Alaska’s seafloor is not empty space. It is a living habitat that provides shelter, feeding grounds, and structure for the species that sustain our fisheries. Crab depend on bottom habitat for protection and survival. Juvenile rockfish use structures such as cold-water corals and other complex seafloor habitat as refuge. Halibut feed along the seabed. […]
This week the federal government shut down the harvest of all polluck in the Gulf of Alaska after two fishing vessels took over 2,000 chinook from the region as bycatch. The news drew immediate condemnation against the two Kodiak vessels that ended the fisheries for 20 vessels in the region. The incident took place as […]
A Kwethluk man was charged and jailed at the Yukon-Kuskokwim Correctional Center after dragging his bound daughter behind an ATV in that community on Friday. AST reports that they were alerted to the incident at 1:15 pm on Friday. According to the report, 54-year-old Varlaam Jackson bound his 16-year-old daughter and drug her behind his ATV in […]
APD located a stolen vehicle and arrested the driver on Sunday night after the owner of the vehicle reported that he had attempted to stop the suspects before being drug a distance down the street. A call went in to police at 11:13 pm from a man who identified himself as the owner of a […]