No sign of trawler Alaska Juris
A 218-foot fishing trawler owned by the Seattle-based Fishing Company of Alaska apparently sunk into the Bering Sea in the Aleutian Islands, following the...
Salmon Sisters donates wild salmon to Food Bank
Salmon Sisters, the Homer apparel company whose online catalog offers everything from designer hoodies to aprons, hats and mugs, has donated some 14,688 cans...
Salmon still coming to Copper River
Commercial fishing effort in the Copper River, Coghill and Eshamy districts, along with the Prince William Sound general seine and hatchery fisheries boosted the...
UFA plans Salmon Habitat Information Program
United Fishermen of Alaska has announced plans for an online Salmon Habitat Information Program, to keep commercial harvesters updated on issues ranging from water...
PWS catch reaches 11.7 M
Harvests of all five species of salmon in Prince William Sound rose by over 2 million fish during a seven days period ending on...
Why haven’t herring recovered?
“One medium school of sand lance — two small schools of 1-year herring.”With a data sheet in my hands, I quickly jotted down the...
Cordova Chronicles: Tender fleet awaits next opener
Much of the Prince William Sound tender fleet laid on anchor beside major processors Trident, Ocean Beauty, and Copper River Seafoods last week, awaiting...
Salmonfest celebrates salmon and its habitat
Indigo Girls, the Grammy Award-winning folk rock duo of Amy Ray and Emily Saliers, headline this year’s Salmonfest, Aug. 5-7 at Ninilchik, three days...
EPA, DOJ settle with oil refiners
A $25 million settlement has been reached with subsidiaries of Tesoro Corp. and Par Hawaii Refining to resolve Clean Air Act violations at refineries...
Oil, gas advisory post goes to industry official
John Hendrix, general manager of Apache Alaska, was named by Gov. Bill Walker on July 18 to be the state’s chief oil and gas...
