Dear Alaskan, Happy May and best wishes for a safe spring breakup season! Thank you for your interest in this Administration’s climate change initiatives and the work of the Climate Action for Alaska Leadership Team (CALT). We are pleased share that the CALT has a draft Alaska Climate Change Policy posted online and is inviting public comment...
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UFA Legislative Update: May 4, 2018
Dear UFA Members and Friends, Just when we thought session was winding down, things sped back up with several bills moving. HB 354 – the Dive Fishery Management bill, which UFA supports, is now awaiting transmittal to the Governor. Another bill that UFA supports, HB 56 – Comfish Loan Limits passed out of Senate Finance...
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Press Release: United Fishermen of Alaska Names Michael Bangs Fisherman of the Year
For Immediate Release: May 1, 2018 Contact Frances: Leach, Executive Director, director@ufa-fish.org United Fishermen of Alaska Names Michael Bangs Fisherman of the Year United Fishermen of Alaska has posthumously named Michael Bangs of Petersburg as its Fisherman of the Year for2018. Bangs was an industry leader in the development of the roe-on-kelp and dive fisheries in...