Worst salmon season in 20 years The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has finally released its summary of the 2024 commercial salmon fishing season in the 49th state, and the only […]
Bad to worse
Crash of ’24
Another big bust in the Pacific salmon fisheries For the second time in four years, a huge decline in North Pacific salmon numbers is being reported in the wake of a big […]
Flailing fish biz
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 […]
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 […]
