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Blue Starr Oyster Co. Debuts New Oyster Nursery System

By Lauren Cuddihy | Alaska Sea Grant on Jul 31, 2019 At Sea, Featured, News from Alaska SeaGrant

An Alaska oyster farmer on Prince of Wales Island is hoping that a new device he spent years helping to design will increase his oyster farming productivity and prove useful to other farmers around the state. The redesigned device is a 53-foot aluminum floating upweller system, or FLUPSY. It works by moving fresh seawater filled […]

Local and Traditional Knowledge Included in Bering Sea Management Plan

By Lauren Cuddihy | Alaska Sea Grant on Jul 14, 2019 Featured, The Arctic and Alaska Science

With assistance from Alaska Sea Grant, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council recently adopted what some are calling a groundbreaking ecosystem management plan for the Bering Sea that incorporates local and traditional knowledge. It’s the first time that local and traditional knowledge (LTK) has been formally taken into account in the regional council’s management […]