University of Fairbanks Ph.D. Candidate Maggie Chan wants to know how and why the fishing charter industry is changing in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska.
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Last season’s difficulties for Bering Strait auklets may indicate changing climate
In 2016, the birds were coming later than expected, and their bills weren’t fully orange. Douglas doubts that these latecomers, who lay a single egg per season, could breed successfully.
Aquaculture association commissions study in Tutka Bay
The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association has been trying to move a majority of its net pens in the Tutka Bay Lagoon to the head of Tutka Bay for about four years. The hotly debated issue has led to packed community meetings and questions about the impact of raising fish in the area.
Business as usual for marine mammal deterrence
It’s still business as usual when it comes to dealing with protected marine mammals in Southeast waters.
Sisters from Washington have grown up fishing Bristol Bay’s salmon fishery
Maddy and Sophia Marinkovich are from Washington but have been fishing in Bristol Bay for years. Maddy has come since she was 11 years old, and Sophia has come for four years. However, this is their first year working together on the same boat.
After nearly 20 Years, NOAA surveys Norton Sound beluga whale population
National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries, or NOAA Fisheries, in conjunction with two other Alaska entities, is conducting a survey of beluga whales in Norton Sound.
‘A number of’ U.S. sailors found dead after Navy destroyer’s collision
Since the USS Fitzgerald collided with a container ship off Japan on Saturday, seven sailors had been missing. The Navy declined to say how many were found, but they have ended their search efforts.
Team Pure and Wild Freeburd wins 2017 Race to Alaska
Four days and 700 miles after departing from Victoria, British Columbia, Team Pure and Wild Freeburd sailed into Ketchikan, making them the winners of the 2017 Race to Alaska.
Recreational boating deaths spiked in 2016 in Alaska, Coast Guard reports
Nineteen people died in Alaska recreationally boating in 2016, according to a Coast Guard report released last month. That’s up from just 7 in 2015.
Coast Guard rescues four off yacht run aground near Sitka
The Coast Guard says the yacht’s passengers were retrieved and taken back to Sitka.