Fisheries

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 | No Comments

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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Jun 10 2019
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Eggs in a female red king crab. The laboratory studies the impacts of ocean acidification on crabs from the earliest life stages. (Photo by Eric Keto / Alaska's Energy Desk)

US House calls for more research on ocean acidification

By | Aleutians, Climate Change, Environment, Federal Government, Fisheries, Nation & World, Oceans, Politics, Science & Tech, Southcentral, Southeast, Southwest, Subsistence, Wildlife

Ocean acidification makes oceans more corrosive to crabs, clams and creatures at the bottom of the food chain, with impacts that reach all the way up.

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