Absolute Vorticity Juneau-Douglas High School

Tyler Houseweart** - team captain, Sam Kurland*, Martina Miller*, Elise Christey, Seth Brickey**

Ben Carney****, coach Project: Potential Impacts of Pacific Salmon (Oncorhynchusspp.)

Hatcheries on Pacific Herring (Clupea pallasii) in Lynn Canal

Anthozoa Wasilla High School

Abraham Meyer, Allison Thomason*, Nathaniel Morris, William Middleton, Ashley Williams* - team captain

Roger Saft**, coach, Wendy Garrett*, asst. coach Project: Management of Marine Resources after an Exxon

Valdez–Type Oil Spill near Kaktovik, Alaska

sportsmanship award

AquaTeen HungerForce Petersburg High School

Sharece Randrup* - team captain, Christiano Hernandez*, Shelton Brett, Daniel Cardenas, Tyler Lantiegne

Joni Johnson**, coach Project: Invasive Tunicates and Their Impact on the

Ecosystem Surrounding Petersburg, Alaska

The Auto-Eviscerators Cordova High School –

Prince William Sound Science Center Craig Bailer**- team captain, Keegan Irving**,

Christina Morrisett**, Sophia Myers*, Jessica Smyke*

Alice Dou-Wang,* coach Project: Effects of Melting Glaciers on

Nutrient Flux to the Gulf of Alaska

3rd place

Copper River + Kotzebue Land Sharks Copper River School District & Kotzebue High School

India Douthit (Copper River), Margy Norton (Kotzebue), Kaitlyn Dishaw(Copper River), Grace Voyles (Copper River),

Mark Prochx5 and Lance Westing,* coaches

Frisky Phromina Unalaska City High School

Kim Balbarino, Natalie Waldron, Aaron Adams*, Noah Betzen* - team captain, Aidan Bobbitt

Shawna Rudio**** & Shoshanna Jacob - coaches Project: Increased Marine Transportation in

Unalaska Bay and Its Future Implications

Inglorious Dawgsharks Cordova High School – Prince William Sound Science Center

Ben Americus*, James Allen**- team captain, Adam Zamudio*, Shannon Lindow**

Alice Dou-Wang,* coach Project: Waste Not, Want Not: Finding Alternate

Uses for Cannery Discharge

Mat-Tsunami Wasilla: Mat-Su Career & Technical High School

Reno Hyce*, Myriam Wells*, Sarah Dawkins* - team captain, Lucus Hyce*

Tim Lundt,** coach Project: The Sensitive Baltic Sea

Northern Bullheads Kotzebue High School

Thomas Baker, Grant Magdanz*, Catherine Greene*- team captain Ember Eck, Chelsea Hadley*, Lance Westing,* coach

Project: Hotham Inlet Cyanobacterial Blooms: Cyanobacterial Blooms in the Arctic and Its Potential Effects

Ostentatious Otters Juneau-Douglas High School

Johnny Connolly, Tatsu Monkman, Ethan Roemeling, Ben Tamone - team captain,

Jake Jacoby,* coach Project: The Effects of Sea Otter (Enhydra lutris)

Reintroduction in Southeast Alaska on the Dive Fisheries of Southern Southeast Alaska

Phycodurus eques Ketchikan High School

Kate Ross*, Jessica Pringle*, Dylan Carlson, Susie McKee*- team captain, Caleb Hedin* Julie Landwehr* and Gary Freitag,* coaches

Project: Effects of Harmful Algal Blooms in Southeast Alaska

Scammon Bay Tidal Waves Scammon Bay School

Justin Ulak, Georgianna Smith - team captain, Ellis Tomaganuk, Shelaya Kaganak, Jace Aguchak

Shaun Hennessy, coach, and Melissa Rivers, assistant coach Project: Climate Change

Smack WHAT?! Seward High School

Alex Ashford, Nathaniel Feemster***- team captain, Maggie Herbert**, Eileen Audette*

Adrienne Moretti,* coach Project: Jellyfish Blooms and Their Effects in the Sea of Japan

Teal Turtles Unalaska City High School

Hailie Jellison, Ashleigh Radvansky*- team captain, Lei Tiny Regis, Valerie Sours

Reid Brewer****, coach, Shoshannah Jacob - asst. coach Project: The Implications of Increased Marine

Debris on Unalaska Bay

Team Fish Sitka High School

Jonte Oberreuter-Valentine, Conner Fish, Anneliese Moll - team captain, Micaiah Mullins,

Mariah Moore, Ellen Chenoweth, coach, Michael Mahoney, asst. coach (not pictured)

The Copper River Reds Copper River School District

Audrey Shepherd*, Lillie Anderson, Wesley Voley - team captain, Matthew Kary

Mark Proch, ***** coach Project: The Potential Effects of an All-Alaska Gas

Pipeline on Prince William Sound—Does the Benefit Outweigh the Cost?

The Leviathans Dillingham High School

Aurora Hoefferle - team captain, Mark Lopez, Kelly Marie Evans, Christopher Floresta

Clint Reigh, coach, and Brenda Overcast, assistant coach

The LYSD’s Atomic Sea Ice Kotlik School

Jacinta Matthias - co-captain, Jennifer Prince, Deanna Hunt, Elijah Prince,

Mary Okitkun - co-captain (not pictured) Raphia Maglinao**, coach, Ben Harvey, asst. coach

Project: The Impact of Eutrophication on Marine Ecosystems and Its Relation to Village Life

The Tiger Sharks Wasilla: Mat-Su Career & Technical High School Alonzo Gage*, Jonah Jefferies* - team captain,

Chris Erickson, Shayla Jordan, Aspen Melton Tim Lundt**, coach

Project: Effects of Cyanide Fishing on the Coral Reefs of Wakatobi Marine National Park

The Turbidites Kodiak High School

Sam Haight, McKenzie Barnett - team captain, Linda Bahe, Ethan Buchinger, Pearsen Brodie

Switgard Duesterloh ** and Jane Eisemann , coaches Project: The Effects of Fish Processing Biowaste

on the Ocean’s Organisms and Nutrients 2011

1st place 2nd place

Hosted by the University of Alaska Fairbanks School of Fisheries & Ocean Sciences Seward Marine Center with support from the Consortium for Ocean Leadership and other generous sponsors including UAF; UAS; SFOS; Alaska Sea Grant & Marine Advisory Program; Alaska SeaLife Center; Dolly Dieter; Juneau School District; Kotzebue Com

munity & Northwest Arctic Borough School District;

Lower Yukon School District; NOAA; Unalaska Community & Unalaska City School District; Glosten Associates, Inc.; Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge & U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service; Cabaret, Hotel, Restaurant & Retailer’s Assoc.;Kachemak Bay Research Reserve & Alaska Dept. of Fish & Game; Kenai Fjords National Park; Kodiak Community & Kodiak School District; Ocean Alaska Science & Learning Center; Oceans Alaska; Oil Spill Recovery Institute; Pennington Photography; Petersburg Community; Prince William Sound Science Center; Copper River School District; Cordova Community; Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District; Seward High School; Sitka School District;Phyllis Shoemaker; Walt Cunningham Education Fund; AAAS; Aurora Energy Services; John Haverlak; KCAW Raven Radio; Ketchikan Community; KIFW; Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society; Simpson, Tillinghast& Sorensen PC; Si

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