Cook Inlet

Alaska

The federal government is assuming management of salmon fishing in parts of Alaska’s Cook Inlet • Alaska Beacon | #alaska | #politics

Commercial and recreational salmon fishing in the federal waters of Cook Inlet will resume this summer, but under new management by the federal government, according to a rule made final this week. The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s National Marine Fisheries Service, also known as NOAA Fisheries, is taking over what had been state management […]

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Alaska

Alaska natural gas promoter floats new plan: Send North Slope gas to Southcentral first | #alaska | #politics

With a giant North Slope natural gas pipeline still unbuilt after decades of efforts, the state entity now promoting the project has a new plan intended to spur construction of the megaproject: a first phase that delivers natural gas to the isolated Southcentral Alaska market rather than the vast Asian market that is the ultimate […]

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