Pollock Conservation Cooperative Research Center

2008 Awarded Research Projects

Principal Investigator(s)	Project Title	More Information
Shannon Atkinson	Matt Myers Memorial Graduate Student Travel Fund	View abstract
Tony Gharrett and Terrance Quinn	Combining genetics and population dynamics to improve management of Pacific Ocean perch	View abstract
Mark Johnson	Bering Sea temperatures and their relationship to walleye pollock fisheries: a feasibility study of year-round near-real time data acquisition.	View abstract
Jo-Ann Mellish	Making our mark: Assessment of the behavioral and physiological effects of long-term tracking methods in Steller sea lions (Eumetopias jubatus)	View abstract
Alexandra de Oliveira	Purification of pollock oil using short path distillation	View abstract
Terrance Quinn II	Deployment of an acoustic data logger on commercial fishing vessels to evaluate the potential of fishing-induced declines in local pollock abundance	View abstract
Amanda Rosenberger, Trent Sutton, and Nicola Hillgruber	Increasing experimental learning opportunities for undergraduate students in Fisheries at the University of Alaska Fairbanks	View abstract
Alan Springer and Sara Iverson	Fatty acid composition of forage species in the Bering Sea: Variability and its effect on estimating predator diets using quantitative fatty acid signature analysis	View abstract

Research projects

Contact PCCRC

Denis Wiesenburg, PCCRC Director
School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences
University of Alaska Fairbanks
P.O. Box 757220
Fairbanks, AK 99775-7220

Phone: (907) 474-7210
Fax: (907) 474-7204
Email: wiesenburg@sfos.uaf.edu