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Regional gatherings provide unique opportunities for exchange

February 17, 2025

Alaska Sea Grant serves, in part, as a convener, bringing people together for important and productive conversations on a broad range of topics relevant to coastal life in Alaska. The…

Fellowship spotlight: Krystal Renta

February 12, 2025

About three-fourths of all fresh water in Alaska is stored in glacier ice, and Alaska’s glaciers are melting faster than most, according to USGS. These changes can lead to conditions…

Fellowship spotlight: Emily Reynolds

January 22, 2025

Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow Emily Reynolds is working with NOAA Fisheries and the National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science on innovative projects that support sustainable aquaculture development in Alaska.…

Celebrating 10 years of the Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship Program

January 17, 2025

Since its inception, the Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship Program has launched the careers of over 60 professionals. The fellowship class size has expanded from just two in its first…

Alaska Sea Grant co-leads program to learn about resilient economies in the Canadian Arctic

December 12, 2024

An Alaska Sea Grant specialist helped develop and lead an innovative field school in northern Quebec for a small group of interdisciplinary students from the Arctic. The students learned from…

Research on pink salmon in the Arctic learns from people, place, fish

December 10, 2024

The Arctic is changing, and scientists and residents alike are interested to understand both the reasons for and impacts of these changes, including how it’s affecting fish populations that Alaskans…

Fellowship launches career in fisheries social science

December 9, 2024

Cordova’s fishing community recently gathered for a climate adaptation workshop, focused on addressing the unique challenges facing Alaska’s fishing economies in a rapidly changing climate. Among the key contributors to…

Fellowship spotlight: Jenna Schlener

December 3, 2024

As an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow, Jenna Schlener is collaborating with Mayumi Arimitsu of the United States Geological Survey (USGS) Alaska Science Center’s Seabird and Forage Fish Ecology Program…

Fellow spotlight: Kit Cunningham

November 25, 2024

Kit Cunningham’s year as a Sea Grant Knauss Fellow in Senator Lisa Murkowski’s office has been a transformative experience, introducing her to the fast-moving world of federal policymaking. Working as…

Skipper Apprentice Program expanding at the Bristol Bay Campus

November 21, 2024

Alaska Sea Grant’s Marine Advisory Program in Dillingham is expanding its menu of training in skills needed to compete in Bristol Bay’s commercial fishing industry. From greenhorn to captain, Sea…

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