3+ day, 16+ hour ago  (214+ words) Trawlers are currently allowed to drag the ocean bottom, including in protected areas " because they are not defined as dragging the bottom. "No one should be allowed to drag the ocean floor in protected, sensitive areas closed to that practice....

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (408+ words) Capelin are a major forage fish species in high-latitude marine ecosystems. Recent heatwaves in Alaska led to a dramatic decline in capelin abundance, which can have major impacts on predators, including marine mammals, seabirds, and fish. Between 2002 and 2022, Alaska Fisheries…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago  (174+ words) Senator Sullivan's full letter to Etsy CEO Kruti Patel Goyal can be found'here. On April 30, public radio station KNBA'published a story'about how this proposed ban would negatively impact Alaska Native artists. In October 2025, the'Alaska's Right to Ivory Sales and Tradition…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago  (185+ words) WASHINGTON, D. C. " "Last week, the President signed H. R. 2815, the"Cape Fox Land Entitlement Finalization Act of 2025, legislation Congressman Nick Begich (R-AK) led in the House to resolve a long-standing Alaska Native Claims Settlement Act (ANCSA) land entitlement issue for Cape Fox Corporation…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago  (575+ words) Beluga whales use vocalizations to socialize, stick together and avoid danger. The new study, published May 7 in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology, investigated the behavioral, social and environmental contexts in which the whales produce various calls. "We knew that human-generated noise…...

3+ week, 1+ day ago  (247+ words) Kodiak fishermen brought their A-game to the city harbor last month for a timed skills competition. A dozen local fishers took part in the friendly contest, organized by Alaska Sea Grant as part of the annual Com Fish Alaska trade…...

2+ mon, 2+ day ago  (107+ words) By AFN on Apr 3, 2026 Comments Off on Commenting Opportunity on Subsistence Hunting in National Parks System Units This proposed rule is open for comment until Thursday, April 9, 2026, at 7: 59p. m. AKDT (11: 59 p. m. EST). The Alaska Federation of Natives encourages you to review the…...

2+ mon, 4+ day ago  (245+ words) Beavers may be new to the Arctic, but they're already leaving their mark." "People would point to a spot and say, "When I was a kid, we used to fish here, and now there's a beaver dam," said University of…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (407+ words) Arctic tracking shows ringed seals trade safety for food variety'evidence that conservation plans must factor in both food and fear. As climate change reshapes Arctic food webs, ringed seals will swim into risky polar bear territory if the menu is…...

2+ mon, 2+ week ago  (486+ words) A unique collection of prehistoric bowhead whale bones, dating back 11, 000 years, reveals a previously untold story of the relative impacts of humans on nature. The time series of ancient fossils show that commercial hunting of bowhead whales, which spanned 400 years…...