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If Commerce Secretary Gina Raimondo accepts the recommendation, Gisclair would join the council overseeing Bering Sea fisheries.

Tribal and environmental advocates calling for a crackdown on salmon and halibut bycatch are set to gain a new ally on the federal council that manages Alaska’s lucrative Bering Sea fisheries. Washington Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee last week nominated Becca Robbins Gisclair, an attorney and conservation advocate, to the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. If […] The post Nominee to Bering Sea fisheries council would tip balance toward tribes, away from trawlers appeared first ...

Advocates for rescheduling psychedelics like psilocybin, the hallucinogen found in magic mushrooms, to allow for investments in research of the drug, are finding some powerful allies for the cause.

Advocates say seafood businesses, trade groups and fishermen need to take more action to advocate for lower carbon emissions or risk continued catastrophic declines.

Billions of snow crab disappeared from the Bering Sea in the past few years — a crash that’s devastated Alaska’s crab fishing fleet and a harvest that just two years

Advocates say seafood businesses, trade groups and fishermen need to encourage lower carbon emissions or risk more catastrophic declines.

Chippendales, the famed male dancer troupe, has turned to K Street to help it tap into federal pandemic aid for the live events industry.

Former Alabama Rep. Bradley Byrne has registered to lobby for the first time since leaving office, according to quarterly disclosures filed this month.

Print article The urgent job posting from a company contracted to provide medical care at the Trident Seafoods plant in the tiny Alaska village of Akutan on a hard-to-reach island appealed to the wilderness lover: “Are you interested in an Alaskan ADVENTURE? Seasonal positions available! If you are energetic, professional and would be interested in a remote setting, this assignment might be the spot for you!” In reality, the job involved serving as a nurse practitioner for North America�...

Trident Seafoods reports 266 total virus cases at Aleutian plant plus small outbreak on vessel in Dutch Harbor Published January 28 Share on Facebook Print article Were making this important information available without a subscription as a public service. But we depend on reader support to do this work. Please consider supporting independent journalism in Alaska, at just $1.99 for the first month of your subscription. Trident Seafoods is reporting COVID-19 cases among more than a third of...