The meeting location remains the Egan Civic and Convention Center, 555 W 5th Avenue, Anchorage, Alaska. During this eight-day public meeting, the board will meet to consider 45 proposals regarding all statewide shellfish proposals submitted by the general public, fishing organizations,...
As we posted today, scientists from the U.S. and throughout the world are participating in a North Pacific salmon research program, 2022 International Year of the Salmon Pan-Pacific Expedition. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game announced its role in the...
In a new study, Eiler documents evidence of a growing abundance of this typically southern species in Southeast Alaska. He examines how climate change may be driving this northward shift.
“The big question is, are they here to stay?” Eiler said. “Is...
The 2022 Expedition is a major international effort engaging governments, academia, NGOs, and industry to begin a new collaborative approach to filling the gaps in our understanding of what is happening to salmon in a rapidly changing North Pacific Ocean. Four...
"We are deeply disappointed that after months of outreach to EPA officials requesting robust Tribal consultation on the process moving forward, EPA’s announcement today further delayed the years-long effort to protect Bristol Bay without hearing our input. The Biden administration and...
Yet, despite its size and protest from those downstream, Copper Mountain Mine plans to expand operations significantly. Communities and salmon fisheries in southeast Alaska, northern Idaho, and northwest Montana are similarly impacted and threatened by massive, poorly regulated mines in B.C....