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Alaska’s commercial fisheries are vast and lucrative. With a dockside value of $1.7 billion in 2016, the industry employs more than 29,000 people. To help fishermen and others understand more…
In 2016 the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation recommended Alaska Sea Grant seafood specialists Chris Sannito and Brian Himelbloom pay a visit to Kotzebue, to evaluate the traditional process of…
The Sea Grant programs in Alaska and Washington have released an updated edition of the popular “Fishermen’s Direct Marketing Manual.” The manual is a how-to guide and reference book for…
Alaska Sea Grant’s Davin Holen, and Matt Bethel of Louisiana Sea Grant, are leading a search for the best ways to include local and traditional knowledge in Sea Grant work…
A boat on wheels—that’s how Gabe Dunham describes his new outboard motor training setup. Dunham, Alaska Sea Grant’s Marine Advisory agent in Dillingham, has been teaching an outboard repair and…
Mass mortality of seabirds. Marine mammal deaths. Alaskans sickened by shellfish. What’s the common theme? Seawater contaminated by toxic algae. Call it death by phytoplankton. A group of Alaskans —…
Our Marine Advisory agent Gay Sheffield spoke about marine mammal strandings last month in Anchorage during a meeting of the National Marine Fisheries Service Marine Mammal Stranding Network. Among the…
Twenty-two teams from Alaska high schools faced off at a recent marine science competition in Seward. The students presented papers and answered challenging questions in front of scientists as part of the annual Alaska Tsunami Bowl.
Alaska Sea Grant’s director wins the Alaska Ocean Leadership Award for outstanding achievement in marine outreach and education.
Forty residents in Cordova, Alaska, displayed their cold water safety skills during the annual Iceworm Survival Suit Races. Watch the races on video!
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