Some things just get better with age. Like rockfish mothers. A rockfish might not start spawning until she is 25 years old. As she gets older she produces more, and more robust, young. She continues to produce them over many years, into advanced age – which for some rockfish means 100 or 200 years. That […]
The U.S. Coast Guard cite the use of personal locator beacon by one of two kayakers that lead to the successful conclusion of a USCG search and rescue mission in southeast Alaska on Saturday. Watchstanders at the 17th District Command Center picked up the signal from a personal locator beacon on Saturday. The signal sent […]
The commercial fishing seasons of captains and crews of three fishing vessels that caught fire in Craig may have gone up in smoke over the weekend. Authorities were alerted to the three-vessel fire that broke out, severely damaging the 57-foot F/V Seaborn, 56-foot F/V Pacific Lady, and the 49-foot F/V Julia Kae at 3:30 am on […]
FAIRBANKS – Governor Bill Walker Friday signed House Bill 16 into law, allowing the state to begin the process of issuing Real ID-compliant forms of identification. This legislation gives Alaskans the option to obtain federally compliant identification; it is not mandatory. Without the legislation, Alaskans would have been denied entry into most airports, military bases […]