AK fish farm bleeds state money The Cook Inlet Aquaculture Association may have become the Alaska leader in putting the “non” in non-profit. Having lost an average of about $1.5 million per […]
Negative profits
Gone forever?
Alaska’s incredibly shrunken salmon Why is it that an Alaska Congressional delegation that almost never objects to federal dollars flowing north is in a tizzy about a National Oceanic and Atmospheric […]
Endangered Chinook
NOAA to consider listing Alaska King Salmon In a move that could have widespread fishery implications for salmon fisheries across Alaska, the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration today announced that an […]
Unseen salmon
Study shines light on secret lives A news analysis While the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has been busy outlining a long, involved and financially unrealistic plan for research aimed […]
Tangled up in fish
Alaska’s incredibly complicated marine ecosystems Populations of Pacific Ocean perch, a species about which little is known, and sablefish are now on the rise across the Gulf of Alaska and dominant in […]
Tough to predict
Good-bye new norm, hello old Alaska’s largest city was still digging out from under more than three feet of “equal chances” on Monday with still more snowfall in the forecast for the […]
An Ick(y) problem?
Hints of a new risk for Yukon Chinook A news analysis Scientists with the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) have come up with a new possibility as to why Bering […]
Eating more fish
But little of it appears to be Alaskan The National Seafood Institute has proclaimed 2021 a “Record Year for Seafood Consumption” in the U.S., which would at first blush look like great […]
The magic solution
Calls for hatcheries to ‘save’ Yukon salmon “And God said, Let us make man in our image, after our likeness: and let them have dominion over the fish of the sea, and […]
Colder warming
Alaska’s largest city ended the year 2022 tracking decades-old climate predictions that Anchorage would become more like Juneau and Juneau more like Seattle. The National Weather Service reported the year just […]
