JUNEAU — SScientists at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration have debuted two databases designed to give researchers data on marine fish species diets and… Continue reading
PORTLAND, Maine — A coalition of environmentalists and seafood industry professionals is campaigning to make the case that traceability in the seafood industry is about… Continue reading
The week that included the equinox brought a run of more nice weather, calling me out to note the signs of what seems to be… Continue reading
We all know that eating fish several times a week is a healthy goal. But a lot of otherwise accomplished home cooks still find cooking… Continue reading
Ships with no humans aboard have long ridden the seas, often floating with supernatural stories of being piloted by dead crew members or becoming visible… Continue reading
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading
The Alaska Department of Fish and Game plans to study the razor clams on the west side of Cook Inlet this summer.Razor clams are a… Continue reading
SITKA — Fish and Game closed the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery Monday, with more than 4,600 tons left to catch in the quota.In… Continue reading
KENAI — The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is preparing to move forward in the second phase of a project to eradicate the invasive… Continue reading
The Stikine River Birding Festival celebrates the spring arrival of migratory birds, including hundreds of thousands of shorebirds to the Stikine River Delta. The nineteenth… Continue reading
Inside Passage Waterkeeper’s new film “We Eat Fish!” about subsistence harvest and commercial fishing will be shown in JuneauWith footage shot from around Southeast, the… Continue reading
The Bureau of Land Management is seeking nominations for five positions on BLM’s Alaska Resource Advisory Council, which advises the BLM on public land issues.… Continue reading
Submit your wild shots: The Empire Outdoors page is looking for superb images of Alaska’s wildlife, scenery or plant life. Send your photos to: Outdoors… Continue reading
There are many species of parasitic barnacles, distributed around the world. The rhizocephalans parasitize crabs; they are sometimes found on king crabs in our area.A… Continue reading
There are hundreds of species of barnacle and they do some very peculiar things (from our perspective). The larvae swim freely, but when they are… Continue reading
Female tanner crabs, particularly those that have mated in previous years, commonly gather in huge groups, at a density of over 100 females per square… Continue reading
Nudibranchs are shell-less-molluscs. Mostly carnivorous, they come in a variety of colors and forms. Many of them have ‘cerata’ on their backs; these are horn-like,… Continue reading
Individuals of this species often reach a body weight of 100 pounds or more, but in the Gulf of Alaska, adults have an average weight… Continue reading
This large sea star is not as stiff and rigid as other species and comes in various colors. It lives from the low intertidal zone… Continue reading
Isopods (or sowbugs or pillbugs) are crustaceans; some live independently and others are parasitic. When a bopyrid egg hatches, the sexually undifferentiated (neither male nor… Continue reading
