“The Karluk River Chinook salmon escapement through July 25 is 66 fish which is the lowest on record.” “The Ayakulik River Chinook salmon escapement through July 25 is 327 fish, which is […]
Disaster brewing
Losers vs winners
King salmon going down as pinks go up An eight- to nine-fold increase in Prince William Sound pink salmon now credited to the open-ocean farming of the North Pacific Ocean has […]
More, more, more
Feral pinks add to hatchery returns After decades of straying hatchery salmon trying to turn Alaska’s Prince William Sound into one giant salmon farm, a group of Alaska scientists are out with […]
Growing danger
The little-noticed tankers off AK’s coast One line in the middle of qCapitan’s latest report on Russian Arctic shipping ought to send a chill down the spines of Alaskans. “In addition to […]
Market warfare
Canadians dissing Alaska salmon Angry Canadians are going after the Alaska salmon fishery in the marketplace where propaganda can sometimes do some damage. Ocean Wise, the conservation arm of the Vancouver Aquarium, […]
Mandated inefficiency
The benefits and the cost Twenty-five-years ago economist Steve Colt wrote an “economic history” of “Salmon Fish Traps in Alaska” that ended with this line: “It may be time for Alaskans to […]
Health Denial
The gorilla in the room Update: In a peer-reviewed study in BMJ Public Health on July 16, researchers underlined the importance of cardiovascular fitness by reporting people who regularly commute by […]
Ever smaller
Alaska’s littlest sockeye salmon Already struggling Alaska salmon processors are facing yet another problem in the fishery this year: shrinkage. And, no, not that involving the plummeting prices for both wild-caught […]
Trust us
Alaska’s largest news organization downsizes After three months of denying plans to reduce the local newspaper to a two-day per week publication, the Anchorage Daily News officially announced the change today in […]
Talking safety
Realities versus distractions Why is it Americans appear as horrible at risk assessment as they are susceptible to manipulation by “influencers,” as those who now pull big numbers of “followers” on social […]
