PSP – Alaska Sea Grant

Fellow spotlight: Juliana Cornett

By Molly R Cain | February 9, 2023

Woman smiling with a hat and rain gear on. Water and rocky beach and green shrubbery in background.

Juliana Cornett is working at the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) in Juneau, Alaska, for her Alaska Sea Grant State Fellowship. She supports research projects related to Alaska mariculture—the…

Alaskans try to combat death by marine toxins

By Paula Dobbyn | March 1, 2018

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 —…

Network will assist safe shellfish harvest in Alaska

By Paula Dobbyn | January 31, 2018

A new network of experts from across the state will work to help Alaska communities better understand and mitigate the effects of harmful blooms of algae, including the toxins they produce and the potential health risks to humans and animals.