Sustainable fishing policies passed in the 1970s have backfired in rural Native villages, where many family-run boats have raised their hooks and nets for good.
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Sitka residents to vote on cruise limits in special election
If approved by the voters, the ordinance would set an annual cap of 300,000 cruise passengers, a daily cap of 4,500 passengers, and limit port calls to six days a week.
Haines Assembly affirms Canada’s sovereignty
The move comes after tariffs were imposed on Canadian goods by President Donald Trump.
AIDEA, Vigor announce talks to resolve dispute over future of Ketchikan Shipyard
Last month, the state development agency said it would kick Vigor out of the Ketchikan Shipyard. Now, AIDEA and Vigor say they’re working to resolve the dispute.
Trump’s executive orders to stimulate logging could fall flat in the Tongass
President Trump issued two new executive orders on March 1 to expand logging in national forests. They could affect Tongass National Forest, but some locals are skeptical.
Alaska fisher gets six months in federal prison for attempting to kill endangered whale
A federal judge in Juneau has sentenced a Southeast Alaska fisher to six months in federal prison after pleading guilty last year to directing his crew to kill a sperm whale.