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NPRB Seeks to Fill Two Advisory Panel Seats
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NPRB Seeks to Fill Two Advisory Panel Seats

The North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) is seeking applicants through March 1 to fill two seats on its advisory panel, one for the Arctic Region and a second seat designated for the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands Region. The advisory panel of the Anchorage-based research entity represents stakeholders, user groups, Alaska Native communities, and other interested groups and communities from the Pacific Arctic, Bering Sea, Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska. The panel advises the NPRB on achieving its overall mission to improve understanding of marine ecosystems and to inform sustainable fisheries management. The panel’s input helps to shape research and outreach programs, including identifying research priorities, advising programmatic development, evaluating communications and outrea...
North Pacific Research Board Looks to Fill Seats on Science Panel
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North Pacific Research Board Looks to Fill Seats on Science Panel

The North Pacific Research Board, created by Congress in 1997 to recommend marine research activities to the U.S. Secretary of Commerce, is accepting applications through Aug. 22 to fill four seats on its science panel. Desired qualifications include expertise in one or more of the seven categories, which include: marine fish and/or marine invertebrate ecology; stock assessment and fisheries management; salmon life history and ecology; quantitative ecology; climate and earth systems models; genetics; and physiology. Candidates, according to the Research Board, should demonstrate active engagement in science and research applied expertise, knowledge of pressing fisheries management issues, research needs, and priorities of state and/or federal managers. They should also be comf...