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Nov 29 2018

Workers sort opilio crab at the UniSea plant in Unalaska. Company officials have said they're hoping to employ four inmates during the winter fishing season.

Unalaska OKs trial program to employ prison inmates at fish plant

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB-Unalaska | Aleutians, Crime & Courts, Fisheries, Northwest, State Government

Unalaska City Council’s five-to-one vote overturned last month’s narrow rejection of the program, authorizing a “trial run” for four inmates to live and work at the UniSea fish processing plant.

By Laura Kraegel, KUCB-Unalaska | November 29, 2018 4:06 pm

Nov 28 2018

Is there something for everyone in a new vision for Tongass roads?

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Fisheries, Government, Southeast, Timber, Wildlife

Eventually, it will be up to the U.S. Forest Service to choose one of four options, which represent a spectrum of ideas about how the Tongass should be managed.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | November 28, 2018 12:29 pm

Nov 27 2018

As ocean heats up off Northwest Alaska, the fishing does too

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Arctic, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Fisheries, Northwest, Oceans, Science & Tech, Weather

This year’s commercial harvest of chum salmon in Kotzebue Sound was nearly 700,000 fish, breaking a record nearly four decades old. To the south, the value of the commercial salmon catch in Norton Sound was also the highest ever.

By Nat Herz, Alaska's Energy Desk | November 27, 2018 5:05 pm

Nov 20 2018

Things are heating up for Alaska pollock — and it’s putting them in the mood to spawn

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Climate Change, Economy, Environment, Fisheries, Oceans, Wildlife

Over the past three decades, pollock spawning times in the Gulf of Alaska have varied as much as three weeks. That’s potentially deadly for baby fish that are spawned into an environment that’s not ideal.

By Elizabeth Jenkins, Alaska's Energy Desk | November 20, 2018 3:31 pm

Nov 19 2018

Roland Maw’s PFD fraud and theft trial rescheduled for February

By Matt Miller, KTOO | Crime & Courts, Fisheries, Juneau, Southeast, State Government

The former executive director of the United Cook Inlet Drift Association and Board of Fisheries nominee was indicted on 12 felony charges of theft and unsworn falsification related to applying for and receiving Permanent Fund dividends.

By Matt Miller, KTOO | November 19, 2018 1:32 pm

Nov 18 2018

Fishing fleets caught 219 million pink salmon last year. (Photo courtesy NOAA fisheries)

ADF&G predicts weak pink salmon harvest in 2019

By Henry Leasia, KHNS | Economy, Fisheries

If the forecast is accurate, 2019 would be the lowest odd-year pink harvest since 1987. The Department of Fish and Game says the return of warm water temperatures to the North Pacific may have a negative impact on the future survival of pink salmon.

By Henry Leasia, KHNS | November 18, 2018 2:52 pm

Nov 16 2018

Coast Guard Fast Response Cutter John McCormick in Ketchikan in 2017.

Coast Guard bill would end EPA permit mandate for fishing boats

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | Federal Government, Fisheries, Oceans, Southwest

For years, Alaska’s commercial fishing fleet has dreaded a rule that would require an EPA permit for even basic boat discharges, like draining a fish hold or rinsing the deck. Now Congress is on the verge of ditching the requirement forever.

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media | November 16, 2018 10:58 am

Nov 07 2018

Members of the media walking to an exploratory drill rig. Photo by Jason Sear, KDLG – Dillingham

With salmon ballot measure’s defeat, Pebble celebrates

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | Alaska's Energy Desk, Energy & Mining, Environment, Fisheries, Politics

In an interview Wednesday, Pebble CEO Tom Collier said even though his company’s mine proposal wasn’t always at the forefront of the debate, the salmon habitat initiative was, in some ways, all about Pebble.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | November 7, 2018 5:01 pm

Nov 06 2018

Photo of 2018 general election ballot showing the text of Ballot Measure 1.

Alaska voters strike down ‘Stand for Salmon’ ballot initiative

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | Election Coverage, Environment, Fisheries, Politics, State Government, Wildlife

Following months of intense debate and millions of dollars in campaign spending, Alaska voters defeated Ballot Measure 1 by a wide margin.

By Elizabeth Harball, Alaska's Energy Desk | November 6, 2018 8:00 pm

Nov 02 2018

Alaska urges British Columbia to toughen mining standards

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | Energy & Mining, Fisheries, Juneau, Southeast, State Government

The Walker administration is using its final weeks in office to push for tougher mine rules across the border in British Columbia. The province is in the midst of reviewing its mine reclamation laws.

By Jacob Resneck, CoastAlaska | November 2, 2018 5:04 pm

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Unalaska OKs trial program to employ prison inmates at fish plant

Is there something for everyone in a new vision for Tongass roads?

As ocean heats up off Northwest Alaska, the fishing does too

Things are heating up for Alaska pollock — and it’s putting them in the mood to spawn

Roland Maw’s PFD fraud and theft trial rescheduled for February

ADF&G predicts weak pink salmon harvest in 2019

Coast Guard bill would end EPA permit mandate for fishing boats

With salmon ballot measure’s defeat, Pebble celebrates

Alaska voters strike down ‘Stand for Salmon’ ballot initiative

Alaska urges British Columbia to toughen mining standards

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