Climate Variability and Sub-Arctic Marine Ecosystems


BEST (Bering Ecosystem Study) Workshop

Monday 16 May
PDF files of the presentations from the BEST Workshop are available from the presentations page.
08:00 Registration for Workshop and Symposium - closes at 18:30
08:30 Introduction of the Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST), Draft Implementation Plan
George Hunt
09:00 Human dimensions of BEST
Ben Fitzhugh
09:30 Subsistence harvest and Alaska natives
Mary Pete
09:45 What the commercial fishery needs to know
David Fraser
10:00 Break
10:15 NOAA's North Pacific climate regimes and ecosystem productivity (NPCREP) and the loss of sea ice (LOSC) programs
Jeff Napp
10:30 Overview of NMFS AFSC field activities
Molly McCammon
10:45 Alaska Ocean Observing System
Tom Weingartner
11:00 Bering Sea/Aleutian Salmon International Survey (BASIS)
Jack Helle
11:15 North Pacific Research Board
Clarence Pautzke
11:30 PICES/GLOBEC Climate Change and Carrying Capacity (CCCC) program
Hal Batchelder
11:45 Discussion
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Open discussion
14:45 Break
15:00 Break-out groups: remote/local physical processes, plankton dynamics, and upper-trophic levels, including people
16:30 Plenary to assess results of breakout groups
18:00 Adjourn
19:00 Official reception at Royal British Columbia Museum