Project Information

Title: Community-Based Harbor Seal Management and Biological Sampling 97244

Project Year and Number: 1997: 97244

Other Fiscal Years and Numbers for this Project: 2002: 02245, 2001: 01245, 2000: 00245, 1999: 99245, 1998: 98244, 1996: 96244, 1995: 95244, 1994: 94244

Principal Investigator (PI): Jim Fall (Alaska Department of Fish & Game)

Managing Agency: ADFG

Assisting Personnel: Monica Riedel, Vicki Vanek, Kate Wynne

Research Location: All Spill Affected Areas

Restoration Category: General Restoration

Injured Resources Addressed: Harbor Seals, Subsistence

Abstract: This project will expand the biological sample collection program funded by the Trustee Council in FY 96 in Prince William Sound and lower Cook Inlet to two Kodiak Island communities and Valdez. Village-based technicians will be selected by the Alaska Native Harbor Seal Commission (ANHSC) and trained to collect samples and transport the samples for analysis. The traditional knowledge database distributed in FY 96 will be updated and produced on CD-ROM. Maps depicting harbor seal subsistence harvest areas will be prepared. The ANHSC will organize a workshop and produce and distribute a newsletter. (Village-based technicians will be located in Cordova, Chenega Bay, Tatitlek, Seldovia, Port Graham, Nanwalek, Valdez, and two communities on Kodiak Island).


Proposal: Not Available

Reports:
Final Report: See Project 98244

Publications from this Project: None Available