Grants buoy marine research.

• Author: Pounds, Nancy
• Position: Inside Alaska Business

Alaska Sea Grant has donated $1 million to support two years of marine research projects, including studies of Southeast sea otters, Pollock fishery management and red and blue king crab genetics. Alaska Sea Grant is a partnership between the University of Alaska Fairbanks and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The federal funding supports six projects, which were selected from 33 proposals first submitted in December 2008. The funding includes money to support graduate students...