Southeast Alaska Tanner crab down, golden king crab up as next fishery approaches
Tanner crab in a tote. The 2025 Southeast commercial Tanner crab fishery starts the same day as...
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Tag: Southeast Alaska
Scientists hope to learn about alien intelligence from Frederick Sound humpback whales
Researchers from an organization that seeks out extraterrestrial life camped out at a remote lighthouse in Southeast Alaska for the better part of the summer, but they weren’t out there looking for little green men. They were there to look for — and listen to — the humpback whales that swarm the waters of the Frederick Sound.
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Two friends are trying to make tanning hides a thing in Petersburg
Two self-described “amateur tanners” in Southeast are trying to build a community around turning animal hides into leather. At a recent workshop, they showed community members how to tan skins using bark, brains, and a whole lot of elbow grease.
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US Navy apologizes for burning and bombarding the village of Kake in 1869
Navy representatives visited Kake this weekend to formally apologize for bombing and burning the village in 1869.
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Quakers return cultural artifacts to Kake at annual Dog Salmon Festival
A group of quakers from Oregon visited Kake last month for the annual Dog Salmon Festival as part of an ongoing effort to apologize for the religious group’s participation in the forced assimilation of the Tlingit people. They were there to return an assortment of cultural artifacts that had been taken out of the village over a century ago.
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9th Circuit Appeals Court lifts lower court ruling ordering closure of Southeast Alaska king salmon troll fishery
A controversial 2023 court ruling ordering the closure of commercial trolling for king salmon, or chinook, in Southeast Alaska has been lifted.
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Smoke from Canada wildfires tinges the sky over Southeast Alaska
Southeast Alaska has almost a full week of sunshine ahead, but those blue skies will be slightly dingy with smoke from wildfires in Canada.
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This year’s weather made for great blueberry picking
Alaskans pick blueberries in the summertime from Southeast to the arctic tundra. On Petersburg’s Mitkof Island, the region’s highbush varieties – oval-leaf blueberries and black huckleberries – are having an exceptionally good year. KFSK’s Hannah Flor takes a look at the science and the pleasure of blueberry picking.
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