Exxon Valdez Oil Spill (EVOS). 2008. Significance of whale predation on natural mortality rate of Pacific herring in Prince William Sound – Year 3. $115,000.00.

Chelius and LaBounty. "Microbes in Muskegs of Southeastern Alaska: a Preliminary Study". $3,000.00.

State Legislative Capital Grant - Continue training and education in marine resources at the SJC Hatchery. $250,000, $250k per year for three years.

NOAA Fisheries, Energetics of Pacific herring stocks. 12 month salary contract for Dr. Cox.

Chelius et al.: "Molecular Identification of Krill from Feces of Alaskan Marine Mammals". Marine Biology Research. Submitted 2008.

Chelius et al.: " Impacts of Alterations of Organic Inputs on the Bacterial Community within the Sediments of Wind Cave, South Dakota, USA" Invited.

Cox, M.K. and R. Heintz. 2008. Field Uses of Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in Fish. Marine Science Symposium, Anchorage, AK. Presenter.

Cox, M.K. and R. Heintz. Bioelectrical impedance analysis, a new condition index. Fisheries Bulletin. Submitted Sept. 2008.

Cox, M.K., R. Heintz and K.J. Hartman. Sources of error in Bioelectrical Impedance Analysis in fish. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. Submitted Sept. 2008.

Cox, M.K. and K.J. Hartman. Testing brook trout bioenergetics models. Transactions of the American Fisheries Society. submitted Oct 2007.

Margraf, Joseph. F., K.J. Hartman and M. K Cox. Non-lethal estimation of body composition of Yukon River salmon. Canadian Journal of Fisheries. Submitted July 2008.

International Science Fair: Mentored by Kitty La Bounty and Marisa Chelius, two students won 2nd place in the INTEL International Science and Engineering Fair (51 countries represented). Atlanta GA. Arbuscular Mycorrhizal Fungi in Southeast Alaska Muskegs. Prize won: $1500.00 and had an asteroid named after them.

Elementary school – 100 students from Keet Gooshi Heen school.

High School – 60 students from Mt. Edgecumbe HS, Pacific HS, and Sitka HS.

Alaska Native Science Engineering Program (ANSEP) students from UAA spent 3 weeks doing research with the SSSC.

University of Hawaii – 6 students will be spending a week here in November working at the SSSC.

University of Alaska, Southeast, Fish Technology students will intern at the hatchery.