Alaska's Land and Sea Series: What is Alaska Sea Grant doing in West Africa? June 26
June 12, 2012
Illegal and unregulated fishing threatens the health of marine turtles, mammals and
fisheries worldwide. Kate Wynne will describe her work with NOAA to train fishery
observers in several West African countries at 7 p.m., Tuesday, June 12 in 201 O'Neill
as part of Alaska's Land and Sea Lecture Series.
Wynne is a Marine Advisory Program marine mammal specialist who lives in Kodiak. She has authored two marine mammal
field guides and trained hundreds of fishery observers to accurately identify the
mammal species that interact with U.S. and international fisheries.
Alaska’s Land and Sea Lecture Series will be held every Tuesday evening June 5 – August
14 (no lecture on July 3) at 7 p.m. in 201 O’Neill.
For more information visit the Summer Sessions & Lifelong Learning website or call 474–7021.