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Fellow spotlight: Kelly Drummond

November 9, 2023

Kelly Drummond is spending her year in the Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship program working with the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation (AFDF) on projects focused on growing the mariculture industry…

Young fishermen event coming to Anchorage

November 7, 2023

Sponsored by Alaska Sea Grant, the tenth Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit (AYFS) provides a broad range of business and policy training specific to owning and operating a commercial fishing business…

Alaska Sea Grant adds maritime-focused CPR and first aid training

November 6, 2023

Alaska Sea Grant has added first aid for mariners and CPR training to its portfolio of services provided to coastal Alaskans. Earlier this year, two Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory…

Alaska and Greenland collaborate on sustainable fisheries

October 25, 2023

This summer, Alaska Sea Grant participated in exchange visits with Greenland partners through the U.S. State Department’s Arctic Education Alliance. The two trips were part of a growing collaboration between…

National Sea Grant awards funding for training new Alaska fishermen

October 23, 2023

Alaska Sea Grant and partners were recently awarded over $240,000 from NOAA Sea Grant for a project to train and support new commercial fishermen in Alaska. The two-year project AK…

Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium coming to Sitka April 16–18, 2024

October 20, 2023

Fishery managers, researchers, and seafood-industry professionals are invited to mark their calendars for the 33rd Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium to be held in Sitka next spring.  The theme for the…

Alaska students selected for national marine policy fellowship

October 11, 2023

Two Alaska students have been selected for the 2024 Sea Grant  Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship program, one of the most prestigious marine policy fellowships in the country. Kit Cunningham and…

Fellow spotlight: Biz Wallace

October 5, 2023

For her Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship, Biz Wallace is working on the Alaska Clean Harbors Program. The voluntary statewide program helps harbormasters, communities and boaters prevent pollution and reduce waste. Wallace is focused on increasing harbor participation, developing a tiered certification system, and public outreach events and activities.

Wanted: seafood safety and fisheries workforce specialists

September 21, 2023

We invite enthusiastic and qualified individuals to apply to join our team at Alaska Sea Grant. We are hiring two new full-time term faculty (9 months guaranteed support) with the…

Coastal Connections Camp expands to Seward

September 21, 2023

This summer, Alaska Sea Grant offered an educational camp for middle school-aged children in Southcentral Alaska focused on deepening an understanding and appreciation of the coastal environment. The Coastal Connections…

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