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Posted on October 29, 2025 Communities across the Yukon–Kuskokwim Delta are reeling after the remnants of Typhoon Halong slammed into Western Alaska October 12-15 with hurricane-force winds and a record storm surge. Fifteen communities in the region sustained severe damage. Homes in Kipnuk and Kwigillingok were hit hardest: over 90% of buildings in Kipnuk and roughly a third in Kwig are destroyed or uninhabitable. The summer season’s subsistence harvests were lost. At least one person is...

Posted on October 29, 2025 The North Pacific Fishery Management Council met in Anchorage this October to tackle a heavy agenda on bycatch, harvest limits, and accountability in Alaska’s federal fisheries. AMCC submitted two key comment letters — one on Maximum Retainable Amounts  (MRAs) and another on Groundfish Harvest Specifications  — urging the Council to strengthen precautionary management and tie catch decisions to real-world ecological and community impacts. Our MRA comment called for...

Posted on September 19, 2025 This month, while AMCC celebrates the people, places, and traditions that define life on the water, we...