JUNEAU, AK (December 21, 2021) – The application period for the Central Council of the Tlingit & Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska’s (Tlingit & Haida) first round of small business support under the Rescue Small Business Relief program will close on December 31, 2021 at 4:30 PM (AKST). The program launched in September and provides […]
Dear Neighbor, We’re writing to share a timely opportunity to support bycatch reductions, gear flexibility, community provisions and access opportunity. We are asking our allies to submit comments to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council on the topic of Final Action on the Bering Sea/Aleutian Island Trawl Cod Cooperative program by 5pm AKST on Wednesday, September […]
WASHINGTON, D.C. (October 23, 2020) — The Department of Interior’s headlong rush to conduct seismic testing in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge threatens iconic wildlife and Indigenous communities that depend on this pristine land. The rushed, 14-day comment period — in the midst of a global pandemic — all but ensures that the public’s […]
On October 30, 2019, the U.S. Secretary of Commerce declared the 2018 Chignik sockeye salmon fishery a disaster under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. On February 27, 2020, the Secretary of Commerce allocated $10.3 million to address losses to the Chignik management area affected by the fishery failure. The State of Alaska, […]
New Oct. 29 deadline gives members of the public 15 additional days to provide input ANCHORAGE — The Bureau of Land Management (BLM) extended the deadline Thursday for public comments on the proposed Ambler Mining District Industrial Access Road Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) from 45 to 60 days, moving the deadline to Oct. […]
DILLINGHAM, AK – Tuesday’s news that the US Army Corps of Engineers will not require public input or scrutiny of major changes to Pebble’s permit application was met with dismay from Bristol Bay fishermen, Tribal leaders, and others, who reiterated the need to stop this rushed permitting process for Pebble’s toxic project at the headwaters […]
Watch the video to see an animated, three-dimensional recreation of the puzzling mid-Cretaceous crab that forces a rethink of what a crab is.(Video credit: Daniel Ocampo R., Vencejo Films, & Javier Luque, Yale University [images]; animation and 3D reconstruction by Alex Duque) The crab family just got a bunch of new cousins, including […]
[dropcap]T[/dropcap]he 2018/2019 commercial Tanner crab fishery in Southeast Alaska will open concurrently with the commercial golden king crab fishery on Feb. 12, 2019. The registration deadline is Jan. 14, and all commercial fishermen registering after the deadline will have to pay a $45 late fee. Permit holders may register at Alaska Department of Fish […]
On January 18, 2017, Secretary of Commerce Pritzker declared the 2016 Gulf of Alaska pink salmon fishery a disaster under the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. Following this declaration, Congress appropriated $56.3 million to Alaska to address losses to the seven management areas in the Gulf of Alaska affected by the fishery failure. The […]