Date

First Announcement and Call for Papers
2006 Marine Science in Alaska Symposium
Anchorage, Alaska
22-25 January 2006

Abstract Submission Deadline: Monday, 28 November 2005

For further information, please go to:
http://www.gem.state.ak.us/Symposium/Index.cfm


The 2006 Marine Science in Alaska Symposium will be held Sunday, 22
January through Wednesday, 25 January 2006 in Anchorage, Alaska. This
year's event begins with a Sunday evening reception and poster session
followed by three days of speakers and presentations organized
geographically (Gulf of Alaska on Monday, Bering Sea/Aleutians on
Tuesday, and Arctic on Wednesday). The symposium will include special
evening sessions on oil spill restoration and ocean policy issues with
invited speakers. A number of associated meetings and workshops will be
held immediately following the symposium from Wednesday afternoon
through Friday.

The deadline for submitting abstracts for either an oral presentation or
a poster is Monday, 28 November 2005. After you register yourself for
the symposium, you can submit your poster or presentation abstracts at:
http://www.gem.state.ak.us/Symposium/Registration.cfm

For more information, please contact:
Clarence Pautzke, North Pacific Research Board
E-mail: cpautzke [at] nprb.org

or contact:
Molly McCammon, Alaska Ocean Observing System
E-mail: mccammon [at] aoos.org

The 2006 symposium is sponsored by the North Pacific Research Board, the
Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustee Council, U.S. Minerals Management
Service, the Alaska Ocean Observing System, the North Pacific Fishery
Management Council, NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center, University of
Alaska, Alaska Sea Grant Program, Pollock Conservation Cooperative
Research Center, Alaska SeaLife Center, Prince William Sound Science
Center, Oil Spill Recovery Institute, the Alliance for Coastal
Technologies, Kachemak Bay Research Reserve, North Pacific Marine
Science Foundation and North Pacific Marine Universities Marine Mammal
Research Consortium, U.S. Geological Survey, and U.S. Arctic Research
Commission.