Focus Areas | ACCAP

A Tale of Two Synthesis Efforts: the PacMARS & SOAR programs

Jackie Grebmeier (UMCES) and Sue Moore (NOAA/Fisheries)

Jackie Grebmeier (UMCES) and Sue Moore (NOAA/Fisheries) will provide a joint presentation on the PacMARS and SOAR programs, including the intent from the outset that the two synthesis efforts be complimentary.

Arctic 2020: Building a Sustained Observing System

Jeremy Mathis - Director, NOAA Arctic Research Program (ARP)

With critical past, and potential future environmental changes affecting Alaska and the Arctic Region, the United States needs to rapidly expand long-term observing of the ice and marine environment across the Arctic.

Bering Strait Shipping: Sea Ice, Economics, and Governance

Henry Huntington, Pew Charitable Trusts

Commercial vessel traffic through the Bering Strait is expected to increase. Henry Huntington will explore the role of reduced sea ice, the economics of shipping, & the potential for effective governance of maritime activity in the area.

BioMap Alaska: Citizen Science for Alaska's Oceans

Maribeth S. Murray, International Arctic Research Center; Howard Ferren, Alaska SeaLife Center; and Philip Loring, ACCAP

This webinar addresses a web-based tool which allows community members to contribute their observations of the marine environment and of species of interest.

Climate Change and Alaska Fisheries

Mike Sigler, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau

Join us to learn more about climate impacts on Alaska fisheries.

Climate Change and Potential Impacts on Bristol Bay Sockeye Salmon Populations

Rebecca Aicher, AAAS; Jason Todd & Joe Ebersole, U.S. EPA

This webinar will describe a conceptual model that is used to synthesize results from peer-reviewed journal articles to describe current trends in salmon populations, responses and predicted responses to climate change, and research needs in Alaska.

Climate Change in the Ocean: Acidification by Atmospheric Carbon Dioxide

Dr. Jeff Short, Auke Bay Laboratory; National Marine Fisheries Service

Join us for this webinar to learn more about the implications of ocean acidification for Alaska.

Current Coastal Change Research/Management Projects and Priority Information Needs from Cook Inlet through Southeastern Alaska

Michaela Swanson, University of Alaska Fairbanks

Research on coastal change in the north pacific has increased rapidly in recent years, making it challenging to track existing projects, understand their cumulative insights, gauge remaining research gaps, and prioritize future work.

Food Security in the Kenai Peninsula: A Report on Local Seafood Use, Consumer Preferences, and Community Needs

Philip Loring, Alaska Center for Climate Assessment & Policy

This webinar presents data from the final report of a survey implemented in late 2011 to explore use of local seafood by residents of the Kenai Peninsula, and their role in providing for food security.

Integrated Ecosystem Research in the Bering Sea

Mike Sigler, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, Juneau

Join us to learn more about climate impacts on Alaska fisheries.

Last Ice: the Fate of the Bering Sea Mammals in Response to Climate Change

Gary Hufford, National Weather Service

Join us for this webinar to learn more about the affects of sea-ice loss on Walrus and Ribbon Seals and discuss the potential implications of loss of these species.

Observed and Anticipated Responses of Marine Mammals to Environmental Changes in the Arctic

Kathy Huntington, Alaska Veterinary Pathology Services (AVPS)

Climate variability and change pose several threats to marine mammals across the Arctic. Potential impacts include alterations in pathogen pathways, effects on body condition due to shifts in the food web, and changes in toxicant exposures.

Ocean Acidification in Alaska: Current status, monitoring efforts, and potential impacts to marine life

Natalie Monacci & Bob Foy

This presentation will cover what we know about OA in Alaska, statewide monitoring efforts to track changes in seawater, and results of lab work to test the impacts of higher-acidity waters on commercially important species.

Ocean Acidification: Perceptions, Risks and Uncertainties

Jeremy Mathis, Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory & Ocean Acidification Research Center University of Alaska Fairbanks

Fisheries in Alaska are located in seas projected to experience ocean acidification (OA). We describe the current patterns of dependence on marine resources that could be negatively impacted by OA and the risk to Alaska’s fishery sector.

Ocean Acidification: What it Means to Alaska

Jeremy Mathis, Professor, School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences, University of Alaska Fairbanks

In this presentation, the controls and seasonal distribution of ocean acidification around Alaska will be discussed in the context of the import commercial fisheries.

RESCHEDULED: Climate Change Research on the Copper River Delta: The Emerging Effect of Local Variation

Gordon Reeves, Research Fish Biologist, Pacific Northwest Research Station

RESCHEDULED: Warmer winters caused by climate change could decouple the synchronization of insect emergence & could have consequences to species that depend on this for food and energy. Preliminary results show a wide variation in timing of emergence.

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