Major study links pink salmon and ocean chaos Part I of II Pink salmon and the hatcheries helped boost their numbers to never-before-seen highs were Thursday singled out for disrupting the ecosystem […]
Sea change
Success?
Californians now fatter than Alaskans! Just over a third of Alaskans today qualify as obese, making residents of the 49th state a perfect match for the citizens of Georgia and Maryland, according […]
Uncharted waters
Thin-hulled oil tanker bound for Bering Sea As you read this, the Leonid Losa – a Liberia-registered oil tanker owned by Dubai-based Sun Ship Management and loaded with a million barrels of […]
Demarketing
Canadians target sales of Alaska salmon Stealing a page from the playbook Alaska commercial salmon fishermen and some environmental groups used in an effort to kill net-pen salmon farming more than a […]
Attack animals
Dogs more dangerous than bears? Alaskans worrying about bear attacks – as many do – might be spending too much time focused on the wrong animal, according to new data coming out […]
False fix?
Hatchery benefits to wild fish questioned A “global synthesis” of 51 years’ worth of peer-reviewed studies examining interactions between hatchery and wild salmon has concluded that human efforts to improve on nature […]
Warming bonus
200M-plus Salmon Again, but Market Chaos A warmer ocean continues to smile on Alaska commercial salmon fishermen, but the fish market is sadly another story. The 49th state these days finds […]
Know-nothing journalism
Credibility dies in a field of little mistakes This is why it is painful to read what passes for news today: “Pink salmon get their nickname from their propensity […]
Everyday danger
Lack of consequences = dangerous roads The question of the moment is simple: “Who killed Carlton Higgins?” The Anchorage Police Department (APD) knows, but it won’t say. Why? Because APD is […]
The neighbors
Russia’s Arctic development rolls on As Americans, Alaskans among them, continue to ponder the economic future of the U.S. Arctic, the Russians are charging full speed ahead into what they see as […]
