“Streams, Oceans, and the Unknown in Between -- A History of Early Salmon Research in Alaska, 1889 to 1924”
Cook Inlet Historical Society 2018-2019 Lecture Series
"Albatross" at Ketchikan, Alaska, ca. 1903. Alaska State Library - Historical Collections, Captain Lloyd H. (Kinky) Bayers Collection, 1898-1967, ASL-MS10-6-22-01.
Thursday, March 21, 2019, 7:00 pm
Anchorage Museum Auditorium, 625 C St. (enter through 121 W. 7th Ave. entrance)
Speaker: Ross Coen, Assistant Professor of History, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Topic: “Streams, Oceans, and the Unknown in Between -- A History of Early Salmon Research in Alaska, 1889 to 1924”
From the start of commercial salmon fishing in Alaska in the 1870s, scientists and government regulators endeavored to understand the mysterious fish. The knowledge produced by fisheries biologists, at a time when they knew very little about the salmon’s life cycle and migratory habits, influenced how Alaskans interacted with the ocean environment. This lecture focuses on the earliest years of commercial fishing and the history of salmon science.
It is presented by University of Alaska Fairbanks Assistant Professor of History Ross Coen. He is the author of three books and several articles on the history of Alaska, the U.S. West, and the circumpolar North. Free; open to the public.
Anchorage Museum Auditorium, 625 C St. (enter through 121 W. 7th Ave. entrance)
Speaker: Ross Coen, Assistant Professor of History, University of Alaska Fairbanks
Topic: “Streams, Oceans, and the Unknown in Between -- A History of Early Salmon Research in Alaska, 1889 to 1924”
From the start of commercial salmon fishing in Alaska in the 1870s, scientists and government regulators endeavored to understand the mysterious fish. The knowledge produced by fisheries biologists, at a time when they knew very little about the salmon’s life cycle and migratory habits, influenced how Alaskans interacted with the ocean environment. This lecture focuses on the earliest years of commercial fishing and the history of salmon science.
It is presented by University of Alaska Fairbanks Assistant Professor of History Ross Coen. He is the author of three books and several articles on the history of Alaska, the U.S. West, and the circumpolar North. Free; open to the public.
