Herring ho-hum? Alaska season opens with limited interest nationalfisherman.com - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nationalfisherman.com Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
Posted by Erin McKinstry, KCAW | Mar 8, 2021
Seventh grader Colton Collins (left) and eighth grader Sage Martin (right) work together to build a model house from blueprints in their classroom in Port Alexander. The school has struggled to keep enrollment numbers up in recent year and has just nine students. Now, they’re turning to a new magnet school to help (Photo courtesy of Molly Kimzey)
Since 1999, more than 40 schools in Alaska have closed because of low enrollment numbers, according to data from the state’s Department of Education and Early Development or DEED. Almost all of them were in remote places where schools are central to keeping small communities connected.
Posted by Robert Woolsey, KCAW | Feb 19, 2021
Royal Carribean’s Spectrum of the Seas is the company’s latest Quantum-class ship. It has a capacity of 4,180 passengers on 13 cabin decks. Two of the ships will be making regular calls in Sitka in 2022. (Flickr photo/Robert Pittman)
The cruise industry in Southeast Alaska remains frustrated by Canada’s decision to close its ports to large ships for the year, effectively prohibiting anything close to a typical visitor season in 2021. But in 2022, the cruise rebound in ports like Sitka could be staggering.
Representatives from the industry outlined some of the barriers to cruising in the coming season, and warned about a record surge in the next, during a presentation to the Sitka Chamber of Commerce (2-17-21).
Herring Protectors discuss state and future of fish in virtual forum
Posted by KCAW News | Feb 18, 2021
Last week, Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes hosted a Virtual Native Issues Forum titled “The State of Our Herring” with four members of the Herring Protectors group. Watch the full forum here.
While it’s still about a month until schools of herring will begin to spawn in Sitka Sound, the conversation around the role of subsistence advocacy and knowledge in herring management has already started.
Last week, the Central Council of Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska hosted a virtual panel with four members of the Herring Protectors, a group that calls for protection of the species and subsistence rights, and advocates for changes to the state’s management of the commercial fishery.
New research: Southeast Alaska landslides not only scar the land, but may also leave a carbon footprint kcaw.org - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from kcaw.org Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.