Alaska’s Energy Desk

By Krysti Shallenberger, Alaska’s Energy Desk – Bethel The site of the proposed Donlin Mine, 145 miles northeast of Bethel. (Dean Swope/KYUK) On May 27, the commissioner for the Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation chose to uphold a key state water quality certificate for the proposed Donlin Gold mine. The decision came after administrative law judge recommended DEC not uphold …

Crew dig for clams on Mission beach. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT)   Alaska is well known for its halibut, cod, salmon, and kelp, destined for the dinner table. But there’s one seafood product that may have been made for the CIA – one that you wouldn’t want to consume, a lethal toxin used as an alternative to cyanide. …

Killer Whales, Slinky Pots, and Stock Assessments

Wires and War Games

Cook Inlet Fisheries Management Plan

Bycatch and Community Provisions in Bering Sea Trawl Catchshare Program?

Kodiak’s police chief says it’s back to the drawing board for the new tsunami warning sirens, which got their first real test after Monday’s 7.5 magnitude earthquake near Sand Point triggered a tsunami warning. While people in some areas heard the sirens well, in other areas there were complaints that they weren’t loud enough, or that the siren’s voice messages …

Crew members shovel pollock on the deck of a Bering Sea trawler last year. (Nathaniel Herz/Alaska’s Energy Desk) By Nathaniel Herz, Alaska’s Energy Desk Fishing businesses across the country have suffered during President Donald Trump’s trade war against China: They’ve faced big tariffs that cut into their exports. Trump announced an effort to fix the problem Wednesday. But Alaska fishing groups …

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media Northern Dynasty Vice President Doug Allen pitched the Pebble Mine to potential investors Feb. 28, 2020. (Image via YouTube) Pebble Mine opponent Lindsey Bloom thought she had the goods. When she saw a video showing an executive from Pebble’s parent company make a pitch to potential investors, she considered it proof of what fishermen …

Over the last decade, two massive marine heatwaves, better known as “blobs” swept the North Pacific Ocean, raising surface temperatures more than 5 degrees Fahrenheit causing blooms of toxic algae and major die-offs in the ecosystem. A new study from the University of British Columbia reports that as these heatwaves continue, they may have far more devastating implications to fisheries …