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Christie to lead Alaska Sea Grant
The University of Alaska Fairbanks has appointed David Christie as the director of the Alaska Sea Grant College Program.
Nursery experiments on juvenile red king crab are under way at the Alutiiq Pride Shellfish Hatchery
AKCRRAB researchers are supplementing crab diets with astaxanthin to give the shell a darker red color, and separating crabs by size to decrease predation on one another. The long-term goal is to rehabilitate some king crab fisheries in Alaska. Look for monthly AKCRRAB updates in the News Flash newsletter.
Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program releases videos aimed at helping commercial fishermen improve salmon quality
The Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program has released a series of nine videos on improving salmon quality. The videos were produced with gillnet fishermen in mind, but much of the information will be valuable to all gear types.
Alaska Sea Grant on YouTube
Alaska Sea Grant and the Marine Advisory Program are now on YouTube, where clips can be viewed of many of our award-winning videos and DVDs on subjects ranging from seafood quality and sea safety to beach walking, marine debris and crab research. Clips also have been added to their respective description pages within the Alaska Sea Grant bookstore. See them on YouTube at: http://www.youtube.com/alaskaseagrant
MESAS Fellowships
Alaska Sea Grant is helping UAF promote Marine Ecosystem Sustainability in the Arctic and Subarctic (MESAS) fellowships. Read more on our Fellowships page or visit the MESAS Web site.
Seafood safety: Newly installed underwater sensors at five Alaska sites will help prevent human illness caused by shellfish bacteria that increase at higher temperatures.
Read about this and more in Fishlines, our monthly in-house newsletter.
