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Jun 10 2019

Eggs in a female red king crab. The laboratory studies the impacts of ocean acidification on crabs from the earliest life stages. (Photo by Eric Keto / Alaska's Energy Desk)

US House calls for more research on ocean acidification

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Aleutians, Climate Change, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Oceans, Politics, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Subsistence, Wildlife

Ocean acidification makes oceans more corrosive to crabs, clams and creatures at the bottom of the food chain, with impacts that reach all the way up.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | June 10, 2019 6:00 am

Jun 05 2019

University of Alaska Fairbanks Ecologist Brenda Konar and National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Oceanographer Dominic Hondolero survey for sea stars in Kachemak Bay.

As some sea star populations make a comeback, scientists may have found cause of ‘wasting disease’

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | Aleutians, Climate Change, Environment, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Wildlife

Scientists once thought starfish die-offs were caused by a virus or another pathogen. But now some think it might be another sign of climate change.

By Aaron Bolton, KBBI-Homer | June 5, 2019 6:06 pm

Jun 04 2019

Alex Ravelo, a former NOAA Fisheries observer, looks out onto Homer's docks.

NOAA is trying to encourage more observers to report sexual harassment

By Renee Gross, KBBI-Homer | Aleutians, Federal Government, Fisheries, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest

NOAA observers jump on board hundreds of vessels each year to make sure commercial fishers are following regulations. But many of the women who perform these duties say they experience sexual harassment.

By Renee Gross, KBBI-Homer | June 4, 2019 5:29 pm

May 30 2019

As sea ice melts, fish are showing up farther north off Alaska. A federal fishing trip will investigate if they’re sticking around.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Arctic, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Oceans, Science & Tech, Southwest, Western, Wildlife

A 2017 NOAA survey saw huge amounts of pollock and cod in the northern Bering Sea. Was it an isolated event, or the start of a long-term trend?

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | May 30, 2019 3:58 pm

May 24 2019

The runway at the Alaska Peninsula village of Cold Bay is long enough for jets to land — unlike the airstrip at the nearby fishing town of King Cove.

A judge blocked a Trump plan for a controversial road through an Alaska wildlife refuge. Now the administration is appealing.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Politics, Transportation

The Trump administration is appealing a court ruling that blocked plans to build a long-sought road through the Izembek National Wildlife Refuge.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | May 24, 2019 1:56 pm

May 17 2019

salmon-displayed-in-a-seafood-restaurant-in-china (Photo C/O Sea Grant)_

Two of Alaska’s biggest exports are caught up in the US-China trade dispute

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Business, Economy, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Politics, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Timber, Western

The timber and seafood industries are trying to figure out how to do business, as the pressure mounts due to increased tariffs.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | May 17, 2019 11:52 am

May 15 2019

Unangax̂ cemetery at former WWII internment camp may be added to Funter Bay park

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Alaska Native Government & Policy, Aleutians, Community, History, Southeast, State Government, Western

Alaska lawmakers are considering expanding a state park to include historic graves of Unangax̂ people who died in a World War II internment camp.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | May 15, 2019 11:39 am

May 01 2019

Crew members shovel pollock off the deck of a Bering Sea fishing boat earlier this year.

An international airplane feud could crimp one of Alaska’s most lucrative fisheries

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Economy, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Politics, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Transportation, Western

A new twist in a decade-long trade war with the EU could crimp one of Alaska’s most lucrative fisheries: Alaska pollock.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | May 1, 2019 4:24 pm

Apr 18 2019

The special ingredient inside these new gluten-free noodles? Fish, from Alaska.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Aleutians, Business, Economy, Fisheries, Food, Oceans, Western, Wildlife

The featured ingredient in these new gluten-free “protein noodles” might surprise you: It’s pollock, the unassuming whitefish caught by the millions in the Bering Sea off Alaska’s coast.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | April 18, 2019 6:06 pm

Apr 15 2019

Rear Admiral Matthew Bell, commanding officer of the U.S. Coast Guard's 17th District, talks about the federal government shutdowns effect on the Coast Guard in Alaska.

Federal government shutdown’s effects linger for Coast Guard in Alaska

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Aleutians, Arctic, Federal Government, Fisheries, Military, Public Safety, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest

The commanding officer of the Coast Guard’s Alaska district says it may take until summer’s end to catch up on some of the work delayed by the partial federal government shutdown.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | April 15, 2019 5:38 pm

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US House calls for more research on ocean acidification

As some sea star populations make a comeback, scientists may have found cause of ‘wasting disease’

NOAA is trying to encourage more observers to report sexual harassment

As sea ice melts, fish are showing up farther north off Alaska. A federal fishing trip will investigate if they’re sticking around.

A judge blocked a Trump plan for a controversial road through an Alaska wildlife refuge. Now the administration is appealing.

Two of Alaska’s biggest exports are caught up in the US-China trade dispute

Unangax̂ cemetery at former WWII internment camp may be added to Funter Bay park

An international airplane feud could crimp one of Alaska’s most lucrative fisheries

The special ingredient inside these new gluten-free noodles? Fish, from Alaska.

Federal government shutdown’s effects linger for Coast Guard in Alaska

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