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Youth camp expands across coastal Alaska

By Alaska Sea Grant | August 22, 2025

Group of middle-school students posing and smiling for camera in a forest surrounded by large trees with moss, ferns and other bushes. They are all growling or have their hands up like a bear.

Now in its fourth summer, the Coastal Connection Camp program is serving more students and communities in the Gulf of Alaska region than ever before, offering hands-on activities involving science,…

Tribal and fishing communities share strategies for adapting to change

By Alaska Sea Grant | May 22, 2025

Very blue image of sky, mountains and commercial fishing boat in the water somewhere in Coastal Alaska. White birds are flying over water.

Rapid change in Gulf of Alaska fisheries are disrupting established subsistence and commercial fishing practices that thousands of Alaskans depend on for food, livelihood and cultural well-being. Regional community organizations,…

Kelp Farm Operations: Training of the Trainers

By Dawn Montano | January 10, 2025

Four people wearing life jackets standing in a skiff in the water working on a kelp farm deployment. Snowy mountain in background.

This immersive Training of the Trainers workshop is designed to equip participants with the knowledge and skills needed to educate others on starting an aquatic seaweed farm in Alaska. Participants…

Fellow spotlight: Angela Korabik

By Alaska Sea Grant | July 11, 2024

Angela Korabik on the water holding up a large piece of kelp

Angela Korabik is an Alaska Sea Grant State Fellow working with the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Kodiak, Alaska. With her supervisor, Dr. Alix Laferriere, Angela is engaged in…

Kodiak event brings together scientists and community

By Alaska Sea Grant | June 17, 2024

Children talking to scientists about sea stars in a tub of water. Microscopes and other tubs of water sit on the table.

More than 150 community members and scientists recently gathered for the 2024 Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium (KAMSS), which featured presentations, a poster session paired with youth science activities, tours…

Research collaboration helps Kodiak subsistence harvesters

By Alaska Sea Grant | June 6, 2024

Researchers collect samples onboard a ship. Mountains and water in background.

Harmful algal blooms (HABs) have long been prevalent in the waters off the Kodiak archipelago, with the toxins produced by species such as Alexandrium catenella historically posing a threat to…

Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium 2024

By Dave Partee | February 15, 2024

We are excited to announce that the Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium (KAMSS), held every three years, returns this spring. KAMSS 2024 is our fifth regional symposium, bringing together the…

Smoked Seafood School — Kodiak Island Borough residents — May 2024

By Dawn Montano | December 14, 2023

9:00 am–4:00 pm Alaska Time, each day This workshop is for Kodiak Island Borough residents interested in smoking and processing fish, including home fish-smoking enthusiasts, small smokehouse operators, fishermen…

New funding expands harmful algal bloom research in Kodiak waters

By Kate Barber | November 27, 2023

sunshine high in the sky over the mountains around Kodiak Island and the sun reflects on the calm water.

The Kodiak region of Alaska has had a long-standing problem with paralytic shellfish poisoning, the dominant harmful algal bloom (HAB) concern in Alaska. A new five-year research partnership led by…

Research fellow helps Kodiak address harmful algal blooms

By Julie Matweyou | September 19, 2023

Two women in a lab looking at a computer

Mekia Bushell is a post-baccalaureate research fellow working with the NOAA National Centers for Coastal Ocean Science (NCCOS) Harmful Algal Bloom Forecasting Branch and is serving her appointment at the…