The Alaska Marine Science and Fisheries Career

Coalition

Asia Beder and Paula Cullenberg*Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program

– Networking to Enhance Opportunity

• Who are we?

• Employers, educators, and community

groups

• Our Mission~support Alaska Natives and rural Alaskans seeking careers in fisheries and marine sciences

• Rural Alaskans and Alaska Natives are

underrepresented in the fisheries and

marine sciences workforce

• Alaska is very vast

• Communication issues

• Math and science education in rural

Alaska is limited

Future Alaskans website- www.sfos.uaf.edu/future

Social networking~ www.facebook.com/FutureAlaskans ~ http://twitter.com/#!/FutureAlaskans

Future Alaskans blog~ www.future-alaskans.blogspot.com

AMSFCC Newsletters

• October 14-15th, 2010

• NOAA funded

• Outcome~ Allied Fish

• K-12 Events

• Interns

• ANSEP

• Undergrad program at

UAF

• Internships

• Development of Allied

Fish

• Mission

• Resources

• Partnerships

• Opportunities statewide

Program Partners

Barbara Morgan - Allen Marine Beth Spangler - ANSEPBonita Nelson - NOAA Fisheries David Tallmon – UAS Ginny Eckert - SFOS/UAF Glenn Seamen - graduate student Ida Hilderbrand - CRRC Katie Straub - SFOS/UAF Keith Van Den Broek - Native Village of EyakLisa Busch - Sitka Sound Science CenterMike Miller - Sitka TribeMike Thalhauser – Kuskokwim Native AssociationRose Fosdick - Kawerak, IncRobin Dublin – COSEE AlaskaTodd Radenbaugh - UAF Bristol Bay CampusSheila Cameron - ADF&G Paula Cullenberg - Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program