Pacific cod stocks hard hit by warming ocean temperatures are becoming a focal point at federal fisheries meetings, where harvesting sectors and processors fight over who gets to catch and process this versatile vitamin and protein packed white fish. Stock assessments in the fall of 2019 put the population of P-cod in the Gulf […]
JUNEAU – Anchorage Senator Chris Birch passed away on Wednesday. He was 68 years old. Birch’s proud family history in Alaska began in 1944 when his father, Frank, was stationed in Adak while serving in the US Marine Corps. After the war, Frank returned to Alaska with his wife, Bettijeanne, where he worked […]
The 2018–2019 Aleutian Islands golden king crab fisheries is under way, with a quota of 3,470,400 pounds of individual fishing quota (IFQ) and 385,600 pounds of community development quota (CDQ), for a total of 3.9 million pounds east of Adak. West of Adak, there is a 2.5 million-pound quota, with 2,250,000 pounds for the IFQ […]
JUNEAU, Alaska – Coast Guard crews conducted a long-range medevac of a man from a Military Sealift Command Vessel approximately 1,150 miles from Dutch Harbor, May 6. A helicopter crew from Air Station Kodiak, deployed aboard the Cutter John Midgett, safely landed on the MSC vessel and embarked the man for follow-on transport to Adak, […]
JUNEAU, Alaska — A Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter crew medevaced a mariner off the 652-foot vessel Snowy, a bulk carrier, approximately 122 miles southwest of Adak, Alaska, Saturday. The Jayhawk crew hoisted the 27-year-old man and transferred him to a LifeMed aircrew in Adak. Watchstanders at Coast Guard 17th District received […]
The United States Coast Guard were alerted of a emergency beacon emitting a signal 690 miles west of Dutch Harbor at 11:34 am on Tuesday from the F/V Alaska Juris after it began sinking authorities report. The 238-foot vessel reported that they were dead in the water approximately 150 miles to the northwest of Adak and […]
Troopers continue in their efforts to travel to the western Aleutian community of Atka to investigate an accident with fatalities on Wednesday. Adverse weather conditions have denied their efforts. It was reported on Tuesday evening at 6:06 pm, that a van carrying nine passengers and the driver suffered a crash in which three people perished, the […]
On January 15, 2016, Jack S. Stewart, Jr., of Adak, pled guilty in Anchorage District Court to three counts of transporting big game hunters in the field without a license. Stewart was charged after an investigation by the Alaska Wildlife Troopers, Wildlife Investigations Unit, into reports of caribou hunters being transported by unlicensed individuals for […]
Homer, Alaska — The U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service is seeking public comments on its recently completed Draft Environmental Assessment (DEA) of Caribou Control on Kagalaska Island, Alaska Maritime National Wildlife Refuge. This Assessment analyzes the consequences of two alternatives: the proposed action to control invasive caribou on Kagalaska Island to prevent damage to the […]