Fisheries

Jul 09 2019
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A swarm of krill.

Add krill and mussels to the list of unusual marine deaths in Alaska

By | Climate Change, Environment, Fisheries, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Weather, Wildlife

Residents from two Northwest Alaska villages say they found large numbers of dead mussels and krill washed up along shores in June, contributing to fears that record warm waters may be causing a wide range of ecosystem changes.

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Jun 26 2019
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Pebble CEO and opponent debate whether mine proposal is ‘the nose under the camel’s tent’

By | Alaska's Energy Desk, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Politics, Southcentral, Southwest, State Government

The CEO of the Pebble Limited Partnership and a prominent Pebble opponent debated a key point of contention about the proposed mine: its size.

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Jun 22 2019
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Time for Murkowski to take a stand on Pebble? She says not yet.

By | 2 Alaska, Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Food, Government, Oceans, Politics, Southwest, State Government, Subsistence, Wildlife

Opponents of the Pebble Mine are doing all they can to get Sen. Lisa Murkowski on their side. But Murkowski is not ready to make a declaration about the mine, for or against.

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Jun 19 2019
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Questions surrounding Supreme Court decision mean no federal officers patrolling lower Kuskokwim River

By | Crime & Courts, Federal Government, Fisheries, Politics, Western

A U.S. Supreme Court decision is impacting the enforcement of fishing regulations on the Kuskokwim River. For the first time in at least seven years, no federal wildlife officers are patrolling the lower Kuskokwim River during king salmon season.

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Jun 14 2019
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Oxidized rock colors a valley where one of Seabridge Gold's KSM Project's open pit mines will be dug. Canadian officials have opened their final comment period before environmental approval. (Photo by Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska)

US senators urge more oversight from British Columbia in transboundary mining

By | Economy, Energy & Mining, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Politics, Southeast, State Government

The letter urges British Columbia to do a better job regulating hard rock and coal mines in transboundary watersheds. It was signed by eight U.S. senators from four border states, including Alaska.

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