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Posts Tagged ‘NOAA Fisheries’

High school students learn about harmful algae in western Alaska

By Alaska Sea Grant | January 26, 2023
Student in a science lab holding a dropper and slide next to microscope. Teacher watching and holding bottle of seawater taken from Port of Nome.

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.…

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Alaska fellowship program welcomes four new graduate students

By Alaska Sea Grant | June 22, 2020

Alaska Sea Grant welcomes four incoming fellows to the Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship program. The year-long fellowship program recruits talented young professionals from within Alaska and across the country…

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Vigilance advised after saxitoxin found in clams

By Paula Dobbyn | November 19, 2019

Scientists have detected toxic algae in clams from the Bering Strait and Chukchi Sea regions of northern and western Alaska, according to a new bulletin. It’s an indication that ocean…

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Program aims to provide Alaska Native and rural students with opportunities at NOAA

By Paula Dobbyn | August 30, 2019

Alaska Sea Grant is partnering with NOAA Fisheries to provide opportunities to Alaska Native and rural students at the federal agency. The goal is to increase their representation in marine-related…

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Unsolved mystery: the case of the weathervane scallop

By Paula Dobbyn | August 22, 2019

Prized by five-star chefs and seafood connoisseurs, weathervanes are a bit of a mystery animal. Major gaps exist in our understanding of the tasty mollusks, which are native to Alaska.

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“We have never been here before” — Gay Sheffield, on ecosystem-wide changes in the Bering Sea

By Paula Dobbyn | November 29, 2018

The Bering Sea is undergoing massive changes that include the dramatic loss of sea ice last winter. As Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory agent Gay Sheffield notes in the interview…

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