Megan Stachura passed her Master’s Final Exam yesterday.  Way to go Megan!
  

SAFS graduate student Juliana Houghton will be speaking at Town Hall this Wednesday, March 6, 2013, from 6:00 – 7:00PM.
This season’s second edition of UW Science Now, which trains University of Washington graduate students to communicate their research to the general public and introduces that public to cutting-edge research in our own backyard, addresses the impact of San Juan whale-watching on the whales themselves. 

A reminder about Megan’s exam tomorrow…
Megan Stachura is defending her master’s thesis entitled, “Environmental influences on North Pacific salmon abundance and marine fish recruitment.”
Her chair is Nathan Mantua.
Date: Monday, March 4th
Time: 1:00pm
Place: Fishery Sciences (FSH) 203
All are welcome to attend. 

Megan Stachura is defending her master’s thesis entitled, “Environmental influences on North Pacific salmon abundance and marine fish recruitment.”
Her chair is Nathan Mantua.
Date: Monday, March 4th
Time: 1:00pm
Place: Fishery Sciences (FSH) 203
All are welcome to attend. 

A reminder about Dusanka’s defense Monday…
Dusanka Poljak is defending her master’s thesis entitled, “Impact of Ocean Acidification on Recruitment and Yield of Bristol Bay Red King Crab.”
Her chair is Andre Punt.
Date: Monday, February 11
Time: 1:00pm
Place: Fishery Sciences (FSH) 203
All are welcome to attend. 

Dusanka Poljak is defending her master’s thesis entitled, “Impact of Ocean Acidification on Recruitment and Yield of Bristol Bay Red King Crab.”
Her chair is Andre Punt.
Date: Monday, February 11
Time: 1:00pm
Place: Fishery Sciences (FSH) 203
All are welcome to attend. 

A reminder about Raymond’s exam tomorrow…
Raymond Timm is defending his doctoral dissertation, “Changes in fluvial habitat conditions across a disturbance continuum: Implications for salmon restoration.”
His chair is Robert Wissmar.
Date: Friday, January 18th
Time: 9:30am
Place: Hitchcock (HCK) 132 

A reminder about Kresimir’s exam tomorrow…
Kresimir Williams is defending his doctoral dissertation, “Estimation of midwater trawl selectivity and its influence on acoustic-based fish population surveys.”
His chair is John Horne.
Date: Friday, January 18th
Time: 12:00pm
Place: Fishery Sciences (FSH) 108 

If you would like to meet with Dr. Erika Eliason, please contact Peter Kiffney at peter.kiffney@noaa.gov.
The next installment of the 2013 Winter Quarter NWFSC Weekly Monster Seminar JAM series will feature Dr. Erika Eliason, School of Biological Sciences, University of Sydney and Department of Forest Sciences, University of British Columbia. Dr. Eliason’s presentation entitled “Local Adaptation and Thermal Tolerance in Adult Migrating Fraser River Sockeye Salmon Populations”, will take place on Thursday, January 17th at 11:00 AM in the Northwest Fisheries Science Center Auditorium: 2725 Montlake Blvd. 

Kresimir Williams is defending his doctoral dissertation, “Estimation of midwater trawl selectivity and its influence on acoustic-based fish population surveys.”
His chair is John Horne.
Date: Friday, January 18th
Time: 12:00pm
Place: Fishery Sciences (FSH) 108