The decision is a loss for Ketchikan’s winter economy and is leaving some feeling cut out of the decision-making process.
Fisheries
After 33 years, Fish Radio’s Laine Welch hangs up her mic
Welch will continue to write a weekly column for the Anchorage Daily News, and she says she might get into podcasting.
Fisheries board member steps down, citing workload and bout with COVID
Walton’s resignation caps a four-month tenure. In his time on the board, Walton attended one work session in Anchorage.
Southeast Board of Fish meeting postponed due to COVID
The board has not set a new date or location for the postponed meeting.
Fishing council ties bycatch limits on Bering Sea trawlers to halibut abundance
Members of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to link groundfish trawl fishing in the Bering Sea and Aleutian Islands to halibut abundance, capping a six-year debate about curbing halibut bycatch in Alaska.
Fishing council ties bycatch limits on Bering Sea trawlers to halibut abundance
The action caps — at least for now — a six-year debate about curbing halibut bycatch in Alaska.
Metlakatla takes fishing rights dispute to federal appeals court
The Metlakatla Indian Community tribal government argues that a 1891 law gives its modern-day members unfettered rights to commercially fish around Ketchikan and Prince of Wales Island.
Former ‘Deadliest Catch’ captain admits to dealing heroin, court documents say
The charges stem from federal and state investigators searching Neese’s home in December of 2019.
Sitka Tribe’s shellfish lab honored for safeguarding traditional foods
The lab tests samples from 17 communities in Southeast, as well as from tribes on Kodiak Island.
A new proposed kelp farm off Kodiak is part of growing trend
The Department of Natural Resources announced a new proposed 10-year lease of a 14-acre kelp farm up for public comment.