Join for 16th Western Alaska Interdisciplinary Science Conference and Forum

Register in person or online at https://seagrant.uaf.edu/events/waisc/2024/

8am REGISTRATION & COFFEE – NWC Education Center

8:30am PLENARY Science Research, Monitoring and Service in a Time of Rapid Change – Rick Thoman – Grand Hall

COMMUNITY SCIENCE – Grand Hall, NWC Education Center
9:20am Engaging rural communities in critical habitat data collection: Fish Map App
9:40am Actionable science partnerships for monitoring climate change impacts along the Norton Sound 10:00am Using innovating technology to survey Nome’s harbor and approaches
10:30am Sovereignty and autonomy for long-term monitoring of non-human genes (SALMONg)
10:50am A citizen science model for sustainable fishery certification in Alaska
11:10am Sharing data and coordinating mapping efforts through the Alaska Geospatial Council
11:30am Backyard buoys: Equipping Indigenous communities with wave buoys
11:50am ImprovingmessagingoffloodrisksandimpactstoAlaskacommunities

OCEAN ECOLOGY – Grand Hall, NWC Education Center
1:30pm An ecosystem in transition? Benthic-pelagic coupling in the Northern Bering and Chukchi seas
1:50pm Pacific cod in transition
2:10pm Winter refugia for subarctic species in the Pacific Arctic: A newly emerging seafloor habitat?
2:40pm Marine mammal strandings in Western and Northern Alaska 2008-2022
3:00pm CharacterizingPacifichalibutmovementdynamicswithrespecttocurrentmanagementpracticeintheBeringSea

WEATHER & CLIMATE – Grand Hall, NWC Education Center
3:20pm Flood mapping in Western Alaska: Bering Sea storm impacts utilizing local and Indigenous Knowledge 3:40pm “The Old Nome Spirit” – A brief history of Nome’s battle with the sea
4:00pm POSTER SESSION – Education Center hallway