Alaska’s fisheries management strategy may forestall climate-driven fishery declines, providing a critical window for fisheries and communities to prepare and adapt to change.
This proud Pittsburgher has always enjoyed STEM fields. What in particular drew Kiersten to fisheries science? It was its applied nature—science driven by an explicit need with direct impacts.
Scientists will conduct a 3-year project using 60+ years of field observations to improve biological, oceanographic, and climate models to help resource managers and fishermen better plan for the future.
