Pribilof Islands Collaborative: Promoting a Strong Economy and a Healthy Ecosystem; January 2004; Anchorage, Alaska

该奖项将资助阿拉斯加原住民和白令海社区成员参加名为Pribilof Island Collaborative：促进强大的经济和健康的生态系统的研讨会，讨论影响其社区的社会、科学和生态系统问题。这次会议将为白令海地区的三个主要利益相关者、社区、非政府组织和商业捕鱼公司提供机会，就他们所在地区的主要社会、科学和生态系统问题与科学研究人员以及彼此进行交流。这次会议对北极社会科学计划(ASSP)具有重大价值，因为该计划将其研究计划草案作为更大的白令海生态系统研究(BEST)的一部分。正如机构间社会科学特别工作组根据美国国家科学院极地研究委员会的建议，在机构间北极研究政策委员会的指导下编写的《北极研究行为原则》中所述，“研究人员应与社区协商，并在适用的情况下，让社区参与项目规划和实施。应为社区提供表达兴趣和参与研究的合理机会。”ASSP项目主任将在华盛顿大学Ben Fitzhugh博士的陪同下参加研讨会，在起草关于他们在白令海社会科学研究中的兴趣的研究计划之前与社区成员进行磋商。

This award will fund Alaska Native and Bering Sea community members to participate in the workshop, Pribilof Islands Collaborative: Promoting a Strong Economy and a Healthy Ecosystem, to discuss the social, scientific, and ecosystem issues affecting their communities. This meeting will give the three major stakeholders in the Bering Sea Region, communities, NGOs, and commercial fishing companies the opportunity to communicate with scientific researchers, as well as each other, concerning the major social, scientific, and ecosystem issues in their regions.This meeting has great value to the Arctic Social Sciences Program (ASSP) as the program develops its draft research plan as a component of the larger Bering Sea Ecosystem Study (BEST). As stated in the "Principals for the Conduct of Research in the Arctic," prepared by the Interagency Social Science Task Force in response to a recommendation by the Polar Research Board of the National Academy of Sciences and at the direction of the Interagency Arctic Research Policy Committee, "researchers should consult with and, where applicable, include communities in project planning and implementation. Reasonable opportunities should be provided for the communities to express interests and to participate in the research." The ASSP program director will be attending the workshop accompanied by Dr. Ben Fitzhugh, University of Washington, to consult with community members prior to the drafting of the research plan concerning their interests in social science research in the Bering Sea.