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Juneau, Alaska (KINY) - The Alaska Longline Fishermen’s Association (ALFA) and the Alaska Sustainable Fisheries Trust (ASFT) are hosting a Spring Virtual Fishermen’s EXPO on April 4 and 5, from 9AM-1PM to provide educational workshops and training to new and experienced local fishermen as well as others with interest in the fishing sector. During this EXPO all the workshops and presentations will be offered in a virtual format.

As one of the recipients of Spruce Root’s 2022 “Path to Prosperity” prize, Alannah Johnson hopes to put local fungi on even more plates. A combination of education and cultivation form the foundation of New Earth Fungi.

$50,000 Path to Prosperity goes to entrepreneurs in Juneau and Haines.

Alaska kelp farmers could produce over 50 million pounds of kelp each year by 2030, Seagrove Kelp founder and CEO Markos Scheer said Tuesday during a panel discussion among fisheries

Investing in Southeast Alaska by continuing to place relationships first.

The Southeast Alaska Sustainability Strategy shifts how the federal government finances the region’s rural development projects.

A Ketchikan-based startup and a museum in Kasaan are the winners of the 2021 Path to Prosperity contest. They beat out more than 50 other entrants from communities all over Southeast Alaska in the annual small business competition.

A regional effort to support Indigenous-led conservation and economic development in Southeast Alaska says it’s closing in on an initial $20 million

Alaska’s economic development districts are in the running to win $50 million in federal money to grow the state’s seaweed and shellfish farming industry,

Indian Country headlines for Monday, Oct. 18, 2021