US Supreme Court denies state appeal on navigability
The suit claimed the state of Alaska had unlawfully opened subsistence salmon fishing on the Kuskokwim River to 'All Alaskans.'
Congressional support growing against US annex of Greenland
A growing number of Republicans in Congress, including Sen. Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska, are opposing coercive efforts to annex Greenland.
Congress has a great deal it...
U.S., Canada agree to submit mining pollution issue to International Joint Commission
Salmon Beyond Borders, an Alaska-based environmental campaign, heralded a decision of the Canadian government to involve the International Joint Commission (IJC) in a transboundary...
International fisheries conference to open in Seattle this spring
Some 1,500 delegates from around the world will converge on Seattle March 3-7 for the 9th World Fisheries Congress, this year’s theme being “Fish...
Pacific halibut quota declines
On the final day of its 100th annual meeting in Anchorage on Friday, Jan. 26, the International Pacific Halibut Commission (IPHC) again lowered the...
New Biden sanctions plug passage of Russian seafood into U.S.
An executive order signed by President Joe Biden aims to put a stop to the import of any Russian seafood into the U.S., including...
Bill would guarantee military pay during government shutdown
Legislation introduced in the U.S. Senate would ensure that military service members are paid in the event of a federal government shutdown. The federal...
DOI launches project on Native American boarding schools
Department of the Interior officials on Tuesday announced an oral history project to document experiences of generations of Indigenous children who attended federal Native...
$45M announced for climate resilience of Tribes, underserved communities
A new round of federal largess is being offered by the U.S. Department of Commerce and NOAA in grants totally up to $45 million...
UBC study debunks stereotypes of homeless people
Conclusions from a study on homeless people released last week by University of British Columbia researchers say the public has the wrong idea about...
