Juneau, AK – NOAA is proposing to remove the eastern Steller sea lion, currently deemed "threatened," from the list of endangered wildlife, after a status review by its biologists found the species is recovering sufficiently.
NOAA’s Office of Law Enforcement announced yesterday that the owners of the Zen Restaurant in Juneau, Alaska, will pay a civil penalty of $18,000 over the next 12 months for illegally purchasing subsistence-harvested Pacific halibut in 2010, according to a settlement agreement signed on February 23.
New rule provides anglers in Southeast Alaska with an opportunity to retain a "trophy" fish
Juneau, AK — Marine mammal scientists last Wednesday received a curious report: fishermen near Yakutat had observed what appeared to be a ringed seal pup hauled out at the shoreline.