Bering Sea sub-network

Improv- the expanded BSSN team, which grew to nearly 20 re- ing the understanding of the processes occurring in this searchers, coordinators, and assistants, was busy in- region is crucial to sustainable resource stewardship terviewing hunters and fishermen and processing the and the wellbeing of local communities (ARCUS 2008). [...] D., a Russian biologist who led the study in Chukotka, notes that “Many people are Documenting the importance of the marine biologi- noticing that the ice is breaking earlier and developing cal resources for food security of the coastal com- later, and people have noticed lower levels in the riv- munities ers and lakes along with more weeds or water plants in the river. [...] The village is in the the district’s only settlement Koryak Autonomous Okrug in the Karaginskiy District of • Access is by weekly flights between Petropavlovsk- the Kamchatka Region of the Russian Federation. [...] The staff consists of the Survey Manager who oversees all aspects of sur- The objective of the pilot phase was to develop a frame- vey administration and data organization and the Senior work to enable residents in remote and diverse Arctic Project Coordinator who is responsible for communica- communities to systematically document observations tion with village personnel, logistics, and for provi [...] This request will cess to data hosted at ELOKA or CADIS will be made consist of identification of the individual or agency through and will be subject to the same protocols as the making the request, a synopsis of the project that data hosted at the BSSN offices.