A salvage company says the 98-foot F/V Pacific Sounder is too stuck to be towed.
Fisheries
In victory for commercial fishermen, court orders Cook Inlet fishery to reopen
A district court judge shot down a federal rule that would have closed a large part of Cook Inlet to commercial salmon fishing. Fish and Game said it would reopen the fishery Thursday.
State to put opioid emergency kits in seafood plants and harbors across Southeast Alaska
“We absolutely do feel safer,” one plant manager said about having overdose prevention resources on hand.
Scientists examine Gulf of Alaska sea floor to see effects of bottom trawling
Scientists from the conservation group Oceana, which is based in Juneau, spent eight days aboard a research vessel circumnavigating the Kodiak archipelago.
Amid poor chum runs, Trident’s Wrangell plant will stay shuttered for a third year
That leaves one fish processor operating on Wrangell Island.
As EPA moves to block mining at the Pebble deposit, mine supporters and opponents look to details
The EPA said mining the Pebble deposit would result in unacceptable loss of salmon habitat, both at the site and further downstream.