Unalaska, AK – The basketball tournament at Delta Junction continues into its second day.
The Unalaska Raiders played against Galena this morning, losing 69-51. The Lady Raiders faced off against Monroe's junior varsity team in a defense heavy game. Monroe won 28-14.
Yesterday, both the boys and girls teams played against Dillingham. The Raiders lost both games, but the boys team took their match into triple overtime.
Unalaska, AK – The guideline harvest level (GHL) for the Aleutian Islands state-waters Pacific cod fishery has been set at 15.5 million pounds, a substantial increase over last year.
"We base our GHL on the federal allowable biological catch. Since theirs went up, ours went up to," says Heather Fitch, the management biologist at the Alaska Department of Fish and Game office in Unalaska. "It's our biggest GHL yet."
Unalaska, AK – This morning, the Unalaska Raiders and Lady Raiders squared off against the Dillingham Wolverines.
The boys team came close to pulling off a win, but lost in the last minute of triple overtime. The final score was 56-52. Andrew Seman was a top scorer with 25 points.
The girls team lost their game against Dillingham 44-20.
Both teams will continue to compete in the Delta Junction tournament. The boys game will be at 11am, with their opponent to be determined. The girls will be playing the Monroe JV team at 12:30pm.
Unalaska, AK – The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration has opted to extend the comment period on the potential listing of ringed and bearded seals as endangered.
In December, NOAA proposed that two distinct populations of bearded seals and four subspecies of ringed seals be protected under the Endangered Species Act. The bearded seals are found in the Beaufort and Chukchi Seas in Alaska, while the ringed seal subspecies are found in the Bering Sea and the Arctic Ocean. The 60-day public comment period was supposed to end yesterday, but it has been extended 45 days to March 25.
Unalaska, AK – A fishing vessel has run aground on Unalaska Island. The TerriGail hit Alimuda Bay -- just southwest of Makushin Bay - at 2:50 pm, after having spent approximately 11 hours adrift and without power. The five crewmen aboard the vessel were successfully rescued by a Coast Guard HH-65 helicopter.
The TerriGail crew first issued a mayday call over the radio at 4:04 am. At the time, they reported that the 58-foot longliner had experienced a marine casualty and that they were located about 40 miles from Unalaska.
Unalaska, AK – On Tuesday morning, City Manager Chris Hladick made a presentation to the State House Committee on Community and Regional Affairs on the status of the wastewater treatment plant.
Because the Environmental Protection Agency has determined that the current facilities do not meeting their permitting standards, the city is working on the development of a new treatment plant, which could cost up to $24 million.
Unalaska, AK – This weekend, ten Unalaska City High School students traveled to Seward to participate in the 14th annual Alaska Region National Ocean Sciences Bowl - commonly known as Tsunami Bowl. The competition tests students' knowledge of ocean science, history, geography, and it includes a quiz bowl, a research paper, and a presentation.
One of the two teams that Unalaska sent - the Frisky Phrominas - gave a presentation on the effects that increased vessel traffic would have on Unalaska. The second team, the Teal Turtles, looked at the effect of marine debris on the Unalaska Bay ecosystem. Shoshannah Jacob is one of the coaches, along with Reid Brewer and Shawna Rudio. She describes what the presentation process is like.
