The seiner Infinite Grace pursing up during the third opening in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery, on Wednesday, March 26, 2014. (Rachel Waldholz/KCAW) The Alaska Department of Fish and Game ...

Just as daffodils and groundhogs, cherry trees and robins announce the arrival of spring elsewhere, so the sac roe herring fishery spells the end of winter here in Sitka, Alaska. Seine boats with ...

Jeff Jackson, Tlingit of the Kaach.ádi Clan from Kake, and Chris Pata, adopted into the Shangukeidí Clan of Juneau, prepare to set a tree into the waters of the Kasiana Islands in Sitka Sound in March ...

Keith Nyitray and Andy Szabo join KCAW for the Morning Interview to share what to expect at an upcoming Pub Talk on the ...

Editor note: In this story, "t" designates metric tons - the fishery in North America operates in "short" or US tons, a measure that is written in full every time it is used The 2024 sac roe herring ...

The Board of Fish is meeting to tinker with the Sitka Sound Sac Roe fishery this week. The Sac-Roe industry has long been criticized as a wasteful misuse of the herring; the roe from mature females is ...

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