JUNEAU – Last Friday, Governor Mike Dunleavy introduced House Bill 111 to reverse Alaska’s absolute ban on fish farms. As Chair and Vice-Chair of the House Committee on Fisheries, Representative Louise Stutes (R-Kodiak) and Speaker Bryce Edgmon (I-Dillingham) released the following statement: “Alaska’s commercial fishing industry, our coastal communities, and fishing families across the state […]
Novel approach to study fish DNA collected from water samples enables researchers to estimate biomass of multiple Alaska fish species simultaneously. Around the world, standard ways to measure fish abundance and biomass to manage commercial, recreational and subsistence fisheries rely heavily on deriving estimates from fish caught in research surveys and commercial fishing nets and […]
Learn to preserve meat, fish, fruits and vegetables by canning using a pressure canner, pickling, and drying in a series of in-person workshops in Palmer. Julie Cascio, a University of Alaska Fairbanks Cooperative Extension Service health, home and family development agent, will teach the classes, which cost $20 apiece. On Thursday, July 18, from 1-5 […]