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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…
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…
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…
Alaska Sea Grant, in collaboration with the University of Alaska Southeast Applied Fisheries program and OceansAlaska, hosted a three-day workshop covering oyster hatchery operations at the OceansAlaska Shellfish Hatchery in…
Michelle Dutro is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with NOAA’s Protected Resources Division, Alaska Region to support marine mammal stranding and entanglement data and response efforts. Under the…
The Alaska Seaweed Genetics Workshop was recently held in Juneau to address information needs for preserving genetic diversity of seaweed as the kelp mariculture industry grows. Sponsored by Alaska Sea…
The 16th Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference was held in Nome this month, hosted by Alaska Sea Grant and the University of Alaska Fairbanks Northwest Campus. The four-day conference brought…
Over 200 attendees from across the nation gathered in Anchorage in February for the 3rd Annual Mariculture Conference of Alaska. This four-day event supported the continued development of shellfish and…
With over 30,000 km of shoreline, Alaska is home to some of the world’s richest fisheries. In Southeast Alaska, like much of the state, coastal communities depend on commercial and…
Climate change has dramatically impacted Gulf of Alaska fisheries. The global phenomenon has led to fisheries disasters over the last several years, including declines in Chinook and other salmon as…