Welcome to the AKCRRAB Blog. From time to time, scientists and staff involved in the program will offer highlights, interesting information, and even personal perspectives about the program and the research being undertaken. So please check back often for the latest.
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Written by Doug Schneider
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
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Ben Daly joined the program in May as a research biologist. He manages crab husbandry, and assists with research efforts. Daly received his master's degree in marine biology in 2007 from the University of Alaska Fairbanks. |
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Written by Doug Schneider
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
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The program recently changed its name. It's now called the Alaska King Crab Research, Rehabilitation and Biology program, or AKCRRAB. Scientists and managers of the program say the name better reflects the breadth of research being done. The program was formerly called the Alaska King Crab Research and Rehabilitation Program. |
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Written by Doug Schneider
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Wednesday, 20 June 2007 |
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The AKCRRAB Program recently hired two interns to help with crab husbandry, feeding, sampling, and research. Kate Glasser will work half days during the last three weeks of June. Kate has learned the artemia and algae production protocol and primarily assists Ben Daly with hatchery duties. Kate's daughter Jolie, who is an undergraduate at Stanford University, will hopefully come aboard for a few weeks in July. A second intern, Michael Pantalos, was sent to us through Ginny Eckert, the AKCRRAB Science Commitee Chair. Michael hails from the University of New Brunswick, and comes to the program courtesy of the Research Experience for Undergraduates, a National Science Foundation program at the University of Alaska Southeast. Michael will help from June 15-27, 2007. He will assist with a variety of duties including construction of juvenile rearing habitat, pathology sampling, and perhaps help set up side experiments on diet, substrates, and growth rates, as time permits. |
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Written by Doug Schneider
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Tuesday, 22 May 2007 |
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To get started, let me explain just what the program is all about. The program is called the Alaska King Crab Research, Rehabilitation, and Biology Program, or AKCRRAB if you're into acronyms. In a nutshell, a bunch of university, federal, and state scientists, coastal communities, commercial fishermen, and others have teamed up to learn the scientific and technical details of how to raise lots of wild king crab in a hatchery setting, with the idea that such knowledge will help Alaskans decide whether to pursue a large-scale hatchery program to rebuild low numbers of wild king crab in some parts of Alaska. |
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