NPRB SCIENCE OVERVIEW
Congress established the North Pacific Research Board in 1997 to recommend marine research to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce. NPRB supports research through several distinct research programs, which include Core, Integrated Ecosystem Research (IERP), Long-TermMonitoring, Graduate Student Awards, and Outreach Programs. For almost two decades, these programs have contributed to the understanding of marine ecosystems in Alaska and provided resource agencies information to better manage fisheries and habitat. Through these efforts, NPRB has advanced integrated science, extended and shared new insights and knowledge, and supported the develop- ment and application of new technologies, methodologies, models, and approaches in analyses of marine ecosystems and across scientific disciplines. Additionally, NPRB has directed resources to mentor and support the training and development of a newgeneration of marine scientists active in North Pacific marine ecosystems and environmental management.
Total Funding by Large Marine Ecosystem – All Programs Since 2002 NPRB continues to serve in a central role in the coordination of marine science, the integra- tion of efforts and initiatives across disciplinary, institutional, and international boundaries, and the facilitation of data and information exchange. NPRB staff are in active leadership roles in the development of the third issue of the North Pacific Ecosystem Status Report, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council (NPFMC) Bering Sea Plan Team and NPFMC develop- ment of research priorities, the convening of the Alaska Marine Science Symposium, the development of the Lowell Wakefield Symposium on Cooperative Research with Industry, and the PICES Annual Science Conference. NPRB staff and community are also active participants in scientific conferences and have contributed to recent workshops at the National Center for Ecological Analysis and Synthesis on salmon, and informed recent NPFMC and U.S. Senate subcommittee deliberations through testimony on important areas for marine research. In
Total Funding by Research Program Since 2002
$1.9m $1.6m
$1%
$1.3m
$7.3m
13%
$8.5m
$13.3m
$114,343,515 Total Funded 983 Total Subawards
42%
43%
$80.4m
n Arctic Program n Bering Sea Project n Core Program n Gulf of Alaska Project n GSRA Awards n Long-term Monitoring n NPMRI
n Arctic n Bering Sea & Aleutian Islands n Gulf of Alaska n Multiple
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