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Fellow spotlight: Angela Korabik

July 11, 2024

Angela Korabik is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Kodiak, Alaska. With her supervisor, Dr. Alix Laferriere, Angela is engaged in…

Undergraduate fellows start projects helping communities

June 26, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant is pleased to announce its fourth cohort of Alaska Sea Grant Community-Engaged Fellows. Five undergraduate students are working on projects across the state this summer that connect…

Alaska Sea Grant announces new research projects

June 24, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant is excited to announce six new research projects, with over $1.2 million in federal funding supporting Alaska researchers and graduate students over the next two years. The…

Kodiak event brings together scientists and community

June 17, 2024

More than 150 community members and scientists recently gathered for the 2024 Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium (KAMSS), which featured presentations, a poster session paired with youth science activities, tours…

Research collaboration helps Kodiak subsistence harvesters

June 6, 2024

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have long been prevalent in the waters off the Kodiak archipelago, with the toxins produced by species such as Alexandrium catenella historically posing a threat to…

Fellowship spotlight: Jake Cohen

June 6, 2024

Jake Cohen is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with the Kodiak Area Native Association (KANA) to support tribal ocean acidification (OA) monitoring programs on Kodiak Island. Since 2019,…

Alaska Sea Grant showcases research at community event

May 30, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant participated in the annual Arctic Research Open House, held May 16 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Troth Yeddha’ campus. The free event invites the public to…

Training the next generation of fishermen in Bristol Bay

May 21, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant and Bristol Bay Regional Career and Technical Education (BBRCTE) teamed up to lead a new two-week hands-on training program for high school-aged prospective commercial fishers. The Commercial…

State Fellow alum Meeker supporting community resilience in Alaska

May 20, 2024

During her Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship in 2018, Danielle Meeker worked in the Office of Alaska Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott, where she helped draft the Alaska Climate Change Strategy…

Conference addresses shifting fisheries distributions

May 16, 2024

The 33rd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium was held in Sitka last month. The three-day conference, hosted by Alaska Sea Grant, brought together more than 60 fishery researchers, managers and community…

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