"It’s a difficult time for our communities, and especially our elders, as we face yet another summer without being able to catch, prepare, preserve and put away salmon as our main staple food supply. While nothing can replace being able to...
If you love the sea and feel the pull of wilderness, you should visit the Gulf of Alaska at least once. It’s a place guaranteed to inspire your imagination and make you feel small and insignificant. And catching some massive...
Buskin sockeye weir counts improved over the weekend with over 600 sockeye counted. This is still well behind average and what is expected to make the escapement goal. The sockeye fishery closed Saturday via emergency order and won’t reopen until the escapement goal...
In the Valdez Halibut Derby Troy Dolge of Copper Center, Alaska is on top of the leader board and currently first in line to win the $10,000 grand prize with a 203.0-pound halibut caught June 4th. Erin Cruz of Wasilla is...
This trip was to help me sort through some of the tackle Dad left behind. Mildew had taken over most of the cherished cloth items. Dust-covered reels that once dripped with water; many rods bent against the wall after an animal...
. It was reported that there had been a plane crash 35 miles Northeast of Shaktoolik. The Cessna 180 aircraft was witnessed taking off but not climbing and then crashing. Subsequent information was reported that both occupants of the aircraft were deceased. AST...
The Endangered Species Act has put many species on the path to recovery. Since it was enacted in 1973, no marine species has gone extinct. Less than 1 percent of all ESA-listed species (marine, anadromous, and terrestrial) have gone extinct....