Photojournalist Berett Wilber grew up trolling in Sitka (aboard the Alexa K). She recently visited the docks to photograph and speak with trollers as they prepare to head out on their much hoped-for, yet completely unexpected, summer king salmon season.
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Nearly 10,000 cruise visitors in one day is "far too many," Sitka's mayor said at Tuesday's assembly meeting (6-27-23). An informal poll of downtown businesses indicated that June 21 was more bust than bonanza, as resources were strained across the community.
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A Sitka physician with a long career in sports medicine, Don Lehmann has lately turned his attention to a relatively recent field: Performing Arts Medicine.
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Sitka's industrial park board has approved a "preferred alternative" that falls short of the ideal marine haulout and boatyard residents envision. But plans are in place to expand if additional funding is found.
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Southeast trollers will fish for king salmon this summer after all. The 9th Circuit Court on Wednesday (6-21-23) ordered a stay of a lower court ruling which would have blocked the fishery.
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Tele Aadsen grew up trolling in summers in Southeast Alaska. Her new collection of essays, "What Water Holds," is a memoir of her life trolling for salmon, and a celebration of the environment that makes fishing possible.
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High concentrations of carbon dioxide gas and warm surface temperatures are two clues that geophysicists use to assess volcanic activity. A team from UAF recently tested Sitka's Mt. Edgecumbe volcano for both.
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Without giving too much away, NOAA Fisheries Alaska region administrator Jon Kurland told trollers in Sitka that his agency was working full-tilt to comply with a US District Court order, allowing the fleet to target king salmon -- if not in July as usual -- then perhaps in August.
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"Subject matter experts" in the marine trades recently met in Sitka to consider four concepts for a marine haulout and boatyard. Even with $8.2 million on hand, it will take more funding to create a yard to meet Sitka's needs now and into the future.
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High interest rates are affecting the affordability of homes in Alaska -- but many homes were unaffordable for one wage-earner even when interest rates were rock-bottom. The May issue of "Trends" from the AK Dept. Labor weighs affordability versus income for average wage-earners.
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