2002 News Archive
Researchers to begin pole-to-pole marine survey
11 December 2002
The Census of Marine Life selected the University of Alaska Fairbanks
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences as headquarters for the NaGISA
program's Eastern Pacific efforts to inventory marine species in nearshore
waters from Alaska to Antarctica.
7 November 2002
SFOS—The annual showdown where Alaska
high school students strut their knowledge of the ocean has attracted
teams from 17 schools across the state. That's more than double number
of schools that competed last year. But signing up for the event is the
easy part. The teams must now raise enough money to travel to the statewide
competition in Seward in February.
SFOS research in Alaska magazine
12 June 2002
The July issue of Alaska magazine features a cover story about the decline
of Alaska's Steller sea lions and researcher's efforts to understand and
perhaps reverse the decline. The article features several SFOS scientists
and was written by Sea Grant's Doug Schneider.
New associate dean arrives
11 June 2002
SFOS—Dr. Charles Hocutt has taken
up his new position as Associate Dean of the School of Fisheries and Ocean
Sciences, returning to the United States from work abroad in Namibia.
Dr. Hocutt replaces the recently retired Professor Emeritus Al Tyler.
2002 Wakefield Symposium looks at genetics
28 May 2002
Alaska Sea Grant—The 20th Lowell Wakefield
Fisheries Symposium starts tomorrow in Juneau Alaska. The theme of the
3-day conference is "Genetics of Subpolar Fish and Invertebrates."
For more information, visit the Alaska
Sea Grant website.
Alaska salmon booms once lasted centuries
17 April 2002
Alaska Sea Grant—Sea Grant research
published in the journal Nature suggests salmon booms in Alaska once lasted
centuries. The downside? The busts lasted centuries, too.
Kodiak High School wins 2002 Alaska Ocean Sciences Bowl
25 February 2002
Four students from Kodiak High School defeated a formidable array of opponents
from around the state to win the 2002 Alaska Ocean Sciences Bowl, held
in Seward, Alaska.
Students to test ocean science smarts in regional competition
15 February 2002
Teams of students from high schools across Alaska will gather in
Seward from 22-24 February for a chance to win college tuition and the
right to represent the state in a national competition. All they have
to do is know a lot about the state's marine ecosystems.
Alaska high school students cram for ocean knowledge competition
17 January 2002
Fifty of the state's brightest students will gather in Seward to pit their
knowledge of the oceans and Alaska's marine ecosystems in a battle to
see who among them will represent Alaska in the National Ocean Sciences
Bowl.
PCCRC scientists present research results
10 January 2002
PCCRC—Scientists funded by the Pollock
Conservation Cooperative Research Center, will present results of the
center's first two years of research at a meeting in Anchorage 14–15
January.