Author: Joe Viechnicki, KFSK

Changes to fisheries for crab, shrimp and other shellfish will be first on the agenda for a meeting of the Board of Fish in Sitka in January. The Board decides changes to commercial, sport and personal-use fisheries around the state.

Harbor staff, the owner and neighbors helped put out another boat fire Saturday morning, this time in Petersburg’s North Harbor. The 27-foot fishing vessel Carol II caught fire just before 9:30 Saturday morning, December 23.

Attorneys this month in December made oral arguments in a Petersburg civil suit challenging sealed search warrants under Alaska court rules. The plaintiffs want to see the state institute some process for the target of a law enforcement investigation to regain property seized as evidence and in a “reasonable” period of time.

Another boat fire was put out quickly in a harbor in Petersburg Thursday morning. The Carolyn Ann, tied up to the A Float in Petersburg’s South Harbor, was reported on fire by harbor staff.