Washington, D.C. – Thursday, U.S. Senators Lisa Murkowski (R-AK) and Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) introduced legislation that would help the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) better assess and protect our fisheries. The Fisheries Science Modernization Act would incorporate environmental DNA (eDNA) and other biomolecular tools into NOAA’s fisheries science programs, allowing for more cost-effective […]
WASHINGTON—U.S. Senators Dan Sullivan (R-Alaska), Rick Scott (R-Fla.), and Tommy Tuberville (R-Ala.) have introduced the Coast Guard Leadership Modernization Act, legislation that would create a Secretary of the U.S. Coast Guard, mirroring a position across all other branches of the U.S Armed Forces. Currently, the Coast Guard lacks a dedicated civilian leadership position, and it defaults […]
If you’re an oyster aficionado in Alaska or just curious about oysters, there is a new website just for you. Alaska Sea Grant recently partnered with the Alaska Shellfish Growers Association to produce the Alaska Oyster Voyage, a site that enables people to locate oyster vendors and log the different oysters they’ve sampled from across the […]
AWI researchers have, for the first time, been able to measure how much carbon from thawing soils remains in the ocean and how much is released into the atmosphere. Their findings revealed that microorganisms are picky gourmets. Permafrost in the Arctic stores large quantities of organic carbon. When the frozen ground thaws or coastal sections […]