The North Pacific Fishery Management Council has asked its staff for a discussion paper that evaluates the regulatory changes needed to incorporate Bering Sea chum salmon bycatch avoidance into its Chinook salmon incentive plan agreements.
After a two-year fight against an ill-conceived proposal to relocate the F-16s from Eielson Air Force Base in Fairbanks to Joint Base Elmendorf Richardson (J-BER) , "warm" the base and cut thousands of jobs, Alaska's congressional delegation on October 2 received official word that the Air Force has scrapped the proposal.
With the Bering Sea King Crab season set to open in just four days, U.S. Sen. Mark Begich today met with Captain Keith Colburn, of the popular Discovery Channel Show “The Deadliest Catch,†to discuss the devastating effect the government shutdown could have on the Alaska crab industry.
It has been several months since the Alaska Native News interviewed mariner, Jim Cobb about his oil spill retrieval patent and proposals. After the conclusion of a series in mid-July on Cobb's efforts bring his technology to the government and to the oil industry, he has continued to reach out to various government and oil […]