The cancellation of this year’s cruise ship season has been a boon for marine mammals in one of Alaska’s most protected destinations. Federal scientists say humpback whales are enjoying the relative calm in Glacier Bay National Park and Preserve.
Wildlife
Scientists look for invasive crab ‘fingerprint’ in Alaska waters
On the east coast, these hardy crustaceans are known as aggressive eaters and have meant millions of dollars lost in fisheries for clams, mussels and scallops. The crab are destructive to eelgrass beds, which are important to young fish. They’re also known to eat juvenile salmon and could compete with native Dungeness crab.
Dunleavy wants Alaska to cut ties with banks that won’t fund Arctic oil projects
Gov. Mike Dunleavy wants the state government to sever its ties with financial institutions that won’t finance oil and gas development in the Arctic.
New Ocean Alert app lets Alaskans share whale sightings with scientists
BOEM scientists are using the new Ocean Alert app to crowdsource sightings of marine megafauna that will inform the agency’s work in federal waters.
Remember that hunting trip Donald Trump Jr. had planned for Alaska? It’s happening.
The owner of Coastal Alaska Adventures said they still intend to go on the trip, but the weather in the region is hindering their plans.
Residents free entangled humpback whale near Southeast Alaska community
A 40-foot humpback whale was caught in tanner crab pot gear that, resident Gordon Chew said, came from Kodiak around 630 miles away.