Officials blame the failure of a pen near Washington’s Cypress Island on high tides caused by the eclipse, but that is being questioned. Fishing boats are scrambling to catch as many as possible.
Food
Some old solutions still work: helping people buy food with SNAP
Food insecurity is when people don’t have enough to eat – they skip meals or forego other necessities to buy food. It affects about one in seven Alaskans and can cause chronic diseases, depression, anemia and obesity.
Gardentalk – Harvest Fair and greenhouse management
Harvest Fair runs 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, August 19, at the Juneau Community Garden.
Sun’aq Tribe wins grant to study invasive species and effect on subsistence resources
The Sun’aq Tribe won a grant to study the kind of threat that invasive crayfish in Alaska pose to subsistence resources. The award was announced Tuesday.
Juneau chef crowned King of Seafood at Great American Seafood Cook-Off
Ahead of a national seafood cook-off in New Orleans, a pair of Juneau chefs Lionel Uddipa and Jacob Pickard were sweating
Southeast summer Dungeness harvest the worst in decades
The commercial harvest for Dungeness crab in Southeast Alaska this summer was the lowest in several decades. But it might not be a complete bust. The harvest numbers only tell part of the story.