NOAA Announces 2019 and 2020 Confirmed Large Whale Entanglement Numbers
Seventy-five large whale entanglement cases in 2019 and 53 cases in 2020 were confirmed nationally, fewer than in 2018. NOAA…
Coast Guard inspectors return from Bristol Bay in support of salmon season opening
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Coast Guard inspectors returned to Anchorage Friday after a two-week deployment to Bristol Bay, conducting missions in…
Gara Calls for Alaska First Fish Policy
Alaska’s Fish Should Be Treated As Our Other Permanent Fund Anchorage — This week, Alaska fisheries managers announced grim fish runs and…
M/V Matanuska Returns to Prince Rupert, British Columbia
Service resumes after nearly a three-year hiatus. (JUNEAU, Alaska) – The M/V Matanuska returned to Prince Rupert, British Columbia, in the late…
NPFMC, State and Federal decision makers fail to act, as some Alaska salmon runs reach an all time low
JUNEAU, AK: This week in Sitka, Alaska, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council failed to take action on Chinook and…
M/V Malaspina Officially Retiring to Ketchikan
Former ‘Queen of the Fleet’ will stay in Alaska, become centerpiece of historic park. (Ketchikan, Alaska) — The M/V Malaspina…
750-Mile Engineless Boat Race to Alaska Returns with a New Twist
PORT TOWNSEND, WA— Race to Alaska is back for year six after a two-year COVID-induced hiatus. No motors or support…
Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program Citizen Science
Community science along the shores of Cook Inlet. It Takes a Village The Alaska Beluga Monitoring Program is run by…
Coast Guard aircrew medevacs crewmember from fishing vessel near Cordova
KODIAK, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak aircrew, forward-deployed to Cordova, Alaska, medically evacuated a 68-year-old crewmember from a…
Plan to Discharge Fukushima Water Into Pacific Gets OK From Regulators
The discharge could release a number of radioactive isotopes into the Pacific Ocean, critics say. Despite outcry from local leaders and…