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Alaskan receives Digital Coast fellowship

June 4, 2018

A graduate student from the University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Natural Science and Mathematics, has won a prestigious fellowship with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA.) Richard Buzard,…

Study focuses on salmon resilience

May 25, 2018

Christopher Sergeant is studying Southeast Alaska watersheds as part of his doctoral research at the University of Alaska Fairbanks, College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Along with his advisor, Assistant Prof. Jeffrey Falke, and partners at the U.S. Forest Service, Alaska Sea Grant and Southeast Alaska Watershed Coalition, Sergeant is working on an Alaska Sea Grant-funded project to assess the resilience of Southeast Alaska salmon.

Sea Grant fellow hired by fishery council

May 25, 2018

One of the reasons Sara Cleaver likes working for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is that her workmates are as enthusiastic about fish as she is. “It is such a relief to have coworkers who don’t find your obsession with fish to be weird—in fact, it is basically a requirement of the job.” Cleaver said. She has been hired full time by the Council, cutting short her Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship there. Her fellowship would have run until October, but instead she was recruited into a two-year position that started May 21.

Is big always better? Maybe not

May 23, 2018

Over the past 20 years, the South Olga Lakes on Kodiak Island has produced nearly half a million sockeye salmon per year on average. This fishery is historically one of…

Journey to the Middle of the Bering Sea—Adventures in St Paul

May 22, 2018

Saint Paul Island is a place very few Americans, even Alaskans, will ever visit in their lifetimes. It is the breeding grounds for more than 500,000 northern fur seals and…

Fellowships announced by Alaska Sea Grant

May 16, 2018

CONTACT: Paula Dobbyn, 907-274-9698, paula.dobbyn@alaska.edu Five graduate students selected by Alaska Sea Grant will spend a year working with state and federal agencies to support healthy coastal communities and the marine environment. Alaska Sea…

Marine Advisory agent teaches ROV skills

May 15, 2018

(VIDEO: Watch Gary Freitag give instruction on how to use a remotely operated vehicle) There’s no typical day in the life of an Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory agent. Sometimes…

Celebrating the success of UAF grads

May 10, 2018

Congratulations to the class of 2018! The graduates listed below are working on Alaska Sea Grant-funded research projects. WAY TO GO!! #SeaGrantFunded UAF College of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences Melissa…

Southern catfish processors learn from Alaska Sea Grant

May 8, 2018

Alaska Sea Grant’s Chris Sannito recently toured several catfish processing plants in the Mississippi Delta, at the invitation of researchers looking to improve efficiencies. Sannito advised processors on how to further their in-plant automation.

Port Heiden: an Alaska community adapting to climate change

May 4, 2018

Like dozens of other coastal villages in Alaska, Port Heiden is grappling with how to adapt to climate change effects, including rising ocean levels, disappearing sea ice, extreme erosion and…

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