Strait Science

The Strait Science Series lectures are presented by Northwest Campus and Alaska Sea Grant to promote understanding between citizens of the Bering Strait region and the researchers who frequent the Seward Peninsula.

If you would like to participate/present in the lecture series, please contact Gay Sheffield, the local MAP agent in Nome.

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Current events

Western Alaska Chums: Winter Secrets Revealed Flyer
Western Alaska Chums: Winter Secrets Revealed

Wednesday, April 17 | 6:30 pm | ZOOM OR VIA PHONE 

Western Alaska Chum salmon spend winters in the Gulf of Alaska.  The goal of the International Year of the Salmon ship surveys (2019+2022) was to study the winter ecology of salmon.  Ed will provide results and insights into this important phase for chum salmon that return to western Alaska!

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Meeting ID: 873 0273 4525, Passcode: 252946
Or call: 253-215-8782

Ed Farley is the Program Manager for the Ecosystem Monitoring and Assessment Program at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Auke Bay Labs in Juneau, AK.  

 

Past events

Avian Influenza: An Update!

03/28/2024

Nonstop Across the Pacific: Bar-Tailed Godwits' Incredible Flight!

03/20/2024

Hydroponics & Heat Pumps in the North

03/01/2024

Subarctic & Arctic Fisheries: Future Thoughts

02/22/2024

NBS Ecosystem & Surface Trawl Survey - 2023 Results!

02/12/2024

2023: Northern Bering Sea Status Report

01/17/24

Walruses: Under Review!

01/11/2024

Arctic ROADmaps for Science Collaboration

12/21/2023

Bering Strait: New Seafloor Map - New Info!

12/14/2023

Bowhead Migration: Changes in Timing

12/07/2023

Microplastics in Bering Strait Spotted Seals?!

11/30/2023

2023 Northern Bering Sea Survey: What Did They Find?

11/09/2023

Walruses, Tusk-Tagging, & Modeling the Future

11/02/2023

Western Alaska's Summer: What Happened?!

10/26/2023

Ice Seals: Research Plans for 2024

10/18/2023

Sikuliaq Returns: News from the Sea!

10/05/2023

Pacific Cod: Travels in the Northern Bering Sea

08/22/2023

Bering Strait: Harmful Algal Bloom Update

07/20/2023

Pacific Golden Plovers: Small Bird - Mighty Traveler!

06/29/2023

Bering Sea Salmon Sharks: An Update!

06/14/2023

Subarctic Baleen Whales in Bering Strait: Visitors or returning home?

05/31/2023

Bering Land Bridge: Research into the Past

05/26/2023

Into the Arctic: NOAA Coast Survey

05/18/2023

Radio In Western Alaska

05/04/2023

Pacific Walruses: Responding to Change?

04/27/2023

Avian Influenza in Wildlife

04/13/2023

Harmful Algae and Seabirds

03/30/2023

Winter of Discontent: Winter 2022-2023 Recap

03/23/2023

USCG: Bering Strait Pollution Response Exercise

03/22/2023

Reindeer in the North: NWC HLRM Arctic Exchange

03/14/2023

Arctic Deep Draft Port: An Update

03/09/2023

Seabirds and the Changing Northern Bering Sea

03/02/2023

NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center: Reaching Out!

02/21/2023

Sea Ice for Walrus Outlook: A Review!

02/15/2023

US Arctic Strategy & the Bering Strait Region

02/09/2023

King of the Skies: Emperor Geese Overhead

02/01/2023

Red King Crab Fisheries: Norton Sound Chimes In

01/18/2023

Commercial Fishing Safety in Norton Sound

01/12/2023

Gyrfalcons on the Seward Peninsula

01/05/2023

Micro Nuclear Reactors: Alternative Power?

12/13/2022

Seward Peninsula Muskoxen: Following Cows & Calves

12/08/2022

Hot Topic! Growing Back After Tundra Fires

12/01/2022

Beyond Bering Strait: Where Does the Water Go?

11/15/2022

NBS Surface Trawl Survey: Results from Top to Bottom!

11/10/2022

2022 Bottom Trawl Survey: What Did They Find?

11/04/2022

Wild Weather Palooza: 2022 Weather Review & Outlook

10/27/2022

Always Ready, Always Present: US Coast Guard in the Arctic

10/20/2022

High Water Marks: Documenting 2022 Bering Sea Storm

10/13/2022

 

The Changing Arctic: Co-Production to Influence Policy

10/11/2022

Tundra be Dammed! Beavers of the Arctic

10/06/2022

Tech Innovations in Alaska's Oil Spill Response

09/29/2022

Harmful Algae in Western AK: 2022 Bloom Event

09/16/2022

 

 

Young Hunters: Walrus Summit - Navigating to a Bright Future

08/25/2022

NOAA's Arctic Goals

08/18/2022

Belugas in Norton Sound: How Do We Count 'Em - and Why?

08/11/2022

2022 NOAA Trawl Survey: A Mid-Survey Update

08/04/2022

Seward Peninsula: A Wetter Or Drier Future?

07/20/2022

A Smoky Start to July: How Did Far Away Fumes Arrive?

07/14/2022

Honoring Heroes: Rescue By Gambell Guardsmen

07/07/2022

Bering Strait Birds: Avian Flu + Die-Off Events

05/26/2022

Sea Ice Radar: Coming to Nome!

05/18/2022

Bering Sea Ice Seals: Researchers Return!

05/11/2022

Oculus Gliders: Drones Off Nome's Shores

04/28/2022

The Shark Side: Meet Our Salmon Shark

04/17/2022

Wild Weather Winter '21-'22 in Western AK

04/07/2022

Harmful Algae, The Arctic Food Web + Summer 2019

03/31/2022

Ice Seals: Research in the New North

03/24/2022

Right On The Brink: North Pacific Right Whales

03/10/2022

Update: McKay's Bunting Alaska's Island Songbird

02/16/2022

Jackrabbits of the North

02/10/2022

Counting Walruses: The View from Above

02/03/2022

The NMFS RAP: Give Input on Future Research Needs

01/27/2022

Troops In Nome: AK National Guard Arctic Eagle 2022

01/13/2022

USCG, Tribes, + The Bering Strait Region

12/09/2021

Sikuliaq Returns: November 2021 Report from the North

12/02/2021

2021 Surface Trawl Survey: Partnering for New Data

11/11/2021

2021 Bottom Trawl Survey: What Did They Find?

11/04/2021

Summer 2021: What Happened and Why?

10/28/2021

Will Gyrfalcons Stay?: Habitat, Diet, + Climate Change

10/21/2021

North to the Chukchi Sea: Warming Waters + Toxic Algae "Seeds"

10/14/2021

Bones Tell Stories: The Shaktoolik Archaeology Project

10/07/2021

Naval Research: Testing New Tools in the North

09/23/2021

It's in Their Bones: Walruses Past and Present

09/09/2021

NOAA + Coastal Tribes: Marine Research Coordination

08/26/2021

Arctic Raptors: Balancing Diets Amidst Change

08/18/2021

Research At Sea: Joining Forces in the North

08/12/2021

Live From R/V Sikuliaq: Mercury and Shrinking Ice

06/10/2021

Pieces of History: The Shaktoolik Archaeology Project

06/03/2021

Bering Sea Heat "Bombs"

05/27/2021

Arctic Research Plan: How You Can Contribute

05/19/2021

Bering Strait Weather 2020 Re-Cap / 2021 Outlook

05/12/2021

Which Loon? This Loon!

05/06/2021

Diomede's Auklets + the 2015-206 Marine Heatwave

04/29/2021

Rural Research Wins! 2020 Norton Sound King Crab Survey

04/22/2021

USCG: Protecting Alaska's Resources for the Future

04/14/2021

Alaskan Ice Seals: Rehab to Research

04/08/2021

Whales, Seals, + Walruses: Listening to Track Migration

04/01/2021

Rabid Foxes: Protect Your Kids + Pets

03/24/2021

Ice Seals: Research in the New North

03/19/2021

Spectacled Eiders: Responding to Low-Ice Habitat

02/25/2021

Endangered Species Act: Critical Habitat, Regional Animals, and You

02/19/2021

USCG Polar Star Patrol Off Western and Northern Alaska

02/12/2021

Responding to Warming Waters: Seabirds at Sea

02/11/2021

Seafloor Mapping: Evolving Technology for a New North

01/22/2021

Ocean Algae in Warming Regional Seas

01/14/2021

Bering Strait Oceanography: Local Partnership

01/07/2021

Ocean Drones: Counting Bering Sea Pollock

12/10/2020

Seward Peninsula: Gyrfalcons

12/03/2020

Pink Salmon: Adapting to Warming Waters

11/12/2020

Winter 2020 Outlook: Sea Ice & Climate

10/29/2020

Alaska Seabirds & Harmful Algal Blooms

10/22/2020

Ecosystem Field Update: Northern Bering and Chukchi Seas

10/01/2020

Bering Strait Trash Talk: A Notable International Event

09/24/2020

Yellow-Billed Loons: Revealing Environmental Secrets

09/17/2020

Aleutian Terns: Who Is The "Other" Alaskan Tern

09/03/2020

Gray Whale Diet: Can Northern Bering Sea Still Feed 'em?

08/19/2020

Bering Strait Seabird Die-off: Partnering In Search Of Answers

08/13/2020

Pacific Cod: Winter Travels From The Bering Strait Region

07/28/2020

Chukchi Sea: Fin Whales What Brings Them North?

07/23/2020

Bering Strait Weather: Winter Recap, Summer Outlook

05/28/2020

Savoonga Seabirds: Clues To The Die-Off

03/30/2020

Chasing Arctic Cod: R/V Sikuliaq Reports Back

03/12/2020

Walruses, Grey Whales, & Eiders: Are Their Food Options Changing?

02/05/2020

2019 Fisheries Survey: What Did They Find?

11/07/2019

Sikuliaq Heads North: Storms, Ice, And The Food Chain

11/05/2019

Winter Sea Ice And Climate Outlook

10/24/2019