The current estimate for the combined summer and fall harvest is 1.68 million pounds — the lowest estimate early since Fish and Game implemented a management plan in 2000.
Oceans
Research group finds toxin in Auke Rec butter clams
Researchers found about three-times the level of toxin accepted by the Food and Drug Administration.
A Sitka mobile plant built to chill out the Bristol Bay fishery
Pat Glaab and his partner Ben Blakey bought a 150-foot former helicopter logging barge and they’re converting it into a floating fish processor.
Washington man travels from Puget Sound to Alaska alone on a standup paddleboard
Karl Kruger stroked 750 miles solo from Port Townsend up the Inside Passage into Ketchikan. The exhausted and soft-spoken 45-year-old glided to the dock, stepped off his 17-foot standup paddleboard and rung the finisher’s bell.
Coast Guard suspends search for missing Hydaburg man
Nicholas Meyer, a Coast Guard Sector Juneau command duty officer said rescue crews searched more than 180 square miles to find Charles.
Study examines the ripple effect of fishing charters’ choices
University of Fairbanks Ph.D. Candidate Maggie Chan wants to know how and why the fishing charter industry is changing in Southeast and Southcentral Alaska.