Off Alaska’s coast began the journey that would vault the North Pacific’s richest fisherman into an exclusive club of America’s richest citizens, but it was in Seattle that Chuck Bundrant made the […]
Richest fisherman
Another fish fight
The Alaska Outdoor Council, the 49th state’s largest outdoor organization, says it’s mad as hell and not going to take it anymore. The problem? A decision by Alaska Republican Senators Lisa Murkowski […]
The killing season
CHITINA – By late afternoon Wednesday, the winds funneling out of Wood Canyon to the south of the Chitina-McCarthy bridge were driving a Sahara-Desert-style sandstorm across the exposed sandbars off the low […]
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Commentary So when it comes to media perception in the U.S. today, which sin is worse: Fake news, slanted news, unreported news or badly inaccurate news never corrected? The latter […]
Golden fish
Update: This story was updated on May 21, 2017 to include new prices. In economic crisis, there is often opportunity. Commercial fishermen in Cordova, Alaska are at the moment worrying mightily […]
Fish bite back
As Alaska heads into the season of the salmon, it is worth noting the story of a raw-fish eater who made the news at the end of last week for the tapeworm […]
The NIMBY state
Before scientists in Alaska ever got a chance to study what might have been the strangest of all hydroelectric projects – one that could benefit salmon – it died in the […]
China’s AK salmon
The Juneau-based Sealaska Corporation looks to be expanding its move back into the Alaska fishing business in a big way via Seattle and China. Seafood Source.com on Friday was reporting the regional […]
Salmon sell out
News commentary All Alaskans should be embarrassed by what we have allowed to become of the salmon of Cook Inlet. Suffice to say, this is our Columbia River disaster. All that is missing […]
Fishy-nomic war
As a blunt reminder of the value of salmon to all Alaskans, businessmen and women from the Matanuska-Susitna Borough paraded before the Alaska Board of Fisheries on Saturday to talk business. Money […]
