Title: Giant squid and other cephalopods in the Pacific Ocean

When: 3 June 2004

Who: Elaina Jorgensen (AFSC, NMFS)

Elaina is Fisheries Scientist at the Alaska Fisheries Science Center which is part of the National Marine Fisheries Service based out of Seattle, WA.

Elaina is a die-hard cephalopod biologist. She is currently working on a putting together a field guide that will list all of the cephalopod species in Alaska waters, quite an undertaking.

This talk was about some of the species of cephalopods (octopus and squid) that are found in and around Alaskan waters. Elaina talked about several taxonomic groups of cephs and showed some interesting pictures of deep sea animals that few people have ever seen.

For more information contact:
Elaina Jorgensen (AFSC): elaina.jorgensen@noaa.gov

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