Saturday, February 27, 2021
Seafood truck involved in traffic fatality
The Alaska State Troopers report a Pacific Star Seafoods truck was involved in a fatal traffic accident Friday on the Seward Highway.
Thursday, February 25, 2021
Getting closer on CARES Act payments
The state has received federal approval for its CARES Act fisheries assistance spending plan. Important details here.
Wednesday, February 24, 2021
Monday, February 22, 2021
Akutan restarts
Trident Seafoods says it has resumed operations at its Akutan processing plant after a monthlong COVID-19 outbreak forced a pause.
Bering Sea medevac
A crewman who suffered "a crush injury to the arm" was hoisted off the fishing vessel Alaska Ocean over the weekend, the U.S. Coast Guard reports.
Thursday, February 18, 2021
Metlakatla case dismissed
A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit the Metlakatla Indian Community filed against the state seeking off-reservation fishing rights in Southeast Alaska.
Unalaska at risk
The city of Unalaska is reporting dozens of new, industry-related cases of COVID-19, and is warning the situation is quite serious.
"The community is most definitely at a high local risk factor for COVID-19, in fact, more serious than at
any time since the start of the pandemic," the city said in a news release today.
Unalaska, of course, serves as the hub of the Bering Sea fishing industry.
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