Spring 2012

SAFS Departmental Seminar Series

UW School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences
102 Fishery Sciences (Auditorium),
1122 NE Boat St, University of Washington
Time: 4:00-5:00pm (social follows seminar)
More info: 206-543-4270; safsdesk@u.washington.edu

29 March

Roger Mann

Professor of Marine Science, Director of Research and Advisory Service, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Oyster restoration in the Chesapeake Bay: it’s as much about the shell as it is the shellfish

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5 April

Ronel Nel

Senior Lecturer, Department of Zoology, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, South Africa

MPAs for sea turtle conservation – do they work by default and in perpetuity?

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12 April

Susan Jackson

President, ISSF (International Seafood Sustainability Foundation)

Why can't we be friends? Government, industry and non-profits working together to improve tuna management

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19 April

Tony Pitcher

Professor of Fisheries, Policy & Ecosystem Restoration in Fisheries, Fisheries Center, University of British Columbia

Seamounts, Fisheries and Snarks

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26 April

John Piatt

Research Biologist & SAFS Affiliate Professor, US Geological Survey, Alaska Science Center

Predator response functions and the “Ecosystem Approach to Fisheries”

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3 May

Mary Power (Graduate Invited Speaker)

Professor, Dept of Integrative Biology, University of California, Berkeley

Floods, droughts, and river food webs: algal-mediated connections of rivers, oceans, and uplands

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10 May

Usha Varanasi

Affiliate Professor, UW College of the Environment, School of Aquatic & Fishery Sciences; UW College of Arts and Sciences, Department of Chemistry

Frontloading of science for improved natural resource and ecosystem management: a pipe dream or path for the future?

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17 May

Thomas R. Hrabik

Associate Professor, Department of Biology and Integrated Biosciences Program, University of Minnesota, Duluth

Diel migration, trophic interactions and the movement of nutrients in the deep waters of Lake Superior

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24 May

Peter Ward

Professor, Earth and Space Sciences, University of Washington

The global nautilus fishery: sustainable or in free-fall?

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31 May

Andrew Storfer

Associate Professor, School of Biological Sciences, Washington State University

Landscape genetics: Insights into ecology and evolution of Pacific Northwestern amphibians

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