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Review of Co-Management Agencies and Communities Underway in Bering Strait Communities

By Davis Hovey | June 22, 2018

Pacific walrus

Using her regional expertise and her knowledge of St. Lawrence Island, Metcalf has been translating subsistence hunters’ testimony into English for the review of co-management project. Communities involved in this review include St. Paul Island, Atka, Akutan, Utqiagvik, and St. Lawrence Island.

In Nome, State Experts Ponder Responses to Potential Bering Sea Crises

By Davis Hovey | February 20, 2018 |

With snow on the beach, the Bering Sea remained unfrozen at the end of October 2017.

Experts from throughout Alaska gathered in Nome last week to discuss marine mammals and potential responses to different types of emergencies that may happen in the Bering Sea.