Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G) biologists plan to begin aerial surveys of the Togiak district herring fishery in mid-April, weather permitting, with regular fishery updates to be communicated directly to processors. Based on a forecast of a 136,756-ton biomass, 27,351 tons of herring will be available for harvest. The breakdown is 1,500 tons […]
The Togiak herring fishery, which opened on April 28, closed to purse seiners on May 7, while the gillnet fishery area increased westward to the longitude of Anchor Point, according to area biologist Tim Sands with Alaska Department of Fish and Game (ADF&G). Through May 6, the purse seine harvest showed 1,830 tons after subtracting […]
AST says that no foul play is suspected in the death of a Warrenton, Oregon man who apparently fell from the dock in Twin Hills before being discovered on Wednesday. 56-year-old James Schneider was found face down in the mud below the dock at Togiak Fisheries by co-workers on just after 6 pm on Wednesday. […]
Troopers say that a 27-year-old Togiak man escaped from custody in Togiak shortly after his arrest on Saturday. 27-year-old Justin Forbes escaped from the cell that he was being held in at Togiak on Saturday afternoon. He was being held on felony charges, the details of which have yet to be released. As a result of […]