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Schoolchildren from a village on the west coast of Alaska are helping University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists learn where young salmon go when they enter the ocean. more...
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Volunteers sought for salmon taste tests
11 October
FITC—More than 200 volunteers who like to eat fish are needed for canned salmon taste tests Oct. 13-17 at the University of Alaska Fairbanks Wood Center. Participants will be asked to rate the salmon’s appearance, taste and texture on tests conducted by the UAF Fishery Industrial Technology Center in Kodiak with the assistance of UAF Cooperative Extension Service.
First Friday exhibit connects art and arctic science
1 October
SFOS—This Friday a local art gallery will feature paintings inspired by the arctic research and photographs of University of Alaska Fairbanks scientists.
UAF is "head of the pack" for producing fisheries scientists, according to APRN story
30 September
SFOS—On Monday evening's Alaska News Nightly radio program, Emily Schwing, a reporter from KBBI in Homer, reported on the shortage of fisheries and marine scientists in Alaska.
Guest lecturer to offer "Climate Change 101"
26 September
SFOS—Atmospheric scientist and climate change expert Michael Schlesinger will visit Fairbanks and present a free public lecture next week.
Visiting scientist to discuss threat of ocean acidification
18 September
SFOS—One of the world's preeminent experts on ocean acidification will visit Fairbanks next week and hold a public lecture on the effects of rising carbon dioxide levels in the ocean.
Fishermen, have you found ways to save fuel? Tell the Marine Advisory Program
18 September
MAP—The Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program has joined with the United Fishermen of Alaska to launch an online survey of how high fuel costs have affected fishermen across the state.
New UAF magazine features cover story on SFOS divers
17 September
SFOS—The new UAF magazine, the Aurora, features a cover story on the SFOS divers who discovered new species during their work in the Aleutian Islands in the summers of 2006 and 2007. Read the story here.
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