Alaska’s Board of Fisheries in January approved a change for commercial seine and gillnet fishing at a new hatchery release site south of Sitka. The change is meant to allow net fishing fleets to take advantage of unexpectedly strong returns of chum salmon at Crawfish Inlet.
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The U.S. Coast Guard and others are searching for a medevac aircraft that went missing Tuesday night on a flight from Anchorage to Kake.
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Petersburg High School’s varsity basketball teams added four home wins to their records Saturday and Sunday against the Glacier Bears of Haines. And this weekend it’s homecoming in Wrangell as the Vikings and Lady Vikings continue with important conference games.
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Bag limits, closures and other regulations for king salmon sport fishing in Southeast Alaska this year will look similar to last year. That’s after Alaska’s Board of Fisheries this month approved a new regional management plan for chinook sport fishing. Although the plan won limited support from both sport and commercial fishing advocates, it’s viewed as only a stop gap until the board meets again on Southeast salmon issues in two years.
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Hunters will be allowed to shoot a brown bear on the islands around Petersburg and Wrangell in the fall. Alaska’s Board of Game agreed to open a fall season after local residents testified about concerns over what’s seen as an increasing number of bears on the islands of central Southeast Alaska.
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