Research aimed at boosting stocks of Kodiak red king crab will take a big step forward this fall, with the experimental release of thousands of hatchery-raised juveniles at Cozy Cove near Old Harbor on Kodiak Island.
Officials with the Securities and Exchange Commission have been asked to investigate contradictory information provided by a Canadian mining company invested in a massive copper, gold and molybdenum deposit in Southwest Alaska.
Ocean Beauty Seafoods’ refurbished plant at Petersburg, in Southeast Alaska, will reopen this summer to process harvest pink and chum harvests in what is anticipated to be a season of great abundance for pink salmon.
Four-time Iditarod Sled Dog Race champion Lance Mackey was all smiles when asked how much wild Alaska salmon he had packed for the 2013 race.