The Deadliest Catch: a tale of exceptional men

by Carey Roberts
A mayday alarm pierced the metallic walls of the Coast Guard outpost on Kodiak Island. The Ocean Challenger, stranded 90 miles off the Alaska Peninsula, was being pummelled by water surging two stories high. In the words of pilot Jerred Williams, “The waves were so high you actually got white caps at the [...]

China’s factory closures may help Alaska fish

U.S. Food and Drug Administration to examine imports of farm-raised seafood from China.
By Margaret Bauman
Alaska Journal of Commerce

  Workers in a seafood plant in Qingdao, China, pull bones from salmon fillets. University of Alaska Anchorage researcher Gunnar Knapp visited two plants during a recent trip to the country. PHOTO COURTESY OF GUNNAR KNAPP/UAA
   

An [...]