CLOUDY SKIES WITH SCATTERED SHOWERS SOUTHWARD THROUGH 3 AM.
ISOLATED THUNDERSTORMS OVER THE AREA MOVING SOUTH THROUGH 11 PM.
WEST WIND TO 10 MPH WITH HIGHER GUSTS NEAR SHOWERS.
The Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery will go on two hour notice beginning at 11 a.m. Tuesday.
Two-hour notice means when a fishery is called, officials will give the fleet a minimum of two hours to get into position.
In general, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game waits to call an opening until the percentage of mature roe is above 11 percent.
Two test samples were taken Monday. A sample from Aleutkina Bay had 7.9 percent mature roe, and a sample from Mountain Point on Kruzof Island was at 8.9 percent.
Sitka Sound sac roe herring is one of the state’s most lucrative fisheries. There are 48 permit-holders. Beginning Tuesday, updates will be broadcast on VHF Channel 10 at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.
Information is also available on a recorded hotline, by calling 747-1009.
A portion of downtown Sitka will not be closed to vehicles for the next couple Wednesdays, despite previous plans. A group hoping to improve the look and feel of Sitka’s downtown was trying to see if a pedestrian mall might boost commerce along Lincoln Street. But the city temporarily suspended the street closures on Monday, until the Assembly has a chance to discuss the issue.