Meetings & Workshops

symposia, conferences and workshops

Alaska Sea Grant supports public meetings on marine and coastal issues important to residents of Alaska, the Pacific Northwest, the United States and the international community. Below are current and recent Alaska Sea Grant–sponsored meetings. Also see our coming events and our archives of past meetings. For more information on the meetings listed below, contact Sherri Pristash at fyconf@uaf.edu or phone (907) 474-6701.

Alaska Sea Grant publishes proceedings of many of these meetings. We have complete information on all Wakefield proceedings, and more about the Wakefield series. Our Marine Research and Proceedings catalog includes available proceedings from Wakefield and other meetings.

The Marine Advisory Program also holds conferences and workshops on a variety of topics; please visit their workshops web page for more information, or contact them at map@sfos.uaf.edu, (907) 274-9691.

Current meetings

Alaska Seas and Rivers Teacher Workshop

June 9–20, 2008
Kasitsna Bay Laboratory, Seldovia, Alaska

Biology and Management of Exploited Crab Populations under Climate Change

25th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium
March 2009
Anchorage, Alaska


Recent meetings

North Aleutian Basin Energy-Fisheries Workshop

March 18–19, 2008
Anchorage, Alaska

Marine Debris in Alaska: Where We Are Now, and Planning for the Future

February 14–15, 2008
Anchorage, Alaska

Alaska Young Fishermen's Summit II

December 10–12, 2007
Hilton Hotel & Sheraton Hotel • Anchorage, Alaska

Marine/Aquatic Science Education Workshop for Teachers

June 11–22, 2007
Kasitsna Bay Laboratory, Alaska

Marine Habitat Mapping Technology Workshop for Alaska

April 2–4, 2007
Sheraton Anchorage Hotel • Anchorage, Alaska

International Smoked Seafood Conference & Smoked Seafood Workshop

March 5–10, 2007
Hotel Captain Cook • Anchorage, Alaska; and Indian Valley, Alaska

Sustainability of the Arctic-Yukon-Kuskokwim Salmon Fisheries

February 6–9, 2007
Hotel Captain Cook • Anchorage, Alaska

Please see AKY SSI for general symposium information.

Alaska Young Fishermen's Summit

January 25–26, 2007
Hotel Captain Cook • Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Resiliency of Gadid Stocks to Fishing and Climate Change

24th Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium
October 31–November 3, 2006
Hotel Captain Cook • Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Alaska's Fishing Communities: Harvesting the Future

September 21–22, 2006
Hilton Hotel
Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Aleutian Life Forum 2006

August 10–13, 2006
Grand Aleutian Hotel
Unalaska, Alaska, USA

Ongoing workshops

from the Marine Advisory Program

HACCP Training

Learn how to monitor seafood processing operations using the HACCP program regulation guidelines.

Cordova Community Science Mug-Up

Workshop series in Cordova

Forum of Alaska Marine Issues

Workshop series in Unalaska


Complete listing of current and past Marine Advisory Program workshops