2002 Alaska Ocean Sciences Bowl Research Project: Develop a recovery plan for an Alaskan species under pressure
The following papers were submitted by high school teams participating in the 2002 Alaska regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl.
Winning paper
- Ninilchik School Abyss: Catching the Fish and Eating Them Too—Halibut: a Pressured Species
Second place
- Dimond High School (Anchorage) Kokanee: The Eklutna River Project
Third place (4-way tie)
- Kodiak High School Crustacean Sensation: Factors Affecting the Tanner Crab Population Near the Kodiak Archipelago
- Chugiak High School: Relieving Anadromous Pressures: A Dissertation of Steelhead Trout in the Anchor River Vicinity
- Cordova High School, Behemoth: Killer Whales in Peril: The Decline of the AT1 Group in Prince William Sound, Alaska
- Skyview High School (Soldotna): The Critical Status of the Kenai Brown Bear, and the Connection between Bears, Salmon, and the Riparian Zone
Other papers
(in alphabetical order by city)
- Seward High School Veni Vidi Vici: Transient Orcas: A Dying Breed
- Soldotna High School Orca (paper unavailable): Orca Whales
- Soldotna High School Walrus (paper unavailable): Pacific Walrus
