Council recommended measure responds to court ruling requiring Federal management of EEZ waters in Cook Inlet NOAA Fisheries is seeking public comments on a proposal to amend the Fishery Management Plan for the Salmon Fisheries in the Exclusive Economic Zone off Alaska (Salmon FMP) to prohibit commercial salmon fishing in federal waters, also called the exclusive economic […]
Ketchikan-based Alaska State Troopers reported that on Thursday they were contacted by a business owner on the 4100-block of the South Tongass Highway that a person had come to his business late Thursday afternoon and offered to return property that had been stolen from his vehicle. The vehicle, parked at mile 2 of the South […]
9th Circuit Overturns Decision That Walruses Don’t Require Endangered Species Act Protection SAN FRANCISCO— The U.S. 9th Circuit Court of Appeals ruled Thursday that the Trump administration’s U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service improperly denied Endangered Species Act protections to the Pacific walrus. The Wildlife Service found in 2011 that the Pacific walrus warranted protection because […]
(Juneau, AK) – Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy today announced the reappointment of Craig Richards to the Alaska Permanent Fund Corporation Board of Trustees for the term of July 1, 2021 to July 1, 2025. Richards served on the Board of Trustees from 2015 to 2016 and was reappointed in 2017. “As a Trustee, Craig has […]