Tourism

The Alaska Marine Highway System has canceled this summer’s sailings between Petersburg and northern Prince of Wales Island.

Haines has some of the lowest cruise ship moorage fees in Southeast Alaska. And last month the borough assembly approved further lowering those fees for three summers.

For the past seven years, a mosaic of organizations including Bristol Bay Land Trust, Trout Unlimited, and BBEDC have run the Bristol Bay River and Guide Academy to train local kids in the art of fly fishing.

Eight cruise ship passengers and their pilot died when their flightseeing trip to Misty Fiords ended tragically.

The visitor’s bureau has been operating under a cloud of uncertainty since February when the assembly voted to dissolve the bureau and issue a bid for an outside entity to do its work marketing Sitka and coordinating visitor services.

A dozen cruise ships are allowed to discharge wastewater while anchored or tied up in Alaska ports this summer. Officials and the industry say it’s safe. Critics fear it’s fouling local harbors.