Copper River sockeye fishery reopens after delay due to low sonar counts
By Saturday, 289,784 sockeye had been counted, significantly ahead of last year’s count and on track to reach the Alaska Department of Fish and Game’s in-river escapement goal.
Alaska waiver keeps individual health insurance rates down despite pandemic
The state’s two remaining individual health insurance plan providers on the marketplace, Premera Blue Cross Blue Shield and Moda Health, declined to significantly raise rates for 2021.
Bizarre Alaska salmon season winds down short of managers' projections
The Copper River sockeye run was a flop, as was the chum run statewide, and the silver salmon harvest was down everywhere except Kodiak and Bristol Bay.
Alaska’s emerging mariculture industry suffers setback from market losses in pandemic
The coronavirus pandemic closed restaurants across the U.S., leaving mariculture farms in Alaska with a much more limited market but still a lot of product to move.
Salmon fishing in Alaska off to a slow start statewide
Much of the decline is due to poor sockeye returns, particularly in the Copper River area, though other places are also seeing a slowdown.
With pandemic procedures in place, Copper River fishery set to open
With about two weeks until the Copper River salmon season, the industry is pulling together the details of how to execute a safe fishery amid the coronavirus pandemic.
UAA graduates some nursing students early so they can help out during pandemic
The School of Nursing and College of Health offered a chance for up to 72 students in good academic standing the chance to finish their last few credits on a faster timeline.
Normally a bright spot in the Alaska recession, tourism outlook dims with coronavirus uncertainty
Alaska is highly reliant on out-of-state and international visitors, making it vulnerable to disruptions in national and international affairs.
Alaska fishing industry grapples with fallout from coronavirus response
Fishermen are still fishing, but the normal seasonal progression of the industry is likely to hit rough waters.
US Commerce Department allocates $35 million for Alaska fisheries disasters
Fishermen affected by the 2018 Pacific cod and Chignik sockeye disasters will soon have access to relief funding.
Alaska House bill would establish health care pricing database
House Bill 229, sponsored by Rep. Ivy Spohnholz, D-Anchorage, would establish an all-payer claims database, along with a corporation to manage it.
Alaska seafood industry faces challenges beyond harvest cuts: its workforce
The workforce, both on boats and on shore, is aging, and fewer young people are going into careers in the industry.