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UA developing workforce training plan for Alaska fisheries, seafood and maritime industries

The University of Alaska, together with partners including Alaska Sea Grant and the Marine Advisory Program, is developing an initiative to deliver specialized workplace training programs for Alaskans involved in fisheries, seafood, and maritime industries.

Alaska Sea Grant announces new marine research projects

Alaska Sea Grant announced more than $1 million in grants to address important marine research needs in coastal Alaska over the next two years.

Alaska Marine Policy Forum

Alaska Sea Grant and the Alaska Ocean Observing System host a bimonthly one-hour conference call with Alaska participants interested in marine policy. The next call is May 23 at 1 pm Alaska Time. Join us to hear the latest about marine funding, legislation, and state and federal policy. Visit the AOOS website for contact information and notes from previous calls.

Also in the news—

The cover photo and inside images of the March 2012 issue of Pacific Fishing magazine is the Alaska Sea Grant published book, Sea Life of the Aleutians: An Underwater Exploration.

Elsewhere in the news

Newsletters

AKCRRAB News Flash, April 2012: Female blue king crabs from St. Matthew Island, Alaska, are hatching 1,000 larvae per day at the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery, and produce as many as 80,000 larvae in one season. Read more…

Fishlines, May 2012: Kodiak Marine Advisory agent, Julie Matweyou, guides 13 UAA undergraduates in award-winning PSP research on shellfish. Read more...

Charter Log, March 2012: charter halibut updates, Guideline Harvest Levels, felt soles out, and much more. Read more...

From the Bookstore

Fisheries Adaptations to Climate Change

Alaska fishermen have not begun to think much about how climate change may hurt their prosperity. Terry Johnson says it's time they do, in his latest publication, Fisheries Adaptation to Climate Change.

Ocean Acidification and Fisheries: Alaska's Challenge and Response

Do you get that "sky is falling" feeling when the subject of ocean acidification comes up? Get the facts here about ocean acidification in Alaska's marine ecosystems.

Responses to Coastal Erosion in Alaska in a Changing Climate

Extreme beach erosion is threatening parts of Alaska. This illustrated book explains engineering tactics which might work, and won't work, to help slow the process.

Check out all our climate change publications.

More than 200 additional books and videos are available from the Alaska Sea Grant Bookstore.

Check out our new releases.

Meetings

pH Measurement - Basic Theory, Measurement and Instrument Maintenance

Basic Theory, Measurement and Instrument Maintenance
May 23, 2012
Kodiak, Alaska

Sea Grant Week 2012

September 17–21, 2012
Girdwood, Alaska

Responses of Arctic Marine Ecosystems to Climate Change

28th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium
March 26–29, 2013
Anchorage, Alaska

More conferences and symposia...