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#09-16-2012 - ComFish News Roundup


Lack of leadership is turning M/V Susitna into budget buster
Posted: Saturday, September 15, 2012 7:26 pm
By Chuck Legge Valley Voices
“It’s an omnivore. It’s not optimized for any one task, but it has a wide range of tasks it can do, and that’s what makes it useful. It can work in deep seas, it can work in rough waters, it can break ice, it can work in shallow waters and go up to the beach. There’s no other ship in the world that can do that.” — Lew Madden, M/V Susitna co-inventor It sounds like a remarkable ship, doesn’t it? Sadly, there is one very important thing that the M/V Susitna.... http://www.frontiersman.com/opinions/valley_voices/lack-of-leadership-is-turning-m-v-susitna-into-budget/article_60a0c2aa-ffae-11e1-9cd2-001a4bcf887a.html

Do try this at home!
Posted: September 16, 2012 - 12:06am
Want to eat local? You can. It’s easiest during the summer — here are some quick hints.  Native Alaskans have been living off the land for centuries or longer, hunting, fishing and gathering what naturally grows in Southeast Alaska. Examples of foods you can harvest on your own are salmon, halibut and other fish; deer....... http://juneauempire.com/neighbors/2012-09-16/do-try-home

Alyeska storage tank at center of conflict with state DEC
Oil pipeline operator attempting to get inspection waiver reinstated.
By WESLEY LOY
Petroleum News
Published: September 15th, 2012 08:49 PM
Last Modified: September 15th, 2012 08:50 PM
Alyeska Pipeline Service Co. and state regulators are wrangling over the schedule for conducting an internal inspection of one of the giant crude oil storage tanks at Valdez...... http://www.adn.com/2012/09/15/2626416/alyeska-storage-tank-at-center.html





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