The Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska has a climate change adaptation plan. It wants the region to be included in the climate change discussion.
Fisheries
Environmental worries persist as Northern Edge military exercises grow
With increasing military interest in the Arctic, many coastal communities worry about the effects of large training exercises in Alaska waters.
Judge dismisses Pebble-funded lawsuit against BBRSDA
A Superior Court judge has dismissed a Pebble-backed lawsuit against Bristol Bay’s regional seafood development association.
Counting the hooligan swimming through Haines streams
Little is known about the long-loved, oily subsistence fish known as hooligan. The only ongoing research on Southeast Alaska hooligan is the result of a nine-year study by the Chilkoot Indian Association.
Two of Alaska’s biggest exports are caught up in the US-China trade dispute
The timber and seafood industries are trying to figure out how to do business, as the pressure mounts due to increased tariffs.
Women in Alaska’s fishing industry hope to curb sexual harassment
Many women in the commercial fishing industry say sexual harassment is part of the job. But being on a boat for weeks at a time can make harassment hard to escape, and seeking help especially difficult.
House committee urges pressure on B.C. over transboundary mining
The Alaska House Fisheries Committee heard from mine critics on both sides of the U.S.-Canada border during a Tuesday hearing in Juneau.
An international airplane feud could crimp one of Alaska’s most lucrative fisheries
A new twist in a decade-long trade war with the EU could crimp one of Alaska’s most lucrative fisheries: Alaska pollock.
As part of Dunleavy administration directive, ADF&G considered selling its hatcheries
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game considered selling state-owned hatchery facilities to the aquaculture groups that operate them, but received no interest in the idea.
The special ingredient inside these new gluten-free noodles? Fish, from Alaska.
The featured ingredient in these new gluten-free “protein noodles” might surprise you: It’s pollock, the unassuming whitefish caught by the millions in the Bering Sea off Alaska’s coast.