PSVOA snags another processor for MSC clientship | Undercurrent News http://t.co/FaUp56A4lqRep. Young Brings Up Sustainable Fishing Certification at Hearing
— Tom Seaman (@Tom1Seaman) September 14, 2013
Sep 12, 2013
MSC ecolabel (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Alaska seafood marketers and other state officials met a week ago with executives from Walmart corporation about its policy of not sourcing Alaska salmon because it does not have a Marine Stewardship Council endorsement. Alaska Congressman Don Young brought up certification schemes such as MSC’s, during a Natural Resources Committee hearing this week. Young questioned fishing industry officials and scientists about the certifications. He asked Rod Moore, the executive director of the West Coast Seafood Processors Association about.... http://www.kmxt.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=5040
Commercial gillnet boat damaged by fire delivered to Ketchikan
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
September 14, 2013 - 5:13 am EDT
KETCHIKAN, Alaska — A commercial gillnet boat has been delivered to Ketchikan after being damaged in a fire. The Ketchikan Daily News reports the 36-foot Shelo was salvaged Tuesday following the Sept. 3 fire.... http://www.therepublic.com/view/story/92d108b147ca453ca8ea1c9580993239/AK--Boat-Fire
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Washington Company to Study Hydro Idea at Thomas Bay
Harbour of Petersburg, Alaska (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
Another company out of Washington just won permission to study the potential development of a new hydro-electric plant at a mountaintop lake within the Petersburg Borough. The federal government has awarded a preliminary permit for the Cascade Creek Project to Hydro Development LLC. The company’s plan is almost exactly the same as that of a previous permit holder which had earlier lost its bid to continue working on the controversial project. The Federal Energy Regulatory Commission issued the permit to Hydro Development LLC on August 29th. It allows the company three years to study the potential for a power plant at Swan Lake and Cascade Creek at Thomas Bay on the mainland, about 15 miles... http://www.alaskapublic.org/2013/09/13/washington-company-to-study-hydro-idea-at-thomas-bay/
City Manager: Kenai's new well nearly online
Posted: September 12, 2013 - 8:35pm | Updated: September 12, 2013 - 8:48pm
By Dan Schwartz
Peninsula Clarion
The city of Kenai’s new high-production well will be online in no more than a month once city workers configure the machine’s programming and functions, City Manager Rick Koch said. Installation of the new well comes months after summer-long city water shortages. During the shortages, the city supplemented water demands from two low-production wells — wells.... http://peninsulaclarion.com/news/2013-09-12/city-manager-kenais-new-well-nearly-online
Alaska's Halibut Cove on Ismailof island is a quietly beautiful artists colony
A portion of Halibut Cove, Alaska. (Photo credit: Wikipedia) |
By Christopher Reynolds
September 15, 2013
More often than it should, my mind slips away to Alaska. To follow, you'd need to fly to Anchorage, rent a car, then drive to Homer, as I did in the summer of 1994. Homer is nice — a quirky hamlet on the Kenai Peninsula where eagles fly, bears swat at leaping salmon and your halibut might outweigh you. But Homer is only the jumping..... http://www.latimes.com/travel/la-tr-alaska-20130915,0,4704524.story
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Why are Alaska State Troopers mum about botched rescue on Safety Sound?
Craig Medred
September 12, 2013
If not for the alertness of a Nome pilot, 81-year-old Carl Toshavik might have died on Safety Sound in Northwest Alaska last month due to a botched rescue on the part of Alaska State Troopers, who are refusing to say what went wrong. In a front-page story headlined "Botched Rescue Raises Questions," the Nome Nugget is reporting "a string of misunderstandings and non-communication left the elderly Toshavik in the remote area ... for days before help came, not by SAR or troopers, but courtesy of observant civilians." SAR is the acronym for "search and rescue," a responsibility assigned troopers in the 49th state. The Nugget reported a SAR was to have been organized out of Nome after a passenger on a Bering Air charter flight over Safety Sound on Aug. 9 reported spotting Toshavik waving a white plastic bag, a clear sign of distress. The sighting was relayed to both troopers and the Nome Volunteer Fire Department, which assists troopers with SAR operations in the Nome area. The fire department, per protocol, alerted troopers of the need for a rescue and waited to be assigned to help.
Nothing happened. > http://www.alaskadispatch.com/article/20130912/why-are-alaska-state-troopers-mum-about-botched-rescue-safety-sound
Thursday September 12, 2013
.ca: What happens when you can't sell the cod you already have?..... http://www.cbc.ca/fisheriesbroadcast/episodes/2013/09/12/what-happens-when-you-cant-sell-what-cod-you-already-have/
Wild salmon - the redder the better! Call me RED & wild. The healthy RED meat! No farm fish where I come from. http://t.co/sUR7tNmQ78
— KenaiRiverWildSalmon (@KenaiRiverWild) September 13, 2013
Hard core fog this morning in SE Alaska. Our salmon need more rain. https://t.co/tXDjPqyKQF
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
Algae and Bacteria in Sea Ice Are Important for the Carbon Budgets of Frozen Oceans http://t.co/dHwCZju3hV pic.twitter.com/9XdNTV2rAk
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
A Coast Guard dad took his daughter's teddy bear to the ends of the earth: http://t.co/z205pWmV3Y pic.twitter.com/cVMeXlzJk1
— AOL (@AOL) September 13, 2013
BREAKING: IPCC AR5 report to dial back climate sensitivity | Watts Up With That? http://t.co/fVPvwyDDqx
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
WSJ page C3 in the U.S. edition : Dialing Back the Alarm on Climate Change (IPCC report to be published on Sept. 27) http://t.co/mmGGImagaC
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
Hearing with Senator Begich tackles Arctic climate change | KTVA CBS 11 | Anchorage, Alaska News and Weather(video) http://t.co/zz4UT3phek
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
New turbine at Delta Wind Farm (1418 Mile Alaska Highway) http://t.co/wzYPkcaJGV pic.twitter.com/3T0UGKpYq5
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
Cordovan hit by @Facebook MoneyGram scam - The Cordova Times http://t.co/VjQGgerPNv
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
First words of the First Amendment say "Congress shall make no law..." on the press. Thus, Congress can't define what a 'journalist' is.
— Joseph Curl (@josephcurl) September 13, 2013
National Shield Law for journalists? Be careful what you wish for=government-sanctioned outlets. Hmm. http://t.co/IfpzvoM7Wy
— Scott McMurren (@alaskatravelgrm) September 14, 2013
Texas Governor Rick Perry spikes his iPhone (video) http://t.co/9x3T5L9CKN pic.twitter.com/eRgExzdALz
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
Flight 666 made it to HEL on Friday 13th pic.twitter.com/8ne4Cwplvy
— Flightradar24.com (@flightradar24) September 13, 2013
Latency from OME to ANC is 585 ms. Based on these results, it is likely that Nome remains on a satellite based system.
— TERRA Rollout (@TERRArollout) September 14, 2013
Playful Galápagos sea lions in Google Street View (map) No, seriously... http://t.co/fsTVSJvWaq pic.twitter.com/nxwuUvQ0hc
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
Insect has gears to boost jumping ability http://t.co/UD3JY8pegC pic.twitter.com/cneSHNdSdm
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
Forbes and the Atlantic (which owns @qz) are also gearing-up to launch online learning programs right now http://t.co/KZ7FR3h8cg
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013
#np @TobyKeithMusic - She and I ♪ https://t.co/QTELUnCbnQ http://t.co/2nt29mky4a
— Hauling Gear #Alaska (@haulinggear) September 14, 2013