September 10–14, 2006 Alaska Sea Grant College Program University of Alaska Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska 99775-5040 (907) 474-7086 Fax (907) 474-6285 alaskaseagrant.org The Alaska Sea Grant College Program is a marine research, education, and extension service headquartered at the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. The Alaska Sea Grant College Program is supported by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Office of Sea Grant, U.S. Department of Commerce, grant NA 16RG2321 (project A/161-01 and M/170-01); and by the University of Alaska with funds appropriated by the state. AK-ADMIN-54, 2006 School of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences Table of Contents Map of Alaska Appendices. 35 Agenda Appendix 1. Alaska Sea Grant Organizational Chart. 35 Participants Appendix 2. University of Alaska Organizational Chart. 36 Introduction. .1 Appendix 3. Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Response to 2001 Program Assessment Program Faculty, 2006. 37 Team Findings and Recommendations . 1 Appendix 4. Advisory Committee . 38 Appendix 5. Management Team and Advisory Program Accomplishments, Impacts, and Outcomes. 3 Program Full Time Equivalent and Funding ORGANIZING AND MANAGING THE PROGRAM. 3 Sources Dedicated to Sea Grant. 39 1 Program Leadership. 3 Appendix 6. National Competition Funding— 2 Institutional Setting and Support . 4 National Strategic Initiatives, Fellowships, 3 Project Selection. 5 Enhancements, and Pass-Through Awards. 40 4 Recruiting Talent . 5 Appendix 7. Distribution of Core Federal and 5 Effective and Integrated Program Components. 6 Matching Funds among Program Areas. 40 Appendix 8. Additional Program Funding . 41 CONNECTING SEA GRANT WITH USERS. 7 Appendix 9. Research Projects . 44 6 Engaging Appropriate User Communities. 7 Appendix 10. Development Fund Projects . 49 7 Partnerships. 8 Appendix 11. Planning and Implementation Model. 51 Appendix 12. Strategic Planning Process. 52 EFFECTIVE AND AGGREssIVE LONG Appendix 13. Project Selection and Principal RANGE PLANNING. 8 Investigator Institution. 53 8 Strategic Planning Process . 8 Appendix 14. Leadership by Staff and Faculty 9 and 10 Quality of Strategic and on Boards and Committees. 54 Implementation Plans. 9 Appendix 15. Principal Investigator, Faculty, and Staff Awards. 56 PRODucING SIGNIFICANT REsulTS. 10 Appendix 16. Partners . 57 11 Contributions to Science and Technology. 10 Appendix 17. Marine Advisory Workshops . 59 12 Contributions to Extension, Appendix 18. Research Publications. 65 Communications, and Education. 11 Appendix 19. Publications and Videos. 68 Contributions to Extension . .11 Appendix 20. Publication Users. 71 Contributions to Communications . 14 Appendix 21. Publication Reader Feedback. 72 Contributions to Education . .17 Appendix 22. Publication and Video Awards. 74 13 Impact on Society, the Economy, Appendix 23. Publications Distribution Trend. 75 and the Environment. 21 Appendix 24. Marketing Tactics for Publications Community Resiliency . 21 and Videos. 75 Increase Value of Seafood . 24 Appendix 25. Media Relations. 76 Sustainable Fisheries . 26 Appendix 26. Student Support . 79 Marine Literacy . 30 Appendix 27. Graduate Students . 80 Community-Based Science . 31 Appendix 28. Scientific Symposia and Conferences 14 Success in Achieving Planned Outcomes. 33 Hosted and in Progress . 83 CD . Inside back cover ARCTIC OCEAN Pt. Barrow BE A U F O R T S E A Wrangel Island Barrow Prudhoe Bay M a c k e n z i e ALASKA SEA GRANT B a y Wainwright COLLEGE PRogRAM L A I N FAIRBANKS A R C T T A L P I C C O A S Brian Allee, Director Kurt Byers Adie Callahan E RUSSIA CHUKCHI SEA G L E Michele Frandsen N C A I R Point Hope R C Mackenzie R. Jen Gunderson S C K T I Carol Kaynor O R C R O A Sue Keller B Fort Yukon Porcupine R. K o b u k R . Kathy Kurtenbach K o Dave Partee S t z Kotzebue o e u b Sherri Pristash n u Y d u e K o y u k u k R . k o Doug Schneider n R . Melissa Tyson Tanana Fairbanks i n g S t r a i t Teller CANADA B e r T a n a n a R . MARINE ADVISORY GULF OF ANADYR ALASKA Nome PROGRAM Norton Sound Tok Gambell ANCHORAGE Unalakleet R A N G E Y u k o n R . Mt. McKinley A Paula Cullenberg, Leader S K St. Lawrence A Beverly Bradley Island Y u k o n R . L Susitna R. McGrath A C o p p e r R . Angela Camos Julie Carpenter Holy Cross Mt. Logan Valdez Skagway Donald Kramer Hooper Bay Anchorage Deborah Mercy PRINCE Haines Whittier W I L L I A M Ray RaLonde St. Matthew INLET SOUND Cordova Island Kuskokwim R. Kenai Yakutat Rick Steiner Bethel Seward Juneau Nunivak C O O K Island Iliamna Petersburg Lake BETHEL Terry Reeve Dillingham Homer Sitka Wrangell A L A E CORDOVA B E R I N G S E A Afognak Island R X Ketchikan C A H N Torie Baker Naknek I D Prince of GULF OF ALASKA P E E L R Wales Island a Kodiak A l G O BRISTOL BAY u DILLINGHAM s n Liz Brown St. Paul Island i Kodiak Island n e St. George Island P HOMER a Trinity Islands QUEEN k Pribilof Islands s Chignik CHARLOTTE Terry Johnson l a A Chirikov Island ISLANDS KETCHIKAN Attu Island Fort Randall Near Islands Shumagin Islands Dolly Garza Unimak Island Unalaska Sanak Island KODIAK Bogoslof Island Dutch Harbor Chuck Crapo S N D Quentin Fong A L E U S L A s T I A N I nd Kate Wynne R la a x Is t I Fo s l a n d s NOME Adak Island Position to be filled Andreanof Islands fall 2006 PACIFIC OCEAN PETERSBURG Sunny Rice UNALASKA 0 500 1000 Miles Reid Brewer 0 500 1000 1500 Kilometers Introduction Aleut descendants of the first people to cross the Bering Land Bridge from Asia into North America called their new home “aláxsxaq,” a word that roughly translates to “facing the sea.” Today, we know it as simply “Alaska,” but its meaning has stood the test of time. Alaska and its people remain rooted in an enduring relationship with the sea. Indeed, Alaska faces more sea and continental shelf than the rest of the United States combined. Living in small, remote communities along this seemingly endless coast are many of our stakeholders, Alaska’s coastal residents. Fishing—be it commercial, subsistence,1 recreational— remains the lifeblood of coastal Alaska. Approximately 50,000 Alaskans rely on commercial fishing for all or a significant part of their incomes. In 2005, more than $1 billion in salmon, pollock, halibut, cod, crab, and other seafood was harvested from Alaska’s well-managed ecosystems, more than anywhere else in the United States. Some 54% of all U.S.-harvested seafood comes from Alaska’s pristine waters. Recreational fishing generates another $900 million in spending in Alaska’s communities. Subsistence gathering of food from the sea and coast remains a critical part of life in rural Alaska where cash jobs are scarce, stores are few, and commodities are prohibitively expensive. Fshng s not the only coastal enterprse. Alaska also d Coastal Communtes and Economes reaps a bountful harvest of vstors each summer. d Ecosystems and Habtats Toursts nearly trple the state’s 645,000 resdent popula- d Fsheres ton as they fly, drve, and cruse Alaska on ther once-n- d Marne and Aquatc Scence Lteracy a-lfetme adventures, spreadng approxmately $.8 bllon d Seafood Scence and Technology around the state on everythng from T-shrts to wldlfe Ths Alaska Sea Grant Program Assessment Briefing and glacer tours. Book 2001–2006 s your gude to the actvtes we’ve But Alaska s not always a joyrde. Danger s ever-pres- undertaken durng the past five years. In the pages to fol- ent. Alaska has more earthquakes than any other regon low, we detal how we are organzed, how we connect wth n the world—some 5,000 temblors n 2005 alone. Most of a wde range of stakeholders, how we plan our actvtes, the quakes occur along the coast, where two massve tec- and how we’ve made sgnficant contrbutons to scence, tonc plates collde to form mountan ranges that extend technology, extenson, communcatons, and educaton— to the end of the Aleutan Island archpelago, a dstance of and how these careful nvestments have helped socety, 3,000 mles. In the recent past, earthquakes have trggered the economy, and the envronment. tsunams that have taken human lves and all but wped some Alaska communtes off the map. Today, coastal Alaskans reman vglant to these threats. Other hazards Response to 2001 Program loom on the horzon as clmate warmng threatens the coast wth powerful storms, ncreasng eroson, dsappear- Assessment Team Findings and ng sea ce, and other envronmental changes that threaten Recommendations the state’s economy, envronment, and human safety. The 200 Program Assessment Team gave the Alaska It s wthn ths mx of natural and human challenges Sea Grant College Program an overall rankng of Very that the Alaska Sea Grant College Program has made Good, wth a ratng of Excellent n two key catego- sgnficant contrbutons n research, educaton, and res: Connecting Sea Grant with Users, and Producing extenson amed at helpng Alaskans develop sustanable Significant Results. Areas deemed n need of mprove- economes, whle also helpng them learn about and con- ment were Effective and Aggressive Long Range Planning, serve ther envronment, and protect themselves from the and Organizing and Managing for Success. Program dangers of lfe on the Last Fronter. We have grouped our Assessment Team recommendatons largely focused on nvestments around five central strategc themes: the latter two areas.