Posts Tagged ‘Gay Sheffield’
High school students learn about harmful algae in western Alaska
For three days in November, students from Nome-Beltz High School learned about ocean algae, especially about toxin producing species that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning (PSP) in humans and marine wildlife.…
Read MoreKNOM: Little known about algal toxins’ effects on subsistence in Arctic waters
Alaska Sea Grant’s Gay Sheffield says two different samples of clams from that voyage were found to have high levels of an algal toxin called saxitoxin
Read MoreSeattle Times: Why are birds and seals starving in a Bering Sea full of fish?
Federal and university scientists, including Alaska Sea Grant’s Gay Sheffield, are trying to better understand why some birds and marine mammals have been unable to find enough food, and whether toxic algae blooms — increasing as the water warms — could have contributed or caused some of the die-offs.
Read MoreNorthern Bering Sea and Bering Strait ecosystem update
A University of Alaska Fairbanks College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences seminar will be held on Wed. Oct. 2, 3:30 pm in 201 O’Neill Bldg (Fairbanks) and will be broadcast…
Read MoreNYT Opinion: Where the sea ice recedes, so does an Alaska way of life
With climate change, animals that sustain Native hunters are disappearing, and harmful algae are contaminating waters. This opinion article was written by Gay Sheffield, Alaska Sea Grant marine advisory agent, Vera Trainer, president of the International Society for the Study of Harmful Algae, and Rick Thoman, climate expert at the Alaska Center for Climate Assessment and Policy.
Read MoreKNOM: From krill to whales, marine life is washing up dead in the Bering Strait
Throughout the month of June, dead marine life was being reported on a weekly basis in the Bering Strait region, and Alaska Sea Grant’s regional Marine Advisory agent responded.
Read MoreLack of sea ice sends seal pups and walrus calves to beach
It’s been a busy couple of months for members of the Alaska Marine Mammal Stranding Network, including Alaska Sea Grant’s Gay Sheffield, as they respond to multiple reports of dead…
Read MoreKNOM: Unusual ice seal deaths reported in Western Alaska; NOAA investigating
According to Gay Sheffield with Alaska Sea Grant, last month, 12 dead ringed seals were found in Nome alone.
Read MoreSheffield, Ahmasuk honored for seabird mortality response
The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has honored Alaska Sea Grant’s Gay Sheffield and Brandon Ahmasuk of Kawerak, Inc. for leading a coordinated response to seabird mortality events across the…
Read MoreKNOM: Fukushima Radiation Is Present in Bering Sea, Researchers Say — But No Cause for Concern
Several years after a Fukushima nuclear power plant was damaged, Gay Sheffield, with Alaska Sea Grant, says St. Lawrence Island residents started sending her water samples.
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