NPRB Ecosystem Modeling Committee and BEST-BSIERP Bering Sea Project modelers
8am - noon | Contact Coordinator
AOOS Prince William Sound Field Experiment Investigator Meeting 8am - 1:30pm |
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BEST-BSIERP Bering Sea Project Group 5 Synthesis
1:30 - 5pm | Contact Coordinator
Bowhead Whale Feeding Ecology
8am - 5pm | Contact Coordinator
BEST-BSIERP Bering Sea Project Principal Investigator Meeting
1:30 - 5pm | Contact Coordinator
BEST-BSIERP Bering Sea Project Science Advisory Board
7 - 9pm | Contact Coordinator
Steller Sea Lion Research Coordination | 8am - noon
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Permit-holding Steller Sea Lion researchers will meet to discuss joint research efforts and coordinate upcoming field seasons.
Pollock Conservation Cooperative Research Center Advisory Board Annual Meeting
NPRB Conference Room, 1007 W 3rd Avenue, Suite 100 | 1:00 - 5pm
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The Friday afternoon and Saturday morning portions of the meeting are dedicated to annual reports from principal investigators, and the interested public is encouraged to attend. The section of the meeting later on Saturday is devoted to PCCRC business and selection of 2009 proposals, and is closed.
Meet other communicators and educators to share ideas for communicating ocean science to national, regional and local audiences. We welcome scientists, educators, writers, editors, media and others interested in sharing research results with diverse audiences to join us for lively discussion.
NOAA's proposed National Climate Services; the State of Alaska Sub-Cabinet on Climate Change and Research Needs, and the ICES-PICES climate change initiative | 7 -9pm
The focus of this workshop is to train field biologists on the identification of common prey species of seabirds in the Gulf of Alaska and Bering Sea. Special emphasis will pertain to Thick-billed Murre bill-loads for chick provisioning. Topics will include an overview of prey items, basic characteristics of major groups, tips for identification on a glance, and hands on activities for practice. The participants are encouraged to bring their own binoculars.
Alaska’s Arctic is seeing increased activity due to the recent US Outer Continental Shelf oil and gas lease sale and the increasing retreat of sea ice and consequent lengthening of the ice-free season. The Alaska Ocean Observing System, the North Pacific Research Board, Minerals Management Service and other Federal and state agencies, the North Slope and Northwest Arctic Boroughs, and industry including Shell Oil, Conoco-Phillips and British Petroleum are all interested in increased ocean and marine resource monitoring in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas.
Due to the location’s remoteness and harsh weather, any research and monitoring activity in this region is extremely expensive. Furthering collaborative efforts in this region would help maximize the value of the dollars spent. For longer-term activities, we could look to the model adopted by other regions in the U.S., such as Chesapeake Bay, San Francisco Bay, Southern California Bight, and Puget Sound to join forces and collaborate to develop a more comprehensive monitoring and assessment program, in which each organization focuses on projects that fulfill their goals, yet fit into a larger plan through which resulting data can be shared and integrated among the participants.
The purpose of this workshop is to follow up on an initial Collaboration Roundtable, held in early summer 2008. Participants will share plans for future research and monitoring activities in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas, and will further explore opportunities for coordination and collaboration.
Laptops are desired but not required, as participants can share laptops and will receive a copy of the Metavist software. At the conclusion, participants will know about: