Lisa Phu

Managing Editor, KTOO

"As Managing Editor, I work with the KTOO news team to develop and shape news and information for the Juneau community that's accurate and digestible."

“200-year-old fish” is actually only 64

The rockfish caught near Sitka last month was not 200 years old, but a different fish caught near Ketchikan was over 100 years old. The Department of Fish and Game lab in Juneau received two otoliths from two different fish. An otolith is a bone found within a fish’s ear that contains annuli, similar to…

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