Scott Wagner Archives

NSRAA seeks state hatchery permit for Little Port Walter chinook program

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 8, 2024 | Local News, Syndicated

The chinook program at the Little Port Walter Hatchery on southern Baranof Island could soon be under the management of the Sitka-based Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association. NSRAA has applied for a state hatchery permit at the site, and hopes to release one million kings at the government-owned hatchery this season. Read More

Record hatchery chum harvest an unexpected payday for Sitka Sound trollers

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Aug 31, 2021 | Local News, Syndicated

The troll fishery for chum salmon in Sitka Sound has gone from looking pretty dismal, to record-setting -- almost overnight. A surge of hatchery-produced, fall chum has been pushing catch rates for trollers into numbers normally seen by the net fisheries. Read More

Park board shelves large ship plan in favor of utility dock sale

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Oct 25, 2019 | Local News, Syndicated

The board of Sitka’s industrial park wants to move forward with the sale of the old utility dock, even if it means letting go of plans to develop a moorage facility for large ships. With an extremely motivated buyer, the board decided that supporting a real project in the present was preferable to banking on a dream. Read More

Salmon hatchery to lose free water deal, will ‘pay at the pump’

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 3, 2019 | Local News, Syndicated

The Sitka Assembly Tuesday night (4-30-19) reviewed new terms of a contract with the Northern Southeast Regional Aquaculture Association. When it’s finalized, NSRAA could be paying to pump water that it once received free via gravity. Read More

Sitka to spend $100K on unspecified bulk water problem

by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | May 3, 2018 | Local News, Syndicated

The City of Sitka is spending $100,000 to fix an unspecified problem with its bulk water delivery system. The Sitka Assembly approved the transfer from the Raw Water Sales Fund to the Electric Department “to investigate enhancing the raw water delivery infrastructure to support bulk export.” Read More