Aleutians

Japanese surimi executives visit Dutch Harbor on ASMI trade mission

Japanese surimi makers visited Dutch Harbor to push back against tariffs that treat Alaska pollock the same as Russian imports.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Bering Sea Tanner crab limit nearly triples as snow crab falls 45 percent

Alaska tripled the Bering Sea Tanner crab limit to 32.1 million pounds for winter 2026, while cutting snow crab 45% to 5.1 million pounds, with all three major crab fisheries opening Oct. 15.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Follows: State reviews Bering Sea crab catch calculations Wednesday

Peltola pledges to finish the Izembek road, a goal Sullivan shares

Peltola pledged to finish the Izembek road and fight Pebble on a Southwest swing. Sullivan backs the road and has been on the record opposing Pebble, though not EPA's action on it.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Choi-Wan remnants could push water 4 to 6 feet above high tide on Bering Strait coast

Typhoon Choi-Wan remnants will push water 4 to 6 feet above normal high tide on the Bering Strait coast Thursday and Friday, with a coastal flood advisory through 4 am Saturday.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Doctoral student from Wales and Nome wins BSNC's Tim Towarak Memorial Scholarship

Aapiaq Cheryl Ongtowasruk, who grew up in Wales and Nome, won BSNC's $10,000 Tim Towarak scholarship for her doctoral work on intergenerational learning.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Southcentral Foundation sends a doctor to Nelson Lagoon and a dentist to St. Paul

Southcentral Foundation is sending a doctor to Nelson Lagoon October 5-7 and a dentist to St. Paul Island through October 15 as part of rotating clinics serving 55 rural villages.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Wind advisory for Unalaska and Nikolski Sunday with gusts up to 50 mph

Gusts up to 50 mph are forecast for Unalaska and Nikolski on Sunday. Anything not tied down may relocate. Nikolski gets it first, Unalaska later.

by Alaska News1mo ago1 min read

Alaska Volcano Observatory raises Gareloi alert level after brief explosion

Gareloi, a remote western Aleutian volcano, had a brief explosion Thursday. AVO raised its alert a notch and has reported no further unrest since.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Oct 1

Federal managers raise Bering Sea perch, rockfish and flatfish catch limits

Federal fisheries managers raised Bering Sea catch limits for three groundfish species by 3,961 metric tons starting Oct. 30, drawing from reserves without risking overfishing.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Coast Guard hoists ship captain 58 miles south of Adak with Air Guard help

The Coast Guard and Alaska Air National Guard flew more than 1,000 miles to pull an ailing master off a container ship near Adak and get him to Anchorage.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Oct 1

State reviews Bering Sea crab catch calculations Wednesday

Fish and Game reviews its Bering Sea crab catch numbers Wednesday. Last season's limits went up for red king, snow and Tanner crab. This season's? Stay tuned.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

St. Paul Island tribe awarded $649,890 for math project for Pribilof students

The Aleut Community of St. Paul Island has a $649,890 federal grant for a gifted-and-talented math project for Pribilof School District students.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Pollock trawlers shut out of central Bering Sea area after hitting herring bycatch limit

Pollock fleet hit its herring bycatch cap, so part of the central Bering Sea closes to pollock trawling until March 1. Last year it closed five days earlier.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

State gets new federal grant to oversee monitoring at Amchitka nuclear test site

The state has a new federal grant to keep watch over Amchitka, where the U.S. set off its biggest underground nuclear test. So far, it's $41,000 for five years.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

Unalaska creates its first Key to the City, carved from walrus ivory by Unangan artist Gertrude Svarny

Unalaska now has an official Key to the City: a two-sided walrus ivory carving by Unangan artist Gertrude Svarny, with 50 numbered replicas to give out.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 22

Atka IRA Council gets $548,271 federal grant to build four greenhouses in the Aleutian village

Atka, a roadless Aleutian village of about 60, will build four greenhouses with a $548,271 federal grant to grow fresh produce closer to home.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Trawl meeting in Anchorage Oct. 16 will take no remote testimony

Fishery managers will spend a day in Anchorage on trawl nets touching the seafloor. No votes, no remote testimony, and written comments close Oct. 9.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

High wind warning ends for Atka and Adak after two days of strong Bering Sea winds

A high wind warning for Atka and Adak ended Friday night. Forecasters called for gusts to 80 mph; Adak's airport station topped out around 61 mph.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Aleutian groundfish boats barred from selling 'other rockfish' for the rest of 2026

Aleutian groundfish boats hit their "other rockfish" limit again, so the catch-all rockfish can't be sold until January. It's practically a fall tradition.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 21

FAA hires Calista-owned firm for next round of decades-old Cold Bay fuel cleanup

The FAA has been cleaning up leaked fuel at its Cold Bay station since the '90s. A Calista-owned Anchorage firm just got $471,000 for the next chapter.

by Alaska News1mo ago3 min read

Global refinery disruptions widened fuel margins in 2026, and rural Alaska's barge fuel cost more

Galena's utility paid 29% more per gallon for this year's barge fuel, and St. Paul paid about $7.55. Summer's dip in oil prices came after the fuel was bought.

by Cale Green1mo ago4 min read

Unalaska's council cleared the mayor to accept a Trident-hosted trip to a Navy commissioning

Unalaska's council cleared the mayor to take tickets, lodging and a ride from Trident Seafoods for a Navy commissioning. No undue influence, it found.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

A high wind warning covers Atka and Adak with gusts up to 80 mph

Adak and Atka are facing wind gusts of up to 80 mph today, and out on the water the seas are forecast to build as high as 33 feet tonight.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Unalaska accepts $3.8 million EPA grant to clear junk cars and scrap metal from its full landfill

Unalaska's landfill filled up with junk cars and scrap metal before the EPA's $3.8 million arrived. The city had already sent one full barge of it away.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min read

Unalaska renewed the seafood waste line easement for another decade

If the seafood waste line under Unalaska's roads ever breaks, Westward Seafoods cleans it up. The city rents it the ground for $2,250 a year.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

A Kodiak crab quota lease would guarantee boats Unalaska-level prices

Kodiak's fisheries association would lease its crab processing quota to Royal Aleutian, on the condition that Kodiak boats get paid Unalaska prices.

by Alaska News1mo ago2 min read

The King Cove road is under construction, but the refuge corridor is still blocked

Bulldozers are on the first 2.8 miles of the King Cove road. The 10.5 miles through the refuge that would finish it are still blocked by a judge.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 16

Halibut scientists report whale losses and a shift in when females mature

Halibut scientists told their advisers this week they still cannot count what whales take, and that females are maturing younger than the models assumed.

by Bill AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Nine candidates are running for three Aleut Corporation board seats

Nine candidates are running for three Aleut Corporation board seats, and the early proxy deadline is 5 pm Wednesday. Final deadline is Oct. 14.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 17

The state is still taking comments on a school rule it dropped last year

Alaska's education department is still taking comments on a rule its board killed 11 months ago. The follow-up the board asked for is harder to find.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

Unalaska council appoints election judges for Oct. 6 vote

Unalaska City Council appointed election judges and clerks for the Oct. 6 municipal election, with nonemployee staff paid $20 an hour from the city budget.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 8

Saint Paul's harbor needs $90 million in work, and the city wants input

A 2021 study found Saint Paul's harbor needs over $90 million in work. Residents get two chances in October to shape what actually gets built.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Ninth Circuit lets King Cove road work continue while appeal runs into November

Construction continues on the first 2.8 miles of the King Cove to Cold Bay road after a federal appeals court denied a motion to halt the work.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

A magnitude 6.5 quake hit west of Nikolski, the third big one this year

A magnitude 6.5 quake hit west of Nikolski with no tsunami and no expected damage — the third magnitude-6 quake near the village this year.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

Unalaska student wins national naval history award for Angoon bombardment project

Unalaska student River Zaochney won a national Naval History Award for a project on the 1882 Navy bombardment of Angoon, a Tlingit village the Navy formally apologized for in 2024.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min read

The snow crab limit is going up. There aren't more crab.

The Bering Sea snow crab catch limit would rise 13% this winter — not because there are more crab, but because scientists cut the safety margin in half.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago3 min read

Sullivan's bycatch bill reaches its first Senate committee test

Sullivan's bycatch bill gets its first committee test Wednesday. It mandates gear changes and monitoring, but doesn't ban trawling or set catch caps.

by Maggie AlaskaNews1mo ago2 min read

The state's analysis of Alaska's first crab hatchery says it would add little

Alaska's first crab hatchery wants a permit. The state's own analysis says the crab it releases would likely make no measurable difference to the fishery.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago5 min read

Unalaska awarded its harbor contract before the sea otter permit was final

Unalaska signed a $21.9 million harbor contract. The permit allowing the work to disturb sea otters is still a draft, and comment closed after the vote.

by Melinda Communities.News1mo ago2 min readFrom Sep 8

Unalaska votes Oct. 6, at the one polling place in town

Unalaska votes for city and school board seats Oct. 6 at City Hall, the town's only polling place, open 8 am to 8 pm. Six people will run it.

by Walter AlaskaNews1mo ago1 min readFrom Sep 8