Mariza Tovar is putting together a tarot deck filled with humpback whales, grizzly bears, red-faced cormorants and sea kelp.
Oceans
Board of Fish nominees get chilly reception from commercial, subsistence groups
The timing of two of the appointments — along with the COVID-19 emergency — makes it possible that the appointees could set policy for Alaska’s commercial, sport and subsistence fisheries without first being confirmed by lawmakers.
Feds to study impacts of potential Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale
The potential lease sale would cover about one million acres of the inlet and would be held next year.
A pair of stranded killer whales and a sick sea lion near Sitka have biologists looking for answers
Biologists are tracking some unusual stranding events around Sitka this summer, and hoping to learn more about what brought about the deaths of two killer whales, and what has made a sea lion gravely ill.
High winds beached a 150-foot seafood processing barge in Bristol Bay
The 150-foot vessel belongs to Northline Seafoods and is worth $7 million. It was beached near Ekuk, a fishing community south of Dillingham.
Pandemic creates turbulent waters for Alaska’s growing oyster industry
“Everything is so unknown,” said Meta Mesdag, the owner of Salty Lady Seafood Co.
Southeast’s pink salmon catch could be lowest in 44 years
Fish and Game said 2020 is ‘definitely a historic, very poor pink salmon harvest.’
Dead whales wash up near Unalaska, but pandemic complicates necropsies
The state pathologist says they will process samples from the two dead whales to confirm things like species and sex, but they likely won’t be able to determine cause of death.
‘Pulse’ of marine debris in Bering Straits likely coming from Russia
NOAA says the debris may have been released in one place and time.
Biologists hope dead sea lion will shed light on endangered Aleutian population
Samples from the dead sea lion were shipped off island to the state pathologist, who will do a full workup