A team of scientists will soon head to the Aleutian Islands aboard the research vessel Sikuliaq on a voyage to reconstruct the region’s ancient history of powerful storms. Little is known about the Bering Sea’s long-ago record of extreme weather and the factors that drove it. “Learning about the past is the only way to […]
JUNEAU – The House of Representatives on Thursday passed House Bill 122, protecting the social and historical significance of the Unangax Cemetery in Funter Bay for future generations. Rep. Sara Hannan (D-Juneau) introduced the bill to expand the boundaries of the Funter Bay Marine Park to include the cemetery to ensure the site is […]
[dropcap]A[/dropcap]s federal government shutdown prompted by a dispute over a border wall heads into its third week, it is not currently affecting the seafood industry as harvesters and processors prepare for multi-million dollar groundfish fisheries in the Bering Sea/Aleutian Islands and Gulf of Alaska. Some sectors, like the Freezer Longline Coalition, say they aren’t […]
A record-breaking algal bloom continues to expand across the North Pacific reaching as far north as the Aleutian Islands and as far south as southern California. Coinciding with well above average sea surface temperatures across the North Pacific and West Coast of North America, the bloom is laced with some toxic species that have had […]