The agency’s assistant administrator for water has 60 days to decide whether to impose the veto, make would effectively kill the mine.
Fisheries
Task force’s final report calls for new rules and more research to address seafood bycatch
The collapse of salmon runs vital to western Alaska triggered the creation of the Alaska Bycatch Task Force.
The EPA is now one step away from a veto that would ban Pebble mine
Casey Sixkiller, the Region 10 administrator for the Environmental Protection Agency, has sent a recommendation to EPA headquarters to protect the area by vetoing the proposed mine.
Alaska’s 2nd fatality-free year of commercial fishing could be part of a trend
The U.S. Coast Guard says the credit belongs to the fishermen themselves.
The US promised tribes they would always have fish, but the fish they have pose toxic risks
For decades, the U.S. government has failed to test for chemicals and metals in fish. ProPublica and Oregon Public Broadcasting did, and what they found was alarming for tribes.
Disaster requests for Bering Sea crabbers highlight difficulty of getting timely relief to fishermen
Right now, it takes years for money to reach skippers and their crews.