Information About Alaska (IAA)

Successful Salmon Fishing with Plug Cut Herring

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:44:00 +0000

Proper use of plug cut herring is a fishing technique will improve your salmon angling success, especially compared to use of whole baits. A technique available for successful salmon fishing in the Northwest United States and Alaska is the use of plug cut herring as bait. Plug cut herring consistently fish better than whole baits, [...]

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Efforts Taken to Deal with Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated Fishing

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:40:16 +0000

In a world of acronyms, IUU should be of interest to many Alaskans. The letters that stand for Illegal, Unreported and Unregulated and IUU fishing represents a grave concern to those working to maintain sustainable fisheries in Alaska. Fish taken by vessels engaged in IUU undermine stocks available for properly regulated fishermen. Every two years [...]

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Diagnosis Mercury – Money, Politics, and Poison

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:33:01 +0000

Living in the North has its benefits and for the most part it’s a healthy place to live. One unique health factor is our overwhelming consumption of seafood, enjoying the highest per capita consumption of fish and shellfish of any state in the union. Seafood provides incredible nutritional value, with its high protein content, heart [...]

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Mercury and Guidelines for Fish Consumption

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 22:24:53 +0000

Alaskan’s have become increasingly aware of the relationship of mercury and guidelines for fish consumption. Much of this awareness is the result of efforts made by activists like Dr. Jane Hightower MD, who recently had her book Diagnosis Mercury: Money, Politics, and Poison published. State public health officials continue to emphasize how important the benefits [...]

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Alaska Chinook Salmon Research Initiative

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:45:00 +0000

On the heels of a two-day Chinook (King) salmon symposium held in Anchorage during October of 2012, Alaska’s Governor Sean Parnell announced his intention to fund a five-year, $30 million comprehensive Chinook salmon research effort. The Governor’s fiscal year 2014 budget will include $10 million to start the initiative based on work undertaken by participants [...]

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Crowley Maritime Prevention and Response Tug Alert

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:39:32 +0000

The Crowley tug Alert has been in the news with its dispatch to assist with the problems Shell Alaska has had with their drill unit Kulluk. Crowley Maritime’s Alert is a Prevention and Response Tug (PRT) under contract to the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company. There have been three tugs built in the Alert Class of [...]

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Pathfinder Grounding Investigation Released by Coast Guard

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:31:17 +0000

On December 23, 2009, Crowley Maritime Corporation’s tugboat Pathfinder was serving as an ice scout vessel in Prince William Sound. At about 6:18 pm that evening, the 136-foot vessel ran aground on Bligh Reef, the same reef on which the Exxon Valdez grounded twenty years earlier. The Pathfinder grounding investigation released by Coast Guard showed [...]

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Guidelines for Treating Cold Water Near Drowning

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:16:09 +0000

It is important to aggressively treat victims of drowning, especially in cold waters. Research and experience shows cold water has a positive effect on odds of potential survival in a submersion incident. Having guidelines for treating cold water near drowning are vital to improving marine safety. Research and practical experience shows that rescuers shouldn’t give [...]

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Skagway and the White Pass Route

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 21:08:59 +0000

For over a hundred years, Skagway has served as the primary port access for the Yukon Territory. A small town at the northern reaches of Lynn Canal, Skagway attracts nearly a million visitors a year. They come to see the Klondike Gold Rush National Historic Park, ride the White Pass and Yukon Route Railroad (WP&YR), [...]

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Alaska Airlines Salmon Thirty Salmon Flies Again

Alan Sorum — Tue, 21 May 2013 20:36:21 +0000

Working with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute (AMSI), Alaska Airlines launched an updated version of its fish themed Boeing 737-800, the “Salmon Thirty Salmon” to replace their original effort introduced in 2005. The iridescent, three-dimensional King salmon boasts 3,500 scales, each applied by Associated Painters of Oklahoma City. A crew of eight took nearly a [...]

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