Seminars presented at the AFSC are designed to highlight interdisciplinary, collaborative research and to spur innovative cross-cutting research in the future.  Participation in the series is important to furthering these goals.

Current year seminars
 

January:

• 19th:  "Fish Discard Mortality: Sources, Prediction, and Reduction"
             Michael W. Davis, Hatfield Marine Science Center, noon-1:00 pm, Bldg 9.  (VIDEO)
  
  

February:

• 13th:  "Linking Dynamic Economic and Ecological General Equilibrium Models"
             D. Finnoff and J. Tschirhart, University of Wyoming  (VIDEO)
   
• 15th:  "Interdecadal Variations in Arctic Climate and Sea Ice"
             I. Rigor, Polar Science Center, Applied Physics Lab, UW, 12 pm, Bldg 4, Rm 1055  (VIDEO)
   
• 28th:  "Seasonal Changes in Energy Allocation by Walleye Pollock"
             Ron Heintz, AFSC Auke Bay Lab, 10 am Bldg 4, Rm 1055.  (VIDEO)

March:

• 14th:  "Defining the Best Available Science for Management"
             Chuck Fowler, AFSC National Marine Mammal Lab. 12:00 pm, Bldg. 4; Traynor Seminar Room (VIDEO)
   
• 16th:  "IOOS and Ecosystems Management"
             Phil Mundy, AFSC Auke Bay Lab. 10:00 am, Bldg. 4; Traynor Seminar Room

April:

• 6th:  "Fishing Down (and Up) Alaskan Food Webs"
          Mike Litzow, RACE Shellfish Assessment Program.  10 am, Bldg. 4; Traynor Seminar Room

May:

• 4th:   "Fishing Through Marine Food Webs: a Comparative Analysis of Fisheries Expansion"
          Tim Essington, School of Aquatic and Fishery Sciences, University of Washington.
          10:00 am,  Bldg. 4; Traynor Seminar Room. (VIDEO)
   
• 19th:  "Fish Ecology Plays a Key Role in Understanding the Potential for Commercial Fishing to Impact Prey
           Fields of Endangered Steller Sea Lions"
           Libby Logerwell, Fisheries Interaction Team, REFM.  10:00 am,  Bldg. 4; Traynor Seminar Room. (VIDEO)
   
• 23rd:  "Nonlinearity in Natural Time Series: Toward Better Understanding and Prediction in Marine Fisheries"
           George Sugihara, Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UCSD.
           10:00 am,  Bldg. 4; Traynor Seminar Room. (VIDEO)

July:

• 27th:  "REFM Seminar on Climate and the Carbon Cycle: Integrated Assessment and the Role of Learning"
             Atul Jain, Department of Atmospheric Sciences, University of Illinois and
             Brian O’Neill,  International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis (IIASA), and Brown University
             10:00 am, Bldg. 4; National Marine Mammal Conference Room, Room 2039

September:

• 15th:  "Ecosystem Approach in Fisher Science, Surveillance, and Management Advices: The Reorganization of the
           Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway "
            Dr. Erlend Moksness, Research Director, Institute of Marine Research (IMR), Norway
            10:00am, Bldg. 4; Traynor Seminar Room.

December:

• 19th:  "Integrating Ecosystem Management with Global Climate Change: Add Miracle Here!"
           Doug DeMaster (Alaska Fisheries Science Center)
           11:00am, Traynor Seminar Room, Bldg. 4, Rm. 2076