Alaska lawmakers, especially those in fishing communities like Kodiak and Homer, heralded the news.
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Trident Seafoods to sell Petersburg and Ketchikan processing plants
The company’s cost-cutting efforts also include laying off about a tenth of its corporate staff.
Rare fin whale found dead near Kodiak
It’s unclear how it died, but the whale was in remarkably poor health.
2 families moved to Karluk after its viral ad for expense-free living. They’ve already left, and the school is closing
The school’s student enrollment is back down to just two kids after both families chosen to move there left the village.
After viral ad offering expense-free living, Alaska community will have school for the first time since 2018
Schools need at least 10 students to qualify for state funding.
Scientists baffled by golden orb found in Gulf of Alaska
“I’m not even sure that that was the most interesting thing on that dive,” the expedition coordinator said.
NTSB investigates mid-air collision over Katmai National Park
A de Havilland Beaver and a Bell 206L-4 LongRanger helicopter were about 1,000 feet above ground when they collided.
A salmon glut has sent prices plunging, and economists don’t know when they’ll recover
Three years of huge returns in Bristol Bay created a surplus of sockeye in the market.
NOAA outlines sweeping plan to boost the nation’s seafood industry
It’s the first time NOAA has released an overall strategy aimed at addressing industry needs – the agency says it will complement other federal policies that are already in place.
One of the oldest — and most beloved — bears at Katmai National Park finally returns to Brooks Falls
Fans feared the bear may have passed away, but the elderly ursine had just slept in.