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2008 Calendar of Events

Activity Months and Dates
J F M A M J J A S O N D Dates
FISHING: Pollock A season, F/V Arcturus                         20 Jan–
31 Mar
CRUISE: Winter climate-modulated fishery recruitment (winter ichthyoplankton survey), NOAA Miller Freeman                         16–26 Feb
CRUISE: benthic studies south of St. Lawrence Island and walrus tagging and tracking, USGCC Healy | Cruise Report                         13–26 Mar
CRUISE: measuring ocean conditions and food web productivity on eastern Bering Sea shelf, USCGC Healy | Cruise Report                         29 Mar–
6 May
CRUISE: Spring climate-modulated fishery recruitment (spring ichthyoplankton survey), NOAA Oscar Dyson | Cruise Report                         11–20 May
CRUISE: Eastern Bering Sea crab and groundfish survey (bottom trawl survey), F/V Aldebaran                         27 May–
28 Jul
CRUISE: NOAA acoustic survey in the eastern Bering Sea, NOAA Oscar Dyson                         31 May–
31 Jul
MEETING: SAB, Washington DC                         6 Jun
FIELD: Colony-based seabird studies, Pribilofs: seabird timing of nesting, productivity, populations, diets, foraging distribution, and physiology; tagging                         Jun-Sep
FIELD: Bogoslof site visit                         15-19 Jul
FIELD: Fur seal studies, St. Paul                         Jul-Sep
CRUISE: measuring productivity on eastern Bering Sea shelf, USCGC Healy                       20 Jun–
18 Jul
CRUISE: examining the distribution and composition of forage fish patches around the Pribilof Islands, F/V Frosti                         12 Jul–
8 Aug
CRUISE: NOAA surface trawl survey (BASIS), F/V Sea Storm*, NOAA Oscar Dyson                         12 Aug–
20 Sep
CRUISE: NOAA surface trawl survey (BASIS), F/V Sea Storm*, NOAA Oscar Dyson                         10-30 Sep
REPORT: BSIERP Fall Progress Reports due                         1 Oct
MEETING: Fall PI Meeting, Girdwood, AK                         14-16 Oct
Activity
J F M A M J J A S O N D Dates

* or equivalent contract fishing vessel

Key
  cruise
  meeting
  field work
  report