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Sierra Greene may be a new employee at Alaska Sea Grant, but for some of us she’s already a familiar face. For the past three years, Greene has worked as…
An Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellowship was only the beginning for Willow Jackson. Five years after serving as a Community-Engaged fellow in her hometown of Kake, Jackson is midway through…
For decades, Alaska Sea Grant has trained people to enter the commercial fishing workforce. Now the organization will also help people take the proper steps to get out. Clearing the…
Alaska Sea Grant has once again written the book on oyster cultivation in Alaska. Literally. We’ve released The New Alaska Oyster Growers Manual, the definitive guide to cultivating oysters in…
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.
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…
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…
To you and I, farmed oysters are a delicacy. But for sea otters, oyster farms may not be a big deal. That’s one finding of a team of scientists led…
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…
To most of us, trash talk is something reserved for the basketball court or football field. But in the Bering Sea coastal village of Goodnews Bay, it’s a key part…