Improving Catch Estimation of Sharks Using Electronic Monitoring The Fisheries, Aquatic Science, & Technology (FAST) Lab at APU and the NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center have teamed up to find a postdoctoral researcher interested in sharks and electronic monitoring. This unique project will involve field work, development of fisheries monitoring tools, and integration of new…
Marine Biology
APU undergrads gain more research opportunities in Alaska through AK UNiTE
Collaborating biology faculty at Alaska Pacific University, University of Alaska Anchorage, Kodiak College, and University of Washington Tacoma were awarded a National Science Foundation (NSF) Incubator Grant to increase undergraduate research experiences in biology in Alaska, for Alaskans. The universities will establish AK UNiTE, an NSF Research Coordination Network in Undergraduate Biology Education (RCN-UBE). “This…
APU FAST Lab researcher’s collaborative project published
A seascape scale habitat model to support management of fishing impacts on benthic ecosystems Members of APU’s Fisheries, Aquatic Science & Technology (FAST) Lab, along with collaborators at NOAA and Cornell University recently published a paper in the Canadian Journal of Fisheries and Aquatic Science about a new model to assess habitat impacts from commercial…
APU Hosts Fulbright Scholar in Aquatic Sciences
Meadhdh Moriarty has a background in the aquatic sciences, but where her real passion lies is in mathematics. Moriarty (her first name pronounced “Maeve”) holds a Bachelor of Science in Marine Sciences from the National University in Galway, Ireland and a Master of Science in Biodiversity and Conservation from Trinity College in Dublin, Ireland. She joined APU…
A Day in the Life of an APU-er (according to Instagram)
Each week Alaska Pacific University invites different members of its community to host it’s take-over Instagram account, @makingmovesatAKpacific, to show what a week at APU looks like through the eyes (and lens) of students, faculty, and staff. Since spring graduation, we’ve had a number of community members host the account to document their summer activities. Some stayed…
FAST Lab Partnership Yields 510 Lbs. of Octopus for Grad Student Analysis
At 10:30AM on Friday, March 9th, FAST lab grad student Ben Jevons received an urgent email from Melissa Good, a Marine Advisory Agent of Sea Grant in Dutch Harbor. It read: “A fisherman here has a tote full of octopus for you. I don’t have time to work them up. What would you like us…
Aquarium Lab Student Worker Scores Trip to Aquatic Conference
Student Royanne Grafstrom-Westlund recently scored the opportunity to attend the Aquatic Animal Life Support Operators conference on a student scholarship following an exemplary score on the AALSO level one certification, in conjunction with her experiences in the aquarium lab. The AALSO conference has long been an opportunity for those in the aquarium business to share…
FAST Lab members present at the 10th International Flatfish Symposium in Saint Malo, France
Words by Anita Kroska, APU student In November 2017, Fisheries, Aquatic Science, and Technology (FAST) Laboratory members Dr. Nathan Wolf, Sarah Webster, Anita Kroska, Sioned Sitziewicz, and Brian Ritchie travelled to Saint Malo— a historic fortified city on the northern coast of France— to present their work on Pacific halibut at the International Flatfish Symposium….
APU Professor Discovers Underwater Settlement of Octopuses
Scientists (including an APU professor) have recently discovered an octopus “city” off the eastern coast of Australia, a find that suggests members of that species, Octopus tetricus, may not be as isolated and asocial as originally thought. Known as Octlantis, the settlement made of discarded shells is the second of its kind. In the 10…
Professor Scheel braves big birds in Australia
Professor David Scheel’s internationally recognized octopus research took him to Cairns, Australia, this summer where he participated in a conference and joined a colleague for a bit of recreational diving at Manly, just outside Sydney. David sends this post card: At nearly 5 million people, Sydney is Australia’s biggest and most densely populated city. Our…
