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The International Pacific Halibut Commission Friday approved an increase in halibut catch limits for most of the coast. The joint U.S. and Canadian body oversees management of the prized bottom fish from California to Alaska. The commission held its annual meeting in Juneau this week. Commissioners approved a coast-wide catch of 29,890,000 pounds for 2016. That’s an increase of 2.2 percent from last year’s limits.

The International Pacific Halibut Commission is deciding catch limits and other regulations for...

Petersburg’s harbor board and planning and zoning commission want the borough to pursue more of the land and facilities at a remote boat launch and dock 10 miles south of downtown. The discussion about the future of Papke’s Landing took up the better part of a meeting this month between the two.

High winds knocked down trees and did other damage around Southeast Alaska early Tuesday morning. Electrical customers on Mitkof Island south of Scow Bay were without power for about an hour and a half Tuesday morning.