Consequences of Soviet-style economics For the 64 years since Alaska Statehood, commercial fishermen and salmon processors have dictated the management of salmon in this 49th state, and this is where the business […]
Flailing fish biz
A pink flood
Hatchery tax to fund study of ocean takeover? In what might be one of the bluntest, to-the-point abstracts every to top a fisheries science paper, a pair of Canadian scientists and a […]
Dead bear day
Joyous “Fat Bear Week” turns ugly As was inevitable, Fat Bear Week – the National Park Service’s promotional effort to portray the brown/grizzly bears of Katmai National Park as big, cuddly, lovable […]
Last run
Body of Iditarod chief vet found near Idaho home Update: This story has been edited to include a report Stu Nelson’s body was found Friday and that the Bonner County Sheriff’s […]
Dopes or doping?
Rookie musher disqualified for drug ideal for sabotage After decades of running an anti-doping program that never publicly revealed an Alaska musher doping dogs, the Iditarod Trail Sled Dog Race says […]
Send help
Predictable call to aid Alaska fishermen The demand for a bailout of Alaska commercial salmon fishermen who didn’t see the salmon returns they expected this year didn’t take long. Alaska Rep. Sarah […]
A century worst
Salmon catch could have 1970s value Update: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is now reporting that higher prices and a larger than expected return of sockeye salmon to Bristol Bay […]
Newsonomics
Struggling ADN now faces an employee revolt Older Alaskans will remember the days when you could drop a quarter or two in one of the news boxes scattered around Alaska’s largest city […]
Welfare time?
Countdown to a disaster request begins The commercial season for pink salmon is done in Prince William Sound with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game reporting a harvest of barely […]
Salmon disaster
Hatchery failures lead the way With the commercial salmon season in the far north drawing to a close, Alaska is today on track to post the lowest, all-species harvest of the […]
