The state’s first shrimp plant started there in 1916, but the market ceased being profitable and the last plant closed down ten years ago.
Fisheries
Drones don’t fly at Alaska’s Board of Fish
The Board also rejected the proposed ban on spotter planes.
Lowly no more, chum salmon center stage in allocation dispute
Southeast trollers want to see an increase in their share of hatchery-produced chum salmon.
State considers B.C. mines as promoters plan visit
A new Walker-Mallott administration working group is addressing British Columbia’s mining boom near its border with Alaska. But the group is not ready to take the stands mine critics hope for.
Southeast Alaska king salmon head north in search of cooler waters
This news was delivered to the Alaska Board of Fisheries as their spring meeting opened in Sitka Monday afternoon.
Commercial fisheries commission chief reacts to being on chopping block
Bruce Twomley says the work the commission does is complicated and specialized.