotlight: Douglas Shaftel (5/8/2023) - Douglas Shaftel is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with the Alaska Mariculture Alliance (AMA), a nonprofit created in 2021 to develop and support Alaska’s mariculture industry. AMA performs…
Bering Strait regional science series reaches a milestone (5/3/2023) - Last month, the Strait Science lecture series had its 100th recorded presentation added to the Alaska Sea Grant channel on YouTube. Strait Science is a long-running public science seminar series…
Researchers and residents share Western Alaska science, art and humanities (4/27/2023) - The 15th annual Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference (WAISC) recently took place at the UAF Bristol Bay Campus in Dillingham. This hybrid event had thirty-seven presenters in person and one…
New science writer joins Alaska Sea Grant (4/26/2023) - Alaska Sea Grant welcomes Zayleen Kalalo to the communications team as a science writer and public information officer. Kalalo, who is based in Anchorage, has a background in marine and…
Business of Fishing workshop launched in Kodiak (4/19/2023) - A team from the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program (MAP) recently led the first Business of Fishing workshop in Kodiak, prior to the island’s annual ComFish trade show. The…