This Day in Alaskan History-May 15th, 1926
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Testing Methods to Minimize Herring Spawning Events on Alaska Kelp Farms
Scientists teamed up to investigate how to best keep herring from spawning on kelp grown by ocean farmers in Alaska. Each spring, Alaska kelp farmers have the potential to run afoul of commercial herring fisheries when wild herring spawn in kelp farms. A new study helps evaluate different deterrents to prevent herring from spawning on their farms. This […]
New ancient fish species earliest known salmon ancestor
The Arctic landscape during the Cretaceous Period may have been dominated by the dinosaurs, but the rivers and streams held something more familiar. Alaska’s fresh waters 73 million years ago were teeming with the ancient relatives of today’s salmon, pike and other northern fish. A new paper published this week in the journal Papers in […]
Canadian National sentenced in nearly 30-year Social Security benefit fraud scheme
U.S. Attorney’s Office discusses priority to prosecute Social Security fraud in Alaska. FAIRBANKS, Alaska – Ellis Kingsep, aka “Ellis King,” 77, a Canadian National lawfully residing in the U.S., was sentenced today to two and a half years in prison and is ordered to pay full restitution for stealing over $420,000 in Social Security […]