Alaska HAB Network

Monthly Calls

Join us every second Thursday of the month for HAB updates from around the state!

Next meeting: July 8th, 2021 9:30-11:00am
Email Thomas to be added to the mailing list and get the zoom link.

Notes from the previous meeting can be found here.

HAB Job Opportunities

Below are some career opportunities for positions working with HABs. Contact Thomas with any other opportunities you would like to add to this list.

Upcoming HAB Dates

• Arctic CCS: Community and Citizen Science in the Far North
  Abstract submissions due Monday, 16 August 2021, 5:00 p.m. AK time
  Free virtual conference October 5-7, 2021
• Pacific Coast Shellfish Growers Association
  Annual Shellfish Conference and Tradeshow
  September 20-22, 2021 (virtual)
• Coastal and Estuarine Research Federation (CERF)
  Two HAB sessions at the 26th Biennial Conference: 1-4 and 8-11 Nov, 2021
• Society of Environmental Toxicology and Chemistry (SETAC)
  HAB Session at the 42nd Annual Meeting in Portland, OR: 14-18 Nov, 2021

Monitoring Programs

• Alaska Sea Grant – Bering Strait
• Alaska Sea Grant – Kodiak Archipelego
• Aleutian Pribilof Islands Assoc. 
• Kachemak Bay NERR
• Native Village of Kotzebue
• NOAA Beaufort Lab
• NOAA Kasitsna Bay Lab
• North Slope Borough
• Southeast Alaska Tribal Ocean Research (SEATOR)

Current HABs Alerts

• Southeast AK, Kodiak, and Aleutians: blue mussel PST levels now consistently above limit 6/24/21
• Non-harmful bloom of Mesodinium rubrum turns Kachemak Bay waters red 5/27/21
• Satellite study links Sept 2020 Kamchatka HAB event to high temps 3/8/21
• Razor clam digging still shut down in Pacific Northwest due to domoic acid levels 2/5/21
• Karenia brevis (warm water dinoflagellate) leads to HAB event in Florida causing respiratory irritation and fish kills 12/28/20
• Massive die-off and health impact in Kamchatka (Russia) linked to HABs 11/18/20
• PSP death in Dutch Harbor; State of Alaska issues shellfish alert 7/15/20

Data Portal

HAB Funding Opportunities

Below are some funding opportunities for HABs. If you are interested in applying for any of these and want help finding collaborators, or if you know of other funding opportunities, contact Thomas.

• NOAA Climate Program Office FY22 NOFO
  Letters of intent (LOIs) should be received by email by 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 9, 2021.
• Understanding Multi-stressor Impacts on Marine Ecosystems Under Climate Change
  This is a large cooperative funding opportunity from NCCOS/CRP, CPO, OAP, ONMS, and IOOS. They are expected to fund 2 projects for a total funding amount of $2 million.
  Deadlines: Letter of Intent is due Oct 4, 2021; full applications Jan 18, 2022.
• NCCOS/CRP and OAP anticipate issuing a separate NOFO for integrated research on ocean acidification (OA) and harmful algal blooms (HABs) in the coastal environment in August 2021.

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