�Ӱ�ԭ�� Sea Grant selects eight research projects

November 25, 2013

Photo by Deborah Mercy. One of the proposed research projects looks at the Southeast �Ӱ�ԭ�� Sea Otter population boom and the effect that is having on local communities.

Deborah Mercy
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11/25/2013

The University of �Ӱ�ԭ�� Fairbanks �Ӱ�ԭ�� Sea Grant program has selected eight new research projects to accomplish over a two-year period.

“These projects are important to coastal communities in �Ӱ�ԭ��,” said Ginny Eckert, �Ӱ�ԭ�� Sea Grant associate director for research. “They include partnerships, graduate students and fairly small budgets.”

Project topics include mammal-fishery interactions, the effect of climate change on sockeye salmon and the feasibility of a directed skate fishery. Additional projects include topics like habitat degradation from melting glaciers, the potential impacts of multi-year cold on Bering Sea ecosystems and a project on the graying of the commercial fishing fleet.

The eight projects were selected by a national panel of scholars from a pool of 27 submissions. Funding for the projects — which is through the National Sea Grant College Program, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration — is contingent on Congress passing the National Sea Grant 2014-2016 budget.

ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Ginny Eckert, 907-786-5450, gleckert@alaska.edu.

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