Earlier this month, commercial snow crabs started hitting Unalaska’s docks again for the first time in nearly three years.
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Unalaska jostled by magnitude 5.6 earthquake Sunday
A magnitude 5.6 earthquake struck about 58 miles southwest of Unalaska Sunday afternoon. Many locals felt the event, including in Nikolski and Akutan.
A community’s fight to save Unangam Tunuu on St. Paul Island
Unangam Tunuu is taught in only a handful of classes in the public school system, and outside these sessions, the language is seldom spoken in everyday conversation.
As Alaska schools close, one Aleutian village bucks the trend
For the first time in over a decade, children in Nikolski are back in the classroom. The Nikolski school’s revival came through combined efforts of the Aleutian Region School District and the local tribal organization.
In surprising move, Bering Sea snow crab fishery to reopen after 2-year closure
According to Fish and Game, estimates of total mature male biomass are above the threshold required to open the fishery.
Coast Guard crews spot 4 Chinese warships near Aleutian Islands
Coast Guardsmen aboard the cutter Kimball and a search plane saw the warships in international waters of the Bering Sea on July 6 and 7.
Possible rat sighting on remote St. Paul Island raises alarm
It’s one of the few places that has successfully protected its rich natural habitat and wildlife from invasive rodents.
Peter Pan Seafoods announces it will cease operations
The company has faced mounting troubles, including legal claims from fishermen of back-owed payments for unpaid seafood deliveries.
Biologists describe freeing Unalaska whale from ‘life-threatening entanglement’
The whale cooperated during the rescue and even seemed curious at times.
A humpback whale is free after days-long entanglement in Unalaska’s Iliuliuk Bay
The whale swam out of the bay and into the Bering Sea after it was freed Friday morning.