MEETING SUPPORT
Support of Science Meetings and Events The North Pacific Research Board provides financial and in-kind support to a variety of ocean science-related activities. NPRB is a co-organizer of the annual Alaska Marine Science Symposium (AMSS). AMSS has become a mainstay of scientific communication and networking among researchers, managers, and students from around the world with interest in the North Pacific. In addition, NPRB has ongoing relationships with the North Pacific Marine Research Organization (PICES), the North Pacific Anadromous Fish Commission and a host of manage- ment and research agencies and non-governmental organizations working in the waters off Alaska. During 2017-2018, NPRB approved $85,000 in support of scientific meetings and events, as outlined below.
2017-2018 Alaska Marine Science Symposium The Alaska Marine Science Symposium (AMSS) continues to draw more than 800 people each year throughout the week-long event. For 2017-2018 combined, over 140 oral presentations and 500 posters were presented. Average annual cost reaches well over $100,000 to host AMSS each year, requiring the generous financial and in-kind support of many supporters including NPRB. Because of these costs, NPRB continues to seek additional supporters to con- tribute to AMSS. In 2018, NPRB successfully increased supporting contributions by $15,000. Meeting Summaries Approved meeting summaries for the annual spring and fall board, science, and advisory panel meetings are available electronically. Summaries are available for the 2017-2018 reporting period and earlier. To access the .pdf versions, visit: http://www.nprb.org/nprb/ about-us/#nprb_summaries.
SCIENCE MEETINGS & EVENTS 2017 3rd PICES/ICES Conference for Early Career Scientists
May 30-2 June 2017
Busan, Korea
$5,000
6th International Sea Duck Conference — From Bay to Boreal: Challenges of Full Annual Cycle Mgmt
February 6-12, 2017
San Francisco, CA
$10,000
PICES Symposium on Drivers of Dynamics of Small Pelegic Fish Resources
March 6-11, 2017
Victoria, BC
$10,000
31st Wakefield Symposium 2017 — Impacts of Changing Env on Dynamics of High Latitude Fish
May 9-12, 2017
Anchorage, AK
$10,000
3rd Annual ESSAS — Subarctic and Arctic marine ecosystems…
June 11-15, 2017
Tromsø, Norway
$5,000
Kodiak Area Marine Science Symposium, 2017
April 18-21 2017
Kodiak, AK
$2,500
Sitka Sound Science Center Whalefest, 2017
Nov 2-3, 2017
Sitka, AK
$5,000
Delta Sound Connections (publication), Prince William Sound Science Center
Summer 2017
Marine Hwy System, SE
$1,000
Alaska Young Fishermen’s Summit VII, 2017, Alaska Sea Grant
Dec 7-8, 2017
Anchorage, Dena’ina Ctr
$1,000
2017 Total
49,500
2018 PICES: 4th International Symposium on the Effects of Climate Change on the World’s Oceans (ECCOWS)
June 4-8, 2018
Washington, DC
$5,000
PICES: Understanding Changes in Transitional Areas of the Pacific
April 24–26, 2018
La Paz, Mexico
$10,000
19th Western Groundfish Conference - IPHC/NOAA
February 13-16, 2018
Seaside, California
$3,000
8th Annual Kachemak Bay
March 7-10, 2018
Kachemak Bay, AK
$2,500
Xth Annual Marine Mammals of the Holarctic Conference
Oct 20-Nov 2, 2018
Archangelsk, Russian Fed.
10,000
Sitka Sound Science Center Whalefest, 2018
Nov 1-4, 2018
Sitka, AK
$5,000
2018 Total
$35,000
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