It Takes a Village to Save the Hawaiian Monk Seal
Stacie Robinson, NOAA Fisheries Pacific Islands Fisheries Science Center in Honolulu, HI and Wendy Marks, the Marine Mammal Center in Kona, HI Did you know that Hawaiʻi is home to the world’s only tropical seal – the Hawaiian monk seal? You’ll learn about these highly endangered marine mammals, where they live, and the conservation efforts…
Read MoreSome Like It Hot, Some Like It Cold: Monitoring Fish and Ecosystems With Bottom Trawl Surveys in Alaska
Sean Rohan from NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA How do bottom trawl surveys help monitor fish populations and ecosystems in Alaska? Learn about the diverse marine life we see, the data we collect, and what it’s like to be a scientist at sea. Resources to access at home: » Fishing Gear:…
Read MoreAbalone: Gardeners of the Kelp Forest
David Witting, NOAA’s Restoration Center in Long Beach, CA We will learn more about abalone, a group of large snails that live in kelp forest habitats around the world. These humble snails “garden” the kelp forest and ensure there is space for the other plants and animals living there. For thousands of years, people living…
Read MoreSeeing the World Through a Sea Turtle’s Eyes
Samir Patel, NOAA Fisheries Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Woods Hole, MA Sea turtles are considered living dinosaurs in that they have remained relatively unchanged for over 100 million years and yet continue to thrive in our world’s ocean. How are turtles able to do this? We use several camera techniques to film sea turtles…
Read MoreDrones, Scat, and the Joys of Marine Mammal Fieldwork in Alaska
Katie Sweeney, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA How do we study marine mammals and what do we find out? Take a journey through the types of surveys and tools that are used to study Steller sea lions and northern fur seals in Alaska, and the challenges faced by scientists who study…
Read MoreScience on the Half Shell: Behind the Scenes at the Milford Fisheries Laboratory
Mark Dixon and Gillian Phillips, NOAA Northeast Fisheries Science Center in Milford, CT Have you ever wondered what kind of science is conducted at a fisheries laboratory? Meet NOAA scientists from the Northeast Fisheries Science Center’s Laboratory in Milford, CT, who study shellfish and investigate questions that help shellfish growers around the world. You will…
Read MoreDolphin Tales – Stories and facts about dolphins and marine mammal strandings in the Southeast US
Blair Mase, NOAA Fisheries Southeast Fisheries Science Center in Miami, FL Is it a fish or is it a mammal? Tune into this presentation full of fun facts about dolphins, their biology, and how we study them. Find out about marine mammal strandings (what is that and why does it happen?), what NOAA does in…
Read MoreThe crab-tivating life of crustaceans: diving into Alaskan snow crab and red king crab biology
Erin Fedewa and Leah Zacher, NOAA Fisheries Alaska Fisheries Science Center’s Kodiak Laboratory in Kodiak, AK Join us as we learn about red king crab and snow crab, two species of crab found in Alaskan waters. Guest appearances from live crab at the Kodiak Fisheries Research Center and a virtual dissection will help us explore…
Read MoreBaby Beluga in the Shallow Gray Sea – looking for newborn whales with drones in Cook Inlet, Alaska
Kim Goetz, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Seattle, WA Learn about the endangered population of Cook Inlet beluga whales which regularly swim past local Anchorage landmarks such as the Port, Kincaid Park, the airport, and Bird Point in Turnagain Arm. We will talk about how belugas live, see cool photos of them taken from…
Read MoreDemystifying Science through Video
Filmmaker Paul Hillman, NOAA Fisheries Communications Office in Seattle, WA Science can be a tough nut to crack for a lot of people, and sometimes getting the information straight from a scientist can be full of technical jargon and difficult to understand. But science is the backbone for many of the decisions and policies that…
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