Over a 20-year period, there were 125 serious injuries to Alaska fisheries from winches.
Fisheries
Southeast tanner crab fishery opens Sunday, but prices are much lower this year
Typically 60-80 boats participate throughout Southeast.
Crab crisis in Bering Sea a sign of ‘borealization’ and big changes in the future, scientists warn
In coming decades, the ocean conditions that triggered the snow crab crash and harvest closure are expected to be common.
More Southeast Alaska communities set to join opposition to lawsuit that threatens king salmon fishery
Later this month, borough assemblies in Ketchikan, Wrangell and Petersburg will consider adopting resolutions opposing a chinook shutdown.
Dunleavy says he will sue over EPA’s veto of Pebble Mine
On Tuesday’s Talk of Alaska, he called the EPA’s final determination a political decision.
Ninth Circuit reaffirms Metlakatla’s off-reservation fishing rights but leaves extent up to lower court
A federal appeals court has affirmed Metlakatla tribal members’ right to fish in their traditional waters without state permits.