Project Information

Title: Community-Based Harbor Seal Management and Biological Sampling 00245

Project Year and Number: 2000: 00245

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2002: 02245, 2001: 01245, 1999: 99245, 1998: 98244, 1997: 97244, 1996: 96244, 1995: 95244, 1994: 94244

Principal Investigator (PI): Vicki Vanek (Alaska Department of Fish & Game)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Monica Riedel

Research Location: Prince William Sound, Cook Inlet, Kodiak, Alaska Peninsula

Restoration Category: General Restoration

Injured Resources Addressed: Harbor Seals, Subsistence

Abstract: Under this project, village-based technicians are selected by the Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission and trained by the Alaska Department of Fish and Game to collect biological samples from harbor seals. The samples are transported to Anchorage or Kodiak for further sampling and distribution to participating scientists for analysis. In FY 00, the sample collection program in Prince William Sound, lower Cook Inlet, and around Kodiak Island will continue. A training initiative will take place in a Chignik area community (Alaska Peninsula). The Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission will produce and distribute a newsletter with summaries of the biological sampling program.


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Final Report: See Project 02245

Publications from this Project: None Available