2002 Alaska Ocean Sciences Bowl Research Project: Recovery plan for an Alaskan species under pressure

The following papers were submitted by high school teams participating in the 2002 Alaska regional competition of the National Ocean Sciences Bowl. The ranking of the top three projects is based on the combined score of the written paper and the oral presentation. The rest are listed in alphabetical order by school.

WINNING PROJECT—Ninilchik School, team "Abyss": Catching the Fish and Eating Them Too—Halibut: a Pressured Species

Second place: Kodiak High School, team "Crustacean Sensation": Factors Affecting the Tanner Crab Population Near the Kodiak Archipelago

Third place: Dimond High School (Anchorage), team "Kokanee": The Eklutna River Project

Chugiak High School: Relieving Anadromous Pressures: A Dissertation of Steelhead Trout in the Anchor River Vicinity

Cordova High School, team "Behemoth": Killer Whales in Peril: The Decline of the AT1 Group in Prince William Sound, Alaska

Seward High School, team "Veni Vidi Vici": Transient Orcas: A Dying Breed

Skyview High School (Soldotna): The Critical Status of the Kenai Brown Bear, and the Connection between Bears, Salmon, and the Riparian Zone

Soldotna High School, team "Orca" (paper unavailable): Orca Whales

Soldotna High School, team "Walrus" (paper unavailable): Pacific Walrus