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Fellow spotlight: Katie Pietrucha

April 5, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow Katie Pietrucha is working with the regulatory program of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s Alaska Marine Mammals Management Office. USFWS manages three species of…

Demand increases for seafood direct marketing classes

March 25, 2024

A resilient seafood industry is crucial to many Alaskan coastal communities, contributing to the local economy, cultural identity and food security. Current seafood market conditions have motivated many harvesters to…

Petersburg youth dive into science by building ROVs

March 14, 2024

Middle school students got an opportunity to engage directly in ocean science as they constructed remotely operated vehicles in February as part of a science class project in Southeast Alaska.…

New seafood processing workforce development coordinator joins Alaska Sea Grant

March 11, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant welcomes Marc Solano as our new seafood processing workforce development coordinator. Based out of the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, he will be responsible for organizing…

Fellow spotlight: Lia Domke

March 4, 2024

Lia Domke is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow with the Habitat Conservation Division of NOAA’s Alaska Regional Office in her hometown of Juneau. The Habitat Conservation Division promotes healthy…

Where are they now: Matt Robinson

February 27, 2024

When the Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship was launched in 2015, Matt Robinson was selected as one of the first Fellows after completing his master’s degree in Arctic and Northern…

Climate adaptation specialist joins Alaska Sea Grant

February 12, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant welcomes Sean Kelly as our new climate adaptation specialist. Based at our downtown Anchorage office, Kelly will add capacity to Alaska Sea Grant’s coastal community resilience efforts.…

Fellow spotlight: Maddi McArthur

February 6, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow Maddi McArthur works at the Alaska Center for Energy and Power in the Coastal Mapping Technical Center of Excellence. This research group works closely with…

Remembering Don Kramer

January 24, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant is saddened to hear of the passing of our friend, colleague and former Marine Advisory Program leader, Don Kramer, on December 8, 2023.  Kramer was a Marine…

Mariculture Conference of Alaska coming in February

January 24, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant and Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation with support from the Alaska Mariculture Cluster will host the 3rd Annual Mariculture Conference of Alaska in Anchorage, February 26–29. Registration is…

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