Sac roe fishery open daily until further notice
The Sitka Sound Sac Roe herring fishery is now open ten hours a day until further notice.
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No more fuel escaping from grounded tug, but sheen continues to spread
Crews have been working for four days to contain a fuel spill in Neva Strait, after a tugboat ran aground early Monday morning (3-21-22). The Western Mariner was towing an Alaska Marine Lines freight barge when the two vessels collided after a steering failure, and the tug was pushed onto the beach.
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Hearing anxiety over food security, subsistence council recommends tighter hunting rules in rural Southeast Alaska
The subsistence council says it's reacting to worries over food security in villages. But the proposals could limit deer hunting opportunities in rural Southeast Alaska that had long been popular with sport hunters from bigger towns.
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In spite of soggy summer, Sitkans gather ‘LaBounty-ful’ mushroom crop during foraging class
It’s autumn in Alaska, and for foragers in Sitka, this means scooping up the last remnants of mushroom season before winter arrives. It also marks the triumphant return of resident botanist Kitty Labounty's annual fungi foraging class ,following a year-long hiatus amid the pandemic.
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Commercial fishery hauls slow down as major spawning begins in Sitka Sound
The Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery remained open for the 11th day in a row Tuesday (4-6-21)
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