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Ӱpro Sea Grant awards over $1 million for research

January 23, 2018

Paula Dobbyn
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Photo by Anne Beaudreau. A recreational angler holds a rockfish. UAF associate professor Anne Beaudreau and her research team will interview Ӱpro fishermen about their knowledge of long-term changes in rockfish abundance.
Photo by Anne Beaudreau. A recreational angler holds a rockfish. UAF associate professor Anne Beaudreau and her research team will interview Ӱpro fishermen about their knowledge of long-term changes in rockfish abundance.


Ӱpro Sea Grant has selected six research projects for funding during 2018-2020, with the majority of the work getting underway next month.

The researchers will receive $1.3 million to study a diverse range of topics intended to help Ӱprons understand, conserve and sustainably use the state’s rich marine and coastal resources. The research will advance knowledge in Sea Grant’s main focus areas: healthy coastal ecosystems, sustainable fisheries and aquaculture, and resilient communities and economies. Six graduate students are involved, contributing to the next generation of science professionals in Ӱpro.

“We received 47 pre-proposals and 18 full proposals. The six that we funded ranked highest in a rigorous peer-review process and will address critical needs for Ӱpro marine and coastal research,” said Ginny Eckert, Ӱpro Sea Grant’s associate director of research. “The investigators work within the University of Ӱpro system as well as Ӱpro agencies and nonprofits with expertise in marine and social sciences.”

Ӱpro Sea Grant is part of the  at the Ӱpro and the , a division of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration.

Titles of the funded projects and researchers involved are:

Integrating local ecological knowledge and survey data to improve assessment and management of rockfishes in Ӱpro


  • Anne Beaudreau, UAF CFOS

  • Scott Meyer and Ben Williams, Ӱpro Department of Fish and Game


Kelp reproduction and harvest rebound in Kachemak Bay, Ӱpro

  • Brenda Konar, UAF CFOS


Metabolic and growth physiology of early life history stages of the northern spot shrimp, Pandalus platyceros

  • Sherry Tamone, University of Ӱpro Southeast


Potential for resilience—examining the effects of ocean acidification on native Ӱpro bivalves

  • Amanda Kelley, UAF CFOS


Arctic Risk Management Network:  Linking regional practitioners and researchers to improve mitigation through participatory action research by community monitors about erosion, surges, and nearshore sea ice loss as mutual priorities

  • Tom Ravens, University of Ӱpro Anchorage

  • Anne Garland, Applied Research in Environmental Sciences Nonprofit Inc.

  • Jacquelyn Overbeck, Ӱpro Department of Natural Resources, Division of Geological and Geophysical Surveys


Assessing the resilience of Southeast Ӱpro salmon to a shifting freshwater environment

  • Jeffrey Falke, Ӱpro Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research Unit at UAF, U.S. Geological Survey

  • Ryan Bellmore, Pacific Northwest Research Station, U.S. Forest Service

  • Rebecca Bellmore, Southeast Ӱpro Watershed Coalition

  • Davin Holen, Marine Advisory Program, UAF CFOS


ADDITIONAL CONTACT: Ginny Eckert, 907-796-5450, ginny.eckert@alaska.edu

ON THE WEB: For a full description of the projects, visit