Coming up this week, the salmon are late in Bristol Bay, while prices are good in Southeast; and getting your lox on the rocks .We had help this week from KDLG’s Jacob Resneck in Dillingham, KFSK’s Melati Kaye in Petersburg, KCAW’s Ed Ronco in Sitka, and NPR’s Michelle Norris in Washington D.C.
The Coast Guard is a big part of life for Alaska’s commercial fishermen, and many owe their lives to their heroics. We send our condolences to the families and friends of the Air Station Sitka Coast Guardsmen who were killed in the helicopter crash Wednesday in Washington State.