February 12, 2010 – The OSRI Advisory Board approved the new five-year research plan for 2011-2015.  This plan will guide OSRI’s activities through this period and can be found at http://www.pws-osri.org/business/science_plan.pdf.

May 15, 2010 – OSRI released a request for proposals to its Graduate Research Fellowship program.  Proposals are due June 30.  Please contact Scott Pegau for more information or look under the programs tab of this website for further information.

July 19, 2010 – The OSRI Board approved funding a larval mapping effort that applies the circulation model developed as part of the nowcast-forecast system developed for Prince William Sound.  The modeling will also build upon the LarvaMap program developed for NOAA.  This project also will enhance the current research on why herring haven’t recovered that is being sponsored by the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill Trustees.