RED AT THE ROUNDABOUT – More than 200 demonstrators rally at the roundabout Wednesday afternoon in support of raising the state’s contribution to public schools. The Sitka School District faces a shortfall of $1.5 million to $3.2 million in the 2025 budget, depending on the amount the Legislature finally approves. The School Board is obligated to submit a budget to the Sitka Assembly by next Wednesday. (Sentinel Photo by James Poulson)
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Staff Writer
Decked out in matching red T-shirts and waving signs c [ ... ]
By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
As the Alaska Senate prepared on Wednesday to launch a legislativ [ ... ]
By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
Late Wednesday night, the Alaska House of Representatives advance [ ... ]
Police Blotter
Sitka police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
April 23
Three vehicles at Se [ ... ]
School Budget
To be Discussed
Members of the Sitka School Board will hold a community hearing and budg [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
The Assembly its regular meeting Tuesday approved dou [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
“We want to hear from the public, what they value i [ ... ]
By Sentinel Staff
Sitka schools were notified at around noon today that the city administrator had re [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Sports Editor
Sitka High’s track and field athletes faced off aga [ ... ]
By YERETH ROSEN
Alaska Beacon
Alaska is getting an infusion of nearly $125 million to build and [ ... ]
By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
The Alaska Senate voted unanimously on Monday to make it easier f [ ... ]
By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
The Alaska House’s Rules Committee has eliminated, at least temporaril [ ... ]
By DAVID A. LIEB
The Associated Press
A conservative quest to limit diversity, equity and inclusion in [ ... ]
By NATHANIEL HERZ
Northern Journal
Alaska’s three-member, bipartisan congressional delegation is sid [ ... ]
Sitka police received the following calls by 8 a.m. today:
April 23
At 3:14 a.m. a downtown bar report [ ... ]
Vaughn Blankenship
Dies at Age 91
Vaughn Blankenship, a longtime Sitka resident, died Tuesday at SEARH [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
With about a month left before the end of the regular [ ... ]
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
The city will hold a public meeting Wednesday for pub [ ... ]
By GARLAND KENNEDY
Sentinel Sports Editor
With only days to go before the statewide Native Yout [ ... ]
By Sentinel Staff
The Daily Sitka Sentinel and KCAW-FM Raven Radio won awards Saturday at the [ ... ]
By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
To address a surge in mental health problems among young Alaskans [ ... ]
By JAMES BROOKS
Alaska Beacon
A bill passed Thursday by the Alaska House of Representatives wou [ ... ]
City to Conduct
Relay Testing
The city electric department is conducting systemwide relay testing th [ ... ]
Daily Sitka Sentinel
Sitka Herring Fishery Hits Half-Way Mark
By SHANNON HAUGLAND
Sentinel Staff Writer
A 15-minute fishing period at Krestof Sound netted about 5,000 tons of herring Wednesday in the second opening of the Sitka Sound sac roe fishery.
The catch brought the total landings since the fishery opened on Sunday to 8,500 tons, more than half of the 14,649-ton guideline harvest level.
Alaska Fish and Game area management biologist Eric Coonradt called the opening for 1 to 1:15 p.m. based on that morning’s samples at Rob Point, Port Krestof and Mud Bay areas, showing mature roe percentages of 10.4 to 12.7 percent, and average weights of 116 to 122 grams.
The fishing area was north of Rob Point and west of a line from Partof Point to Olga Point, and about 11 miles northwest of downtown Sitka.
Sunday’s opening was near Hayward Strait, with processors reporting averages of up to 14 percent mature roe averages, and average sizes well above the 109 gram weights from the pre-season forecast.
Initial estimates of Wednesday’s total catch was 4,500 but that figure was adjusted upward today based on reports from processors, Coonradt said.
“I’m pretty happy with how the fishery’s gone so far,” he said.
No spawn was observed in Wednesday’s aerial survey. Herring were seen in the bays of south Middle Island and along Kasiana Island, with herring predator activity concentrated in northern Sitka Sound from Inner Point to Hayward Strait, in Krestof Sound, and west of the Chaichei Islands and Bieli Rock. Little activity was observed in areas south of Sitka, Coonradt said.
It was a similar story for today’s aerial survey, with concentrations of predators in Hayward Strait, the Magoun Islands and Krestof Sound, as well as in Promisla and Eastern bays. A “trickle” of predators was seen in the Salisbury Sound area.
Coonradt said there would be no fishing today or Friday, to allow processors to catch up with Wednesday’s catch.
Fishery participants should expect another fishery on Saturday, depending on results of roe sampling, vessel and aerial surveys, Coonradt said.
Login Form
20 YEARS AGO
April 2004
Photo caption: Luke Johnson helps Kathy Fournier as she removes trash from Swan Lake Saturday.
The Citywide Spring Cleanup this year included the lake cleanup by volunteers and was organized by Parks and Recreation Coordinator Lynne McGowan.
50 YEARS AGO
April 1974
A 12-hour dance marathon sponsored by Sheldon Jackson College students will be held Saturday at Blatchley Junior High. .... Added attractions include twist and limbo contests. The city curfew will be extended until 1 a.m.