The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets
A permitting system designed in the 1970s was supposed to make Alaska’s commercial fishing industry more sustainable and more ...
Ice Fishing for Giant Sheefish in the Arctic Is a True Winter Adventure
Eight feet of ice, freezing temps, and 40-pound sheefish make for an arctic adventure. Here's what it's like ice fishing for ...
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The last skipper in Ouzinkie: How Gulf of Alaska villages lost their Native fishing fleets
But one result is clear: The policy has dragged down the economies of many Indigenous villages along the Gulf of Alaska. Places that once called themselves “fishing towns” have been hollowed ...
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Here’s what we know about the victims of the Bering Air plane crash
The 10 Alaskans killed in the crash near Nome include a mentor to new teachers, a school counselor and two Alaska Native ...
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Fishery managers start a process to tighten salmon bycatch rules in Alaska’s Bering Sea
Managers launched a formal evaluation of new measures to reduce the number of Western Alaska chum salmon caught in pollock ...
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How a risky state investment in seafood cost Alaskans millions and left a fishing town in crisis
Leaders of the Alaska Permanent Fund, which pays residents dividends and finances public services, wanted to invest in Alaska ...
Villagers offer support for a critical lifeline in rural Alaska days after plane crash kills 10
Residents of rural Alaska are showing their support for a regional airline whose commuter plane crashed last week just south of the Arctic Circle ...
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Alaska king salmon extinctions — continued
In last week’s Mat-Su Anglers column I documented Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s (ADF&G’s) estimated 85 plus % harvest ...
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‘We’re all just one big village’: Victim identities emerge after fatal Alaska plane crash
NOME, Alaska (KTUU/Gray News ... We’re all just one big village.” Following the news of the plane going missing on Thursday, the “Peace on Earth” restaurant began making pizzas for ...