Vol. XX, No. 6
June 2000

Reminder: Alaska Sea Grant Pays Reprint Costs and Journal Page Charges
According to a congressional mandate, all researchers receiving federal funds from the NOAA Office of Sea Grant must publish research results and distribute them to as wide an audience as possible. Sea Grant-funded researchers are required to report their research results annually and at the conclusion of the project. Publication in peer-reviewed professional journals demonstrates that the research we fund is producing significant results. Thus, the Alaska Sea Grant Program (not the individual grants) will pay for page charges and reprint expenses, and will handle distribution for publications arising from research funded wholly or in part by Alaska Sea Grant.

The method Alaska Sea Grant uses to handle journal publications is as follows:

How to Order Reprints

After you receive a form for ordering reprints from the journal publisher, follow this procedure:

1. Indicate the number of reprints you want on the form, and forward it with a copy of the title page and acknowledgment section to Elena Ortiz at the Sea Grant office, (907) 474-7086, fneda@uaf.edu.

2. We will add the number of reprints we require, request the purchase order, and send the form back to the journal publisher. We will pay the bill and take shipment of all the reprints.

3. When the reprints arrive, we will deliver your order to you free of charge and distribute our copies as we are required.

Forward to Elena Ortiz at the Sea Grant office all notices or invoices for page charges from the journal publisher. We will pay all page costs for your articles appearing in refereed journals.

Submit Your Progress Reports Online
Alaska Sea Grant now has an online form for research principal investigators to report on progress and completion, www.uaf.edu/seagrant/research/postaward/. Progress reports are due June 15, 2000, for projects that started February 1. To make reporting easy and convenient, Sea Grant has also provided the NOAA 90-2 forms online, with project summaries and other information. Principal investigators can "copy-paste" the text into the report form and update it there. Alaska Sea Grant is required to report program achievements to the National Sea Grant office, as part of the Department of Commerce Standard Terms and Conditions for grants.

Sea Grant 30th Anniversary Reception
Mark your calendars to join us when we celebrate our 30th year of research, education, and outreach for Alaska at an under-canopy reception at the Georgeson Botanical Garden, Wednesday, June 28, 5 to 7 pm. President Hamilton, Chancellor Lind, and Provost Reichardt are expected to attend and reflect on Sea Grant's contributions to the state. The festivities will include presentation of a $100,000 gift from Mrs. Frankie Wakefield to the University of Alaska Foundation, earmarked to help continue the Alaska Sea Grant Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium Series. The symposium series is named after Mrs. Wakefield's late husband, who is known as one of the founders of the Alaska crab industry. Refreshments will be served, including a delicious selection of seafood hors d'oeuvres.

MAP Workshop Succeeds
Thanks to the Alaska Marine Advisory Program's rapid response action to the Whittier road issue, state and federal policies have been initiated to address serious management concerns. The Marine Advisory Program held a workshop in Anchorage on April 19, "Prince William Sound and the Whittier Road: Management Overview Workshop." They assembled, for the first time, the government agencies, businesses, and other interest groups involved in PWS issues. More than 100 people attended. The purpose of the workshop was to bring out the concerns and potential impacts of the scheduled opening of the Whittier road (June 7), and get agencies to begin thinking about how to mitigate the impacts. Whittier, a town of 300 people on Prince William Sound, was formerly accessible only by train, boat, and plane. A recently constructed road, now connecting Whittier to the Seward Highway through a tunnel, will increase the number of car visitors and likely make a major impact on the town and PWS.

The MAP workshop resulted in an immediate policy response by both state and federal government. As a result of the workshop, Governor Knowles said in a May 9 letter to MAP associate director Rick Steiner, "I have recently called upon my commissioners of DOT&PF, ADF&G, DEC, Department of Natural Resources, Department of Public Safety, and the ARRC to review their current state of readiness. They will jointly develop an action plan to address possible issues resulting from the tunnel's opening that arise in their areas of responsibility." Similar action is under way now by federal agencies. Steiner's involvement in the issue attracted national attention—he appeared on the NBC Today Show June 7 to comment on the opening of the road.

Pristash Attends Publishing University
Sea Grant sales manager Sherri Pristash attended the Publishers Marketing Association's Publishing University in Chicago in late May-early June. Pristash went to many sessions on book marketing, which both confirmed that Alaska Sea Grant's publications promotion is being done the "right" way, and provided new goals and techniques for getting publications to our audiences.

Kramer and Crapo Get Awards
Alaska MAP director Don Kramer and seafood specialist Chuck Crapo received the 2000 NMFS Jerry Jurkovich Award for their outstanding contributions to the fishing/seafood industry. The Jurkovich Award is given out by the Alaska Fisheries Science Center to honor individuals for their outstanding contributions to the fishing industry. Kramer and Crapo were honored for their initiative and leadership in the development and implementation of HACCP training throughout Alaska and the nation. The award was presented at the May meeting of the SFOS Advisory Council in Kodiak.

Sea Grant Awards
Sea Grant's book Water Wise: Safety for the Recreational Boater, by Jerry Dzugan and Susan Clark Jensen, won the Gold Award for excellence in editorial quality, format, graphics, photography, and reproduction in the Agricultural Communicators in Education, annual Critique and Awards Program (ACE), 1-3 color publications category. Sue Keller edited the book, and Dave Brenner designed the cover and text pages.

Field Techniques for Chionoecetes Crabs, by Luke Jadamec, William Donaldson, and Paula Cullenberg, won the Gold Award for excellence in editorial quality, format, graphics, photography, and reproduction in the ACE awards program, technical publications category. Sue Keller, Carol Kaynor, and Dave Brenner produced the book.

The cover for the book Dynamics of the Bering Sea, edited by Thomas Loughlin and Kiyotaka Ohtani, won the Silver Award for excellence in design, layout, graphics treatment, typography, printing techniques, paper, and color, in the ACE awards program, graphic design cover category. Dave Brenner designed the cover, with help from Sue Keller and Kurt Byers.

The article "The albatross and the fisherman," Anchorage Daily News, by Doug Schneider, won the Silver Award for excellence in content, organization, writing style, and format in the ACE awards program, writing for newspapers category.

The article "Research boosts qiviut production," Arctic Science Journeys Radio, by Doug Schneider, won the Bronze Award for excellence in content, technical quality, creativity, and effectiveness, in the ACE awards program, writing for news and features category.

New Sea Grant Publications
Bibliography of Research on Snow Crab (Chionoecetes opilio), edited by A.J. Paul, 49 pp., $10.00. This bibliography of 1,050 entries brings together snow crab research published in Japan, Russia, Canada, the United States, and other countries. An online, searchable version is also available by following the link above.

Marine Science Careers: A Sea Grant Guide to Ocean Opportunities,33 pp., single copies free. Maine, New Hampshire, and Woods Hole Sea Grant have published a new edition of this book. Explore a wide range of career fields in marine biology, oceanography, and ocean engineering, including profiles of professionals who hold jobs in these fields. Students interested in marine careers can get a good idea of job opportunities available now and in the future, and what kind of day-to-day work is involved.

NOSB Web Site Kudos
Judy McDonald reports that she heard many compliments about the Alaska National Ocean Sciences Bowl Web site, created by Alaska Sea Grant, at the NOSB finals in April. Howard Walters, evaluator of NOSB for all federal agency sponsors, was "amazed" at the site. He likes the Alaska student projects, including their Web accessibility. He plans to attend the Alaska competition in 2001, and wants to require all regions to do projects. CORE plans to upgrade their Web site to "look as good as" Alaska's, according to Pamela Baker-Masson. She sent the Environmental News Network reporter to the Alaska Web site to get photos for the ENN article on the NOSB. The oceanographer of the Navy was impressed. Regional coordinators from North Carolina, Washington, Virginia, and three from California are all using ideas from the Alaska Web site to upgrade their own. And people at the NMFS Alaska Fishery Science Center think the Web site shows they have a good product for the money they donated to the NOSB event. In short, the NOSB sponsors, teachers, and students use the site, and really like it.

SFOS in the News
Thanks to efforts of Sea Grant information officer Doug Schneider, SFOS graduate student John Terschak made the Fairbanks local news. Channel 11 Fairbanks Evening News ran a story June 7 on Terschak's hand-crafted remotely operated vehicle (ROV). Fairbanks Fox News also ran a story, using video footage shot by Schneider on campus. Terschak will use the ROV as a tool to teach oceanography and marine technology principles to Alaska elementary and middle school students. Equipped with a video camera, the ROV can transmit to a screen what it "sees" under water.

Tom Shirley, SFOS Juneau Center, was heard on Alaska Public Radio's Alaska News Nightly program June 7, discussing his NURC-funded crab research in Southeast Alaska. Kate Wynne's career and accomplishments were profiled in the spring issue of the University of Maine Alumni Association magazine Maine, including a photo of Wynne taken by Dave Brenner. The Fairbanks Daily News-Miner ran a story on Mike Castellini's research in May. And Dana Hanselman's research on adaptive sampling was highlighted in Pacific Fishing magazine, the Juneau Sentinel, the Anchorage Daily News, and other media in the last month.

Research Channel Broadcasts Sea Lion Video
The video Steller Sea Lions: In Jeopardy, produced by Alaska Marine Advisory, is being aired on Research TV. The sea lion video has 48 air dates from May to July 2000 in the "Research in the Life Sciences" programming slot. Four million subscribers watch the Research Channel on EchoStar's Dish 500 network on channel 9400. Also, all broadcasts are Web-cast with Windows Media Player from www.researchchannel.com/onair.

Research TV is an experimental science oriented internet and satellite-based broadcaster run by a consortium of research institutions: Carnegie Mellon, Duke University, MIT, National Academy of Engineering, NIH, Princeton University, Rice University, Stanford University, National Institute of Standards and Technology, University of Alaska Fairbanks, UCLA, UC San Diego, University of Hawaii, and state universities in Pennsylvania, Texas, Virginia, and Washington, as well as corporate partners GTE, IBM, ICOS, and Sony Electronics.

RFP to Build Database
The Recreational Boating and Fishing Foundation is seeking a contractor to (1) compile a comprehensive inventory of fishing, boating, and aquatic resource education programs, resources, and curriculums; (2) organize all information in a searchable, Web-based database; and (3) develop a strategy for maintaining the database. The due date is July 7, 2000. Contact Kristen LaVine, (703) 519-0013 x105, www.rbff.org/home.htm.

Pew Oceans Commission
The Pew Oceans Commission was recently established to assess the condition of America's oceans and living marine resources, and set national priorities to restore and protect them for future generations. Visit www.pewoceans.org to learn facts about America's oceans, the commission's goals and bipartisan leadership.

Conferences
Salmonid Ecosystems. The International Conference on Restoring Nutrients to Salmonid Ecosystems will be held April 24-26, 2001, in Eugene, OR. The conference is hosted by the Oregon Chapter of the American Fisheries Society. The purpose is to showcase the latest information on one of the most pressing issues affecting the recovery of Pacific salmon and their ecosystems. Invited presentations will be made by key researchers in the field of nutrient dynamics and management. Also, contributed papers and posters that describe case histories, hypotheses, or research are welcome. Proposals for contributed papers and posters must be received by December 1, 2000. Contact Richard Grost, (541) 496-4580, rgrost@compuserve.com.

Marine Debris. The International Marine Debris Conference is set for August 6-11 at the Hawaii Convention Center in Honolulu. Sponsored by NOAA's Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale National Marine Sanctuary, the conference will examine the sources, impacts, and solutions for dealing with derelict fishing gear in the Pacific. For more information contact Marine Debris Conference c/o the Maui Pacific Center, (808) 875-2317, info@mauipacific.org, www.hihwnms.nos.noaa.gov.

Aquaculture. Mississippi-Alabama Sea Grant is partnering with Canadian aquaculture groups to host an international symposium called Open Ocean Aquaculture IV. The symposium will be held in St. Andrews, New Brunswick, Canada, in June 2001.

Electronic Newsletter
Would you like to change from a paper subscription of Fishlines to electronic only? Please contact Sue Keller at fnsk@uaf.edu. Each month we will send you an email message linked to the electronic copy on the Sea Grant Web site.

Fishlines is a monthly in-house newsletter reporting Alaska Sea Grant activities to staff, students, and principal investigators of Alaska Sea Grant and the Marine Advisory Program, and staff of the School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. For more information contact Sue Keller, (907) 474-6703, FNSK@uaf.edu.