Bering Ecosystem Science | Related Programs
The
State of Alaska Patrol Vessel Stimson supported the
April 2006 Pacific walrus survey conducted by the
US Fish and Wildlife Service and cooperating
agencies.
Photo courtesy of Rosa Meehan, USFWS.
Many organizations have interests in the Bering Sea. US federal agencies with research responsibilities in the region have formed a Bering Interagency Oversight Group (BIOG) to coordinate their efforts. Members and points of contact for the BIOG are:
- Department of Interior (Jennifer Nielsen)
- National Aeronautics and Space Administration (Paula Bontempi)
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (Doug DeMaster)
- National Science Foundation (Anna Kerttula and Bill Wiseman)
- Smithsonian Institution (Igor Krupnik)
Click here for a list of BIOG members and their contact information.
Several agencies and institutions support and perform research in the Bering Sea. These organizations have formed a Bering Interagency Working Group (BIAWG). BIAWG members and points of contact include:
- Bering Ecosystem Study (BEST) (George L. Hunt Jr.)
- NOAA Alaska Fisheries Science Center (AFSC) (Jeff Napp)
- NOAA Pacific Marine Environmental Laboratory (PMEL)
- North Pacific Research Board (NPRB) (Clarence Pautzke)
- University of Alaska Fairbanks (UAF) (Denis Wiesenburg)
- US Arctic Research Commission (USARC) (Lawson Brigham)
- US Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) (Rosa Meehan)
- US Geological Survey (USGS) (Jennifer Nielsen)
Click here for a list of all BIAWG members and their contact information. Click here for a BIAWG workshop report that includes information on agency areas of interest and responsibility.
BEST serves as a US National Science Foundation contribution to two larger programs:
- Study of Environmental Arctic Change (SEARCH)
- Ecosystem Studies of the Sub-Arctic Seas (ESSAS), a regional program under Global Ocean Ecosystem Dynamics (GLOBEC). GLOBEC is a core project of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme.
BEST also communicates and coordinates with: