The McDowell Group released a report on Alaska’s salmon hatcheries. Here are some facts from the report: -Alaska’s salmon hatcheries created one fourth of the economic value of the state’s total salmon harvest between 2012 and 2016. -during this period, the average annual harvest is 222 million pounds of hatchery-salmon worth $120 million ex-vessel value. -In Southeast about 2,000 jobs are related to hatcheries. -As a percentage of statewide sport-caught fish, hatchery-origin salmon account for 17 percent of sport caught coho, 13 percent of sport caught sockeye, and 8 percent of sport caught Chinook. -Here’s more Read more…
Month: October 2018
Sea Otter Sewing Class in Petersburg
The Sealaska Heritage Institute is planning to offer a sea otter sewing class. The cost is $100, and in return, attendees will receive a sea otter pelt ($350 value) plus instruction on how to stretch and sew the hide into handicrafts which they get to keep. The class is scheduled to be from October 31 to November 3. Currently, there are 4 people registered for the Petersburg class. The maximum number of participants is 15, but if there are fewer than 10 students enrolled by Friday, Sealaska will cancel the class. Because of Federal regulation, participants will need to be at least 1/4 Alaska Native. This class will be an excellent opportunity to encourage the use of sea otters. If you would like to support more hunting and use of sea otter fur, please consider getting the word out. Here Read more…