Russian fish replacing Alaska’s in China (This story was updated on May 29, 2023 to reflect that Russia plans to make the ice-choked Northern Sea Route a year-round shipping corridor starting […]
Economic consequences
Canada’s anger
Indignant that so many streams and rivers in Alaska are annually plugged with salmon while those to the south of the 49th state struggle, Canadian activists led by commercial fishermen and Native […]
The propagandist
The woman who filled the roll of “fisheries reporter” for Alaska’s largest newspaper for years has retired with an admission of what was obvious to fishery-educated readers a long-time ago: She was […]
Legal waste
The commercial fishing season is underway in Alaska’s Cook Inlet and along with it the bycatch waste no one wants to talk about let alone deal with. If the fish caught in […]
Forgotten tribe
Once again, an Alaska leader is in a battle with federal officialdom more than 3,000 miles away on the opposite coast of the North American continent. This time it is Gov. Mike […]
Back to the future?
For generations now, oil has been the lifeblood of Alaska. It has powered the 49th state economy, filled state tax coffers with dollars, and helped support many non-profit organizations. It has been […]
Off the cliff
The invisible, pandemic coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 has gone after the three-legged stool of Alaska’s private sector economy like a big, angry beaver, according to the Alaska Department of Labor. Jobs in the oil […]
Economic doomsday?
A newly released report on the “Blue Economy” from the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development contains nary a mention of Alaska, but it is stuffed full of bad news […]
Stormy seas
The problems for Alaska’s commercial fishing industry – once the state’s largest employer but now second to tourism – are growing by the day. Seafood News today reported the lastest survey by […]
Getting spun
Imagine reading this oped: “Alaska oil helps enrich Alaskans and power the world “In late March of this year, the Alaska Department of Natural Resources issued its forecast for 2019 statewide oil […]
