by Laine Welch | May 13, 2021 | Fish Radio Programs, Marine Debris
Lumber made from old fishing gear at Goodwood Plastic Products Credit: tangentmaterials.com Turning plastics from old fishing gear and marine debris into durable lumber is building momentum from coast to coast and one Alaska entrepreneur plans to take it on the...
by Laine Welch | Mar 11, 2021 | Environment, Fish Radio Programs, Marine Debris
Credit: NOAA Fisheries For over a decade, derelict fishing gear and other marine debris has generated enough electricity to power over 44,000 homes per year. That’s thanks to the Fishing for Energy program and its partners who are now looking for more gear at no cost...
by Laine Welch | Dec 22, 2020 | AK Congress, Environment, Fish Radio Programs, Marine Debris
Credit: recyclingproductnews.com The seafood industry got a holiday boost this week from Congress on several...
by Laine Welch | Jun 18, 2019 | Environment, Fish Radio Programs, Marine Debris
Fishing net recycling is expanding to Naknek and plans for a program will get underway this month. “I’ll be visiting local radio stations, net menders, processors, gear sellers, landfill manager – these are all people who have reached out to me or I have...
by Laine Welch | Aug 13, 2018 | Fish Radio Programs, Marine Debris
Plastics in old fishing nets will be turned into new prototypes next month at Net Hack Challenges in Kodiak and Anchorage. “The goal of the event is to give people an opportunity to look at this material not as a waste material but as a raw material land perhaps to...
by Laine Welch | Nov 30, 2015 | AK Legislature, Fish Radio Programs, Health & Nutrition, Marine Debris
From AK Department of Environmental Conservation — FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE – November 30, 2015 CONTACT: Marlena Brewer, (907) 269-1099, marlena.brewer@alaska.gov No Fukushima-Related Radiation Detected in Alaska...
