Fire destroyed a salmon incubation building and over a million eggs at Crystal Lake Hatchery on Mitkof Island south of Petersburg early Tuesday morning.
Fisheries
Judge rules for Petersburg in boundary dispute
Local Boundary Commission already considered Juneau issues during review of Petersburg Borough’s petition
Industry says U.S. fish law works well in Alaska
The Magnuson-Stevens Act, the 1976 law that governs fishing in the Bering Sea, Gulf of Alaska and other federal waters, is up for reauthorization in Congress.
Alaska gets $21 million in federal disaster funds
Poor king salmon returns in three regions are pulling in $21 million in disaster-relief funds for the state.
Assembly hopes to attract more federal research jobs to Juneau
A city task force will study the issue and report to the assembly in six months.
U.S. pushes international ban on arctic fishing
The United States is gathering support for an international moratorium on commercial fishing in the Arctic Ocean.