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Published: December 3, 2010
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The National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council will oversee development of a new education and training program to prepare coastal residents for marine-related jobs.
Program priorities were laid out in a recent workshop in Anchorage, sponsored by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program in partnership with the Alaska Marine Science and Fisheries Career Coalition, a group of educators, employers, and stakeholders.
The education program, called the North Pacific Marine Education and Training Program, is mandated by the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Sec. 109. 305 (j), which calls for establishing a “pilot program for regionally based marine education and training programs in the Western Pacific and the Northern Pacific.”
About 60 workshop participants were invited from tribal organizations, industry, education, and federal, state, and local agencies. The two-day workshop focused on marine science and technology education, fisheries and seafood-related training programs, local traditional knowledge–enhanced management of fishery resources, and partnerships with other agencies and academic institutions.
Participants recommended taking inventories of jobs and training already available, identified roadblocks, and suggested tactics to increase participation in training of Alaska Natives, rural Alaskans, and other under-represented groups. For more information, contact Beverly Bradley at beverly.bradley@alaska.edu.
source: Alaska Sea Grant
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Published: December 3, 2010
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EmailThe National Marine Fisheries Service Alaska Region and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council will oversee development of a new education and training program to prepare coastal residents for marine-related jobs.
Program priorities were laid out in a recent workshop in Anchorage, sponsored by the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program in partnership with the Alaska Marine Science and Fisheries Career Coalition, a group of educators, employers, and stakeholders.
The education program, called the North Pacific Marine Education and Training Program, is mandated by the Magnuson Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act, Sec. 109. 305 (j), which calls for establishing a “pilot program for regionally based marine education and training programs in the Western Pacific and the Northern Pacific.”
About 60 workshop participants were invited from tribal organizations, industry, education, and federal, state, and local agencies. The two-day workshop focused on marine science and technology education, fisheries and seafood-related training programs, local traditional knowledge–enhanced management of fishery resources, and partnerships with other agencies and academic institutions.
Participants recommended taking inventories of jobs and training already available, identified roadblocks, and suggested tactics to increase participation in training of Alaska Natives, rural Alaskans, and other under-represented groups. For more information, contact Beverly Bradley at beverly.bradley@alaska.edu.
source: Alaska Sea Grant
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