Elizabeth Siddon
How Alaska's Fisheries (and Science!) are Keeping Pace with a Changing Climate
About the Speaker
Elizabeth (Ebett) Siddon is a Fisheries Biologist at NOAA’s Alaska Fisheries Science Center in Juneau. Ebett grew up in New Hampshire and attended the University of New Hampshire for her undergraduate degree (in Marine and Freshwater Biology). She moved to Juneau in 2002 where she has since completed a Masters (spending lots of time diving in nearshore kelp beds) and PhD (studying climate effects on fisheries in the Bering Sea) at UAF’s College of Fisheries and Ocean Sciences. Ebett leads NOAA’s Ecosystem Status Report for the Eastern Bering Sea that provides real-time information on climate variability, ecosystem status, and potential impacts to Alaska’s fisheries to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Ebett is very committed to education and community engagement in Juneau and beyond. She is part of the Juneau STEAM Coalition, a community partnership between local STEAM (Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts, and Mathematics) professionals and teachers in the Juneau School District. Each summer, she co-teaches an undergraduate field course at the Shoals Marine Laboratory off the coast of Maine. In her presentation, Ebett will discuss recent examples of climate impacts to fisheries across Alaska.
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