by Tele | Jun 19, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Culture, Environment
Here’s an exciting opportunity, friends… The University of Oklahoma School of Art and Art History wants your entries for their Fish 2012 International Art Competition. The theme is “art related to the culture of fishing,” and what that means is wide...
by Tele | Jun 8, 2012 | Commercial Fishing, Environment, Sustainability, Wildlife, Women in Fishing
Happy World Oceans Day, friends! Wonder what you can do to celebrate and protect the big blue? Ocean rower Roz Savage has answers here. If you aren’t familiar with Roz’s amazing story, do go check her out. The first woman to complete solo rows across the...
by Tele | Apr 1, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Sitka
The view of our neighborhood, friends: Cap’n J got this one a few evenings ago. Mount Edgecumbe never fails to bring a smile to my face. On April 1st, that smile expands to a chuckle as I remember our volcano’s role in one of the most...
by Tele | Mar 31, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Sitka, Sustainability
When Cap’n J and I walked back to the boat after our pie and coffee, we commented on how different today felt — such a palpable pulse in the air, diesel engines revving as seiners jockeyed through the harbor and steamed out, anticipating...
by Tele | Mar 30, 2012 | Alaska, Commercial Fishing, Environment, Hooked Favorites, Sitka, Sustainability
When Cap’n J and I arrived in Sitka last week, we found the harbor packed with seiners, decks loaded with coiled nets, and the air near-electric. As captains and crew paced the docks, I found it easy to imagine their boats as equally impatient –...
by Tele | Mar 24, 2012 | Alaska, Environment, Sustainability, Wildlife
I was 11 years old when Bligh Reef ripped open the Exxon Valdez’s steel belly, bleeding over 40,000 tons of crude into the pristine waters of Prince William Sound. My family had traded Alaskan residency for our migrant lifestyle by then, setting up...
