In 2019, Homer announced its usual summer-long halibut tournament would be reduced to a single-weekend event starting in 2020. But the COVID-19 pandemic canceled the scheduled July 2020 tournament. The event is back on for this year and is set for...
Northern Dynasty Minerals, which had its Pebble Mine permit approval revoked in an about-face by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, published a lengthy report earlier this week detailing that its plan “can fundamentally co-exist with the important fisheries resources of...
The following appears in the April issue of Alaska Sporting Journal: An Eklutna River dam removal project helped the famed Southcentral Alaska river’s salmon runs. But there is a push for more work to further help the fish’s spawning route. (RYAN...
The Anchorage Daily News has more on the tragedy: Joseph George was goose hunting around 6:30 p.m. Monday in Nightmute, said Gretchen Weiss-Brooks, a spokeswoman for the Alaska State Troopers. He was shot at close range when one of the friends...
Here’s some more info on Friday’s hearing: Temporary Special Action Request WSA21-01, submitted by the Northwest Arctic Subsistence Regional Advisory Council, asks to close Federal public lands in Units 23 and 26A to harvest of caribou and moose by non-Federally qualified...
COVID-19’s effect worldwide certainly was bound to have an impact on the Bering Sea crabbing industry. Discovery Channel’s Deadliest Catch, which premieres its 19th season tonight (see trailer above) had its own issues with the virus, from the captains of the...
The following is courtesy of the Homer Chamber of Commerce: PHOTOS COURTESY OF THE HOMER CHAMBER OF COMMERCE 27TH ANNUAL HOMER WINTER KING SALMON TOURNAMENT SETS NEW RECORDS HOMER, April 19, 2021 – The Homer Chamber of Commerce and the Winter King...
The following is courtesy of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game: Filleting and de-heading of Lingcod, King and Coho Salmon, and Slope Rockfish prohibited in Southeast Alaska sport fisheries Marine boat anglers returning to ports where and when on-site ADF&G...
