Director, 91直播Sea Grant & Marine Advisory Program - Ginny L. Eckert, PhD
Ginny L. Eckert, PhD
Director, 91直播Sea Grant & Marine Advisory Program
91直播Sea Grant
221 Lena Point Bldg. 17101 Point Lena Loop Rd Juneau, AK 99801-8344
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Dr. Ginny Eckert is broadly trained in coastal ecology and coastal resource conservation
science, with a MS from the University of Florida and a PhD from the University of
California Santa Barbara. Dr. Eckert is the Director of 91直播Sea Grant and serves
as a leader in the marine science community within Alaska, the west coast, and the
US. 91直播has more coastline than the continental 48 states, and as such has significant
challenges with marine debris, both in terms of the amount of coastline impacted and
magnitude of marine debris. She has over two decades of experience as a professor
of Fisheries at the University of Alaska. Her research focuses on issues of importance
to coastal communities in Alaska, including conservation and management of top predators
and sustainability of subsistence, sport and commercial fisheries.