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Sitka opts not to join amicus brief in halibut bycatch case
Last year, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) adopted a policy to tie halibut trawl bycatch limits in the Bering Sea to abundance, rather than a flat number. In December, an organization representing groundfish trawlers sued NMFS in US District Court. While the Bering Sea is far from Sitka, trawl...
Coast Guard Alaska Assists Commercial Fishing Vessels, Crew Members
On May 25, the U.S. Coast Guard assisted a disabled commercial fishing vessel and aided in the medevac of a crew member from another vessel. The first incident involved the rescue of five people near Sitka, Alaska. A 29-foot response boat crew with Coast Guard Maritime Safety and Security Team Seattle, currently operating out of Sitka, responded.
SFAC to receive annual fee to manage performing arts center
Alaska Arts Southeast, the nonprofit arm of the Sitka Fine Arts Camp, will now receive an annual fee for managing the Sitka Performing Arts Center. In a special meeting Tuesday, the Sitka School Board awarded the local nonprofit a one-year contract to manage the center, with four optional extension years.
Mt. Edgecumbe High Seniors Make History
CHANGE UP – U.S. Coast Guard Capt. Vincent Jansen, left, shakes hands with Cmdr. Joesph Semke as Rear Admiral Megan Dean, Seventeenth District Commander, looks on this morning at Air Station Sitka during the change of command ceremony. Jansen is leaving Sitka after serving as the air station’s commander during what Dean described as the busiest two years of search and rescue operations in the past 20 years at the air station. Semke, who has been operations officer here since 2021, assumes the command in a rare service career path. Jansen is moving to Juneau with his wife, Ellie, and son, Fraser, where he will be chief of incident management at Coast Guard District Seventeen headquarters. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
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