SFOS in the NEWS

Diving for knowledge (Homer News)
Brenda Konar's scientific diving class at the Kasitsna Bay laboratory sparks interest in the Homer community.
Disappearance of Kodiak king crab still a mystery (Kodiak Daily Mirror and Juneau Empire)
Fisheries Ph.D. student Bill Bechtol on the Kodiak king crab decline at ComFish in Kodiak.
- Culprit still elusive in the whodunit of missing crab (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
- Kodiak's disappearing red king crab a mystery (KTVA)
Sea Change: Ocean Climate and the Shifting Fortunes of Alaska's Steller Sea Lions (North Pacific Universities Marine Mammal Research Consortium)
Bruce Finney, Ken Coyle and Stephen Okkonen contribute to an article on the Steller sea lion decline.
Marketing, management and a mine all on the agenda for ComFish (Alaska Journal of Commerce)
Gordon Kruse, Bill Bechtol and Brian Allee will all lead discussions on Alaska king crab stocks.

Scientist nets look into sharks (Kodiak Daily Mirror)
FITC's Robert Foy nets a salmon shark pregnant with four embryos while collecting data on zooplankton and forage fish distributions for Lei Guo's dissertation in marine biology.
University attempts to rehab crab with hatchery (KTUU and other Alaska media outlets)
SFOS graduate student Celeste Leroux's work rehabilitating crab in Seward with Alaska Sea Grant funding.
- Alaska: Crab research programme prepares for egg hatch (FishUpdate.com)
- Releasing king crab in captivity (APRN)
Marine researcher tracks orcas at the kill (Anchorage Daily News, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner, Associated Press, Juneau Empire, OrcaNewsNetwork, National Fisherman, and more)
SFOS graduate student Kelly Newman's research on orcas in the Pribilof Islands.
Killer in the kelp (Nature magazine, subscription only)
Biological oceanographer Alan Springer comments on whether orcas are eating sea otters in Western Alaska, which could in turn be causing sea urchins to overrun the ecosystem. Contact Carin Bailey for a PDF of the article.
Scientist advocates increased fisheries data gathering (HULIQ, Eurekalert, Data Quality News, PressZoom, Innovations Report/Germany )
SFOS fisheries scientist Milo Adkison presents a talk at the AAAS annual meeting encouraging the collecting of more fisheries data.

Waters not calm for young fishermen (Anchorage Daily News, Juneau Empire, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
Read about the Alaska Sea Grant/Marine Advisory Program's first-ever Alaska Young Fishermen's Summit.
Red, Blue King Crab Hatchlings Due Soon (KMXT Kodiak Public Radio)
Alaska Sea Grant Director Brian Allee interviews with Jay Barrett of KMXT/Kodiak.
Projects at UAF wait for federal budget OK (Anchorage Daily News, Fairbanks Daily News-Miner)
The ARRV and other projects await federal funding.