Unalaska, AK

· The bag limit for Unalaska Bay fresh and saltwaters is 5 salmon per day of which only 2 may be sockeye. · Anglers are reminded that Town Creek (Iliuliuk/Unalaska Lake drainage) is closed to fishing for sockeye year-round. · The saltwaters of Summer Bay are open to snagging, however,...

Biologists collect bird and fish samples in Unalaska to learn about the connections between recent seabird deaths and high PSP levels; 17-year-old Lydia Jacoby from Seward makes it to the final in the women's 100 meter breaststroke at the Tokyo Olympics; and a 1% tax hike for Unalaskans is on the agenda at Tuesday's City Council meeting.

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Representatives from the Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation visited Unalaska last week as part of its push to expand the state's mariculture industry. Gov. Bill Walker created the Alaska Mariculture Task Force in 2016. Since then, the organization has been focused on developing the state's mariculture industry to meet its long-term goal of $100 million by 2038.

An Alaska-based telecommunications company says it's reached a major milestone in its mission to bring Unalaskans improved digital connectivity through a new fiber optic line. GCI's AU-Aleutians Fiber Project details a plan to lay hundreds of miles of undersea cable along the seafloor from Kodiak Island, through Unimak Pass, to Unalaska. The company says it completed its first marine survey for the project this month.

The telecommunications company laying a new fiber optic line to improve digital connectivity to Unalaska says it's reached a major milestone; communities across Alaska offer cash incentives to urge residents to get the COVID-19 vaccine, but gift cards and cash can only go so far; and an invasive crab species that has wreaked havoc on animal habitats in New England is spotted just across Alaska's border with Canada.

When someone who's injured or sick needs blood, medical providers can clot the blood or increase blood pressure to buy some time before they can get a patient to the hospital. But when it comes down to it, LifeMed flight paramedic and Unalaska/Dutch Harbor base chief Angela Niemi says no amount of saline solution or clotting medication will save someone who needs a transfusion.

· The bag limit for Unalaska Bay fresh and saltwaters is 5 salmon per day of which only 2 may be sockeye. · Anglers are reminded that Town Creek (Iliuliuk/Unalaska Lake drainage) is closed to fishing for sockeye year-round. · The saltwaters of Summer Bay are open to snagging, however,...

The Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska is once again accepting aluminum cans for free recycling, putting an end to a sixteen month-long pause on recycling on the island. The tribe had previously been recycling aluminum cans and plastic bottles, but put the project on hold in March of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered many of the island's facilities.

The Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska is once again accepting aluminum cans for free recycling, putting an end to a sixteen month-long pause on recycling on the island. The tribe had previously been recycling aluminum cans and plastic bottles, but put the project on hold in March of 2020 when the COVID-19 pandemic shuttered many of the island's facilities.

Sophia Tetoff, a young Unangax̂ girl who was taken from her home in St. Paul over a hundred years ago, is finally returning; Alaska's viral detectives have recorded a sharp increase in the number of cases of the more-contagious delta variant of COVID-19; and the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska is once again accepting aluminum cans for free recycling.

Ravn Alaska announced this week that it's upgrading its fleet to offer nonstop flights between Anchorage and Unalaska. The regional airline's DeHavilland Dash 8-300 aircraft isn't much different from the current 100 series that seat around 30 passengers and fly between Anchorage and Unalaska daily, according to Ravn Alaska CEO Rob McKinney. The new model has a larger fuel tank and can seat about 50 passengers. Most importantly, though, McKinney says it has longer range.

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has been collecting data on the salmon runs at McLees Lake at Cape Wislow for nearly two decades. While Fish and Game was unable to secure funding to monitor the salmon run in 2018 and 2019, the Qawalangin Tribe of Unalaska teamed up with ADF&G to restore the weir last year. It was the worst year on record for the sockeye salmon count, but so far, this season's count is looking better.

Ravn Alaska is upgrading its fleet to offer nonstop flights between Anchorage and Unalaska; Alaska Gov. Mike Dunleavy vetoed around 12% of the ferry operating budget last week; and while sockeye salmon numbers remain low at the McLees Lake weir, Fish and Game salmon technicians say they're hopeful that they will reach their minimum escapement goal of 10,000 before the season ends.

· The bag limit for Unalaska Bay fresh and saltwaters is 5 salmon per day of which only 2 may be sockeye. · Anglers are reminded that Town Creek (Iliuliuk/Unalaska Lake drainage) is closed to fishing for sockeye year-round. · The saltwaters of Summer Bay are open to snagging, however,...

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers is continuing its work on Unalaska's Formerly Used Defense Sites. Rena Flint is the project manager for the Amaknak FUDS, a 190-thousand-acre site that fans out from Amaknak Island and the city of Unalaska. She traveled to Unalaska over the weekend to work with local leaders and community members on contamination cleanup efforts.