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Alaska Sea Grant seeks a part-time, student editorial assistant

December 19, 2018

We’re hiring! See details below for this editorial position in Anchorage.

Science talks go live on Facebook

December 19, 2018

(This is a guest column by Scott Pegau, research director, Oil Spill Recovery Institute) Since 1999, Alaska Sea Grant and the Prince William Sound Science Center have hosted a weekly…

Deadlines approach for Sea Grant fellowships

December 17, 2018

Several fellowship deadlines are coming up for graduate students or recent grads whose focus is marine science or policy The John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship is accepting applications until…

Longtime Cordova agent poised to leave

December 17, 2018

After 15 years with the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, our Cordova agent will be leaving us at month’s end. Torie Baker is resigning her post to turn her…

A Year on Capitol Hill

December 14, 2018

A Sea Grant Knauss fellow from Alaska recaps her time in D.C. As the 2018 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellow from Alaska, Maggie Chan has been working for the…

Oyster farmers face challenges and opportunities in Alaska

December 13, 2018

Mariculture is an emerging industry in Alaska that Alaska Sea Grant is helping to promote. Last week some of our faculty and staff gathered in Cordova with shellfish farmers, oyster…

Laying the foundation for resilient coastal communities

December 12, 2018

Average temperatures in Alaska have increased twice as fast as anywhere in the country over the last century. This warming—as much as 6 degrees in winter and three degrees in…

Creative and innovative research proposals sought

December 7, 2018

Alaska Sea Grant is gearing up to fund new research to benefit Alaska. We invite researchers to submit pre-proposals for projects to be undertaken during 2020–2022. Investigators at academic, research,…

“We have never been here before” — Gay Sheffield, on ecosystem-wide changes in the Bering Sea

November 29, 2018

The Bering Sea is undergoing massive changes that include the dramatic loss of sea ice last winter. As Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory agent Gay Sheffield notes in the interview…

West Coast trade show draws hundreds to ASG booth

November 28, 2018

Pacific Marine Expo, the largest commercial marine trade show on the West Coast, was a lot fun for us this year. We had the pleasure of meeting with nearly 400…

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