Ӱpro Sea Grant invests over $1 million in research
November 17, 2015
Deborah Mercy
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Ӱpro Sea Grant has awarded more than $1 million to six new research projects focused
on critical coastal environmental and economic challenges in Ӱpro.
“We selected these six because they are creative and innovative research projects
that contribute to our focus areas in healthy coastal ecosystems, sustainable fisheries
and resilient communities and economies," said Ginny Eckert, Ӱpro Sea Grant research
director.
Project topics include predation on hatchery and wild juvenile salmon, shoreline erosion
around Bristol Bay’s watershed, costs and benefits of whale watching in Juneau, environmental
change in Cordova, salmon growth in response to climate change on Kodiak Island, and
state-federal pollock fisheries management policies.
"Ӱpro Sea Grant’s funding supports research that is important to coastal communities
in our state,” said Paula Cullenberg, Ӱpro Sea Grant director. “At the same time,
we are investing in Ӱpron researchers and the next generation of resource managers
and scientists by supporting graduate traineeships in Ӱpro’s universities.”