The Alaska Department of Fish and Game decided NOT to wait for a two-hour notice at 8 p.m. to open the Seymour Canal gillnet herring sac roe fishery. It is now scheduled to open at 3 p.m. today.
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Commercial fishing for herring could start soon in the Seymour Canal. The gillnet herring sac roe fishery will be placed on a two-hour notice starting at 8:00 p.m. tonight. This means that the Alaska Department of Fish and Game could open a fishery with a minimum of two hours-notice after that time.
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One of the most popular trails in Petersburg is getting an upgrade starting this week. The U.S. Forest Service is beginning work on the Raven’s Trail. The existing trail begins behind the airport and leads up the mountain to Raven’s Roost cabin. Brad Hunter runs the recreation branch of the Petersburg Ranger District. He told Angela Denning that the project has been in the works for over a decade.
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The Petersburg High School girls track team won their first meet in over three decades. The girls took first place in Ketchikan over the weekend while the boys’ team took third place. The girls also broke four school records.
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The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is starting to see herring in the Juneau District. Biologists conducted aerial surveys of Seymour Canal and Tenakee Inlet yesterday (Sunday).
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