The guide aims to advance the state’s budding mariculture industry at a time when global demand for kelp products is on the rise.
Oceans
Inland caribou herds aren’t recovering, report says
The 2024 Arctic Report Card also documents increasing sea traffic and thriving ice seals.
Environmentalist group sues to gain information about Alaska trawler toll on marine mammals
Responses to Freedom of Information Act requests about bycatch included blurry photos and blacked-out text that conceal important details, Oceana’s lawsuit says.
Environmental group seeks limits on Alaska trawling
Oceana told the North Pacific Fishery Management Council that trawling threatens sensitive seafloor habitats.
In surprising move, Bering Sea snow crab fishery to reopen after 2-year closure
According to Fish and Game, estimates of total mature male biomass are above the threshold required to open the fishery.
Lawsuit claims fishery managers have failed to adequately protect Alaska’s coral gardens
The environmental group Oceana says the National Marine Fisheries Service should do much more to limit bottom trawling in the Gulf of Alaska.
9th Circuit Court judges hear oral appeals for king salmon troll fishery lawsuit
Although there’s no decision yet, a panel of judges expressed sympathy for the coastal communities that could be hurt by the order.
Judge suspends controversial federal Cook Inlet lease sale, citing impacts on beluga whales
A federal judge is sending Interior Department officials back to the drawing board after concluding a Cook Inlet oil and gas lease sale didn’t adequately consider the possible impacts on endangered beluga whales in the area. The ruling temporarily suspends a lease held by dominant Cook Inlet producer Hilcorp. The privately held Texas-based oil and…
Invasive European green crabs are expanding their territory in Southeast Alaska
Officials say if the crabs keep marching north, it could have serious effects on Alaska’s commercial and subsistence fisheries.
A petition to put king salmon on the endangered species list is raising alarm across Alaska
The petition from a Washington-based conservancy group is just the first major step in a longer regulatory process, but many say it could have far-reaching implications.