Announcing the Northeast Pacific Acoustic Telemetry node
Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)
Published: 3 January 2025
The N-PAcT node, supported by AOOS, unites researchers tracking marine animals via acoustic telemetry. It enhances data sharing and collaboration across the Northeast Pacific to better manage species affected by environmental change
Keywords: N-PAcT, acoustic telemetry, marine species tracking, AOOS, Northeast Pacific, environmental change, data sharing
COASST: Community science for Pacific coastal marine health
Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)
Published: 3 May 2024
COASST, a citizen science program at the University of Washington, trains volunteers to monitor seabird carcasses along the Pacific coast, helping track marine bird health and detect major die-off events like the 2015–16 murre mortality in Alaska.
Keywords: COASST, seabird monitoring, citizen science, Alaska, die-off events, marine birds, AOOS
The Oceans are Blooming
Alaska Ocean Observing System (AOOS)
Published: 25 May 2021
As spring algal blooms return to Alaska, so does the risk of harmful algal blooms (HABs), which can cause paralytic shellfish poisoning. The AHAB network monitors and raises awareness to protect communities relying on ocean resources
Keywords: Harmful algal blooms, Alaska, saxitoxin, Alexandrium catenella, shellfish poisoning, AHAB network, ocean monitoring
