Exxon Valdez oil spill legacy is topic of AMSS keynote
Earthquakes, tsunamis, changing oceans and the scientific legacy of the Exxon Valdez oil spill disaster will be the topic of keynote speakers on the...
Commercial fisheries scramble to get permitted
A government shutdown called by President Trump to force funding of a border wall is now impacting Alaska’s multi-million-dollar seafood industry, which relies on...
Changed schedule coming for NPFMC’s Portland meeting
A federal government shutdown over the Trump administration’s demand that Congress pay for a southern border wall will force a considerable change of schedule...
Rachel Baker named ADF&G deputy commissioner
A federal fisheries manager who has spent the past 15 experience working on state and federal seafood issues will join the Alaska Department of...
International Year of the Salmon is underway
2018 was a mixed year for Alaska salmon. Bristol Bay saw its biggest run on record when 62.3 million sockeye salmon returned to the bay....
NPFMC meeting in Portland will be shortened
It’s business as usual for staff of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, but a partial federal government shutdown due to President Trump’s demand...
Exercise Northern Edge on schedule for May
Exercise Northern Edge 2019 is on schedule for May, with details still being worked out, but the operation is expected to be similar in...
City urges support for continuing Sea Grant program
City officials are urging the University of Alaska Fairbanks to continue providing an Alaska Sea Grant position for Marine Advisory Program faculty in Cordova...
Fishing industry seeks help for USCG families
North Pacific fishing trade associations
on Jan. 23 announced a campaign to raise thousands of dollars in tax-deductible
contributions to help Alaska’s U.S. Coast Guard families...
Steller sea lions, humpback whales recovering under ESA
A peer-reviewed study published in mid-January in the
academic journal PLOS ONE shows that eastern Steller sea lions, Hawaiian humpback
whales, Southern sea otters and North...
