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�Ӱ�ԭ�� Sea Grant invests over $1 million in research

November 17, 2015

Deborah Mercy
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�Ӱ�ԭ�� Sea Grant has awarded more than $1 million to six new research projects focused on critical coastal environmental and economic challenges in �Ӱ�ԭ��.

“We selected these six because they are creative and innovative research projects that contribute to our focus areas in healthy coastal ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and resilient communities and economies," said Ginny Eckert, �Ӱ�ԭ�� Sea Grant research director.

Project topics include predation on hatchery and wild juvenile salmon, shoreline erosion around Bristol Bay’s watershed, costs and benefits of whale watching in Juneau, environmental change in Cordova, salmon growth in response to climate change on Kodiak Island, and state-federal pollock fisheries management policies.

"�Ӱ�ԭ�� Sea Grant’s funding supports research that is important to coastal communities in our state,” said Paula Cullenberg, �Ӱ�ԭ�� Sea Grant director. “At the same time, we are investing in �Ӱ�ԭ��n researchers and the next generation of resource managers and scientists by supporting graduate traineeships in �Ӱ�ԭ��’s universities.”