Fish skin: some people eat it, others throw it out, and some make baskets from it. This week at the Sitka Arts and Science Festival, five women are learning how to make a basket from fish skin, beads, and a needle and thread. Their teacher is Athabascan artist Audrey Armstrong, who comes to Sitka every summer to teach this class.
Fisheries
Klawock couple charged with tax evasion
If found guilty, they face a maximum sentence of one year in prison for each separate count.
Silver Bay Seafoods Naknek target of state OSHA investigation
A state Occupational Safety and Health Administration investigator is looking into claims of workplace health and safety issues at the Silver Bay Seafoods processing plant in Naknek.
After a rocky start, Unalaska’s subsistence salmon run hits target escapement
While this year the McLees Lake subsistence salmon run is below average, it is not the lowest recorded.
Underwater camera keeps an eye on Atka mackerel
Counting Atka mackerel became really important when Steller sea lions were declared endangered in 1997, according to National Marine Fisheries Service Biologist Suzanne McDermott.
Personal use king crab fishery in Juneau area to open for 5 days
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game will allow each household to take two male crab total for the five-day summer season. It’s been years since any personal use king crab could be taken.
Wreckage of crabber Destination discovered after disappearing in February
Wreckage from the F/V Destination has been found off St. George Island. The boat and its six crew members were fishing for snow crab when they disappeared Feb. 11.
Catch rates higher than expected in first Southeast summer king troll opening
Southeast Alaska’s commercial salmon troll fleet had higher than expected catch rates of king salmon during the first summer opening at the start of the month.
Fishermen on Yukon lose economic opportunity when buyer becomes overloaded, cancels opening
Fishermen are selling more salmon than the Yukon River’s only buyer can handle. Record-breaking sales Monday closed a commercial opening for fishermen upriver.
Yukon kings arriving in early blast; Kuskokwim kings arriving in late trickle
The Kuskokwim and Yukon Rivers are having opposite experiences with king salmon this season.