This project enables adaptation planning in the face of ocean acidification (OA) for tribal communities throughout southeast alaska where marine resources are an essential part of the regions economic…

This project enables adaptation planning in the face of ocean acidification (OA) for tribal communities throughout southeast alaska where marine resources are an essential part of the regions economic activities, including commercial fishing and community members subsistence and way of life. The goal of this project is to synthesize multiple sources of data about OA along with other information about the regions environment, including local knowledge, to provide information that southeast alaska tribes can use in their resiliency planning. To achieve this goal, research team members will: synthesize information about OA, other environmental changes, and marine resource harvests for southeast alaska; engage traditional and local knowledge holders to help interpret synthesized data and identify resiliency strategies, through approaches that support tribal data sovereignty and protect sensitive information; develop processes for sharing synthesized information that enable harvesters and decision-makers to assess their vulnerability and resiliency. Based on feedback from traditional and local knowledge holders and tribal partners gathered through interviews and workshops facilitated through the southeast alaska tribal ocean research consortium (seator), the research team will develop figures, including maps and socio-ecological system models, of synthesized data that decision-makers can easily interpret, to enhance the efficiency and accuracy of tribes resiliency planning. These figures, a key project output, will show stressors on marine and coastal resources and potential adaptive strategies that tribes can consider for their resiliency planning.