Title: Coordinating volunteer vessels of opportunity to collect oceanographic data in Kachemak Bay and lower Cook Inlet
Description: Discusses the potential of using local community volunteers and their vessels for collecting oceanographic data. The project, initiated by Cook Inlet Keeper and the Kachemak Bay Research Reserve, resulted in a database of over 7500 private and commercial vessels that frequent Kachemak Bay, Lower Cook Inlet, and the Gulf of Alaska.
Subjects: Oceanography, Research, Volunteer workers in science
Places: Kachemak Bay (Alaska), Cook Inlet (Alaska)