Posts Tagged ‘Sunny Rice’
Alaska Fish Radio: 8th AK Young Fishermen’s Summit set for January
Alaska Sea Grant’s Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit since 2007 has aimed to build a sustained network of fishing operations across the state. The next summit is set for late January in Juneau.
Read MoreOverview of the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program
Connect online via Zoom: https://alaska.zoom.us/j/930073479 The next Fisheries and Ocean Sciences seminar will be Wed. Sept. 11, 3:30 pm in 201 O’Neill Bldg (Fairbanks) and will be broadcast to 101 Lena Pt (Juneau) and 219 Pioneer in Homer. Additional rooms can be connected upon request, and you can connect via the Zoom link above. The…
Read MoreKFSK: As a deadly bat disease spreads, volunteers gather data on Southeast populations
Residents in Petersburg and several other Southeast communities, including Alaska Sea Grant’s Marine Advisory agent Sunny Rice, are taking a tally of the region’s suffering bat population.
Read MoreWhy are salmon shrinking? UAF professor tackles the topic at Rainforest Festival
When you hear the word rainforest, people often associate it with something tropical. Residents of Southeast Alaska might think differently though, since they’re surrounded by the 17-million-acre Tongass National Forest, a temperate rainforest. In Petersburg, the gifts of Alaska’s coastal rainforest were celebrated this month in a festival organized in part by Sunny Rice, Alaska…
Read MoreStudents coached by Alaska Sea Grant make good showing at Tsunami Bowl
Twenty-two teams from Alaska high schools faced off at a recent marine science competition in Seward. The students presented papers and answered challenging questions in front of scientists as part of the annual Alaska Tsunami Bowl.
Read MorePetersburg kids get close-up look at sea creatures, courtesy of Alaska Sea Grant and Alaska Department of Fish and Game
Kids in Petersburg, Alaska, had a sea animal touch tank come right to their doorstep this week. The dockside activity was part of a summertime science lesson offered by Alaska Sea Grant’s Sunny Rice in partnership with the Petersburg Public Library and Alaska Department of Fish and Game. A few days earlier, Fish and Game…
Read MoreAlaska Young Fishermen’s Summit unites early career fishermen
Juneau, Alaska—New Alaska commercial fishermen will get a chance to meet and learn with their peers at the sixth Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit coming up in January 2016. The summit, developed by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, has been held five times in the past seven years. The three-day event focuses on training,…
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