Archive for February 3, 2023

The Alaska Sea Grant newsletter featured a story on the joint outreach effort between ECOHAB and the Norton Sound Health Corporation (NSHC). Beltz High School students in Nome, Alaska were introduced to harmful algae in the classroom and then went on a field visit to the port of Nome, where they learned seawater sampling techniques. Read…

An article in the December 2022 issue of Oceanus discussed research findings on R/V Norseman II cruise in July-August 2022 when extremely high concentrations of Alexandrium were detected by the Imaging Flow Cytobot (IFCB).  Health officials in six major communities across the Bering Strait and Seward Peninsula issued advisories about consuming shellfish. Hentz, Daniel. 2022.…