Aging infrastructure and decades of wear at the company’s Akutan plant has prompted the seafood company to plan a new facility.
Fisheries
Why sockeye flourish and chinook fail in Alaska’s changing climate
Scientists don’t know exactly why one species is doing so well while the other is in crisis, but some clues are coming into sharper focus.
Alaska leaders petition the US Supreme Court for reversal of EPA ban on Pebble Mine
The Dunleavy administration is bypassing lower courts in its attempt to overturn a decision barring permitting of the controversial copper and gold mine.
Two humpback whales freed after entanglements near Juneau
“We’re definitely above average this year for large whale entanglements in Alaska, and in the Southeast,” said Sadie Wright, coordinator for NOAA’s large whale entanglement response program.
Sitka’s seafood donation network connects abundance with scarcity in Western Alaska
The pandemic and the salmon crash have been a one-two punch for many communities in Western Alaska.
Bristol Bay fishermen protest low base price, lack of transparency from processors
Organizers of the protest are calling on processors to reconsider and improve the base price this season from fifty cents per pound — less than half of last year’s price.