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The Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute released a report that found the seafood industry contributes USD 5.7 billion annually to Alaska's economy.

As Canada, Greenland, and even Norway shy away from developing their Arctic oil and gas resources, only Russia and the US remain in the game as Alaska seeks to renew interest in exploration and development of its North Slope.

The Central Council of the Tlingit and Haida Indian Tribes of Alaska announced the hire of Courtney Lewis as the child welfare attorney for the Tribe’s new Seattle-based office. As the child welfare attorney, Lewis will provide legal representation to children crime victims with the local courts of jurisdiction within the Washington area, track appellate level Indian Children

At its worst in May of 2020, Sitka’s employment was down by about 25-percent. “Sitka was hit harder than most of the rest of the state,” said Calvin. “Down 676 jobs (25-percent). In the meantime the statewide decline was about nine percent, and Juneau was down 13-percent.” Virtually all seasonal tourism jobs vanished, along with most visitors — and not just cruise passengers. In April of 2019 somewhere around 5,000 people arrived at Sitka’s airport; that same month a year later saw only 300 “enplanements.” Every other sector of Sitka’s economy also took hits: hotels, resta...

SHARE Logan and Bethany Branstiter co-captain the F/V B-Team in Alaska's Nushagak Bay, drift gillnetting sockeye salmon in Bristol Bay. Crew Shots photo When covid hit Alaska, some of the changes to the seafood industry were immediate for those in the throes of seasons that were underway. Cod and other winter-spring fisheries suffered immediate blows to product flow while others like the salmon industry had time to construct industry protocols before the onslaught of fish returned to the nearshore waters. While the pandemic disrupted the harvest and processing sectors of the fishing industry...