Alaska Sea Grant: Helping a Western Alaska Fishing Community Cope With an Influx During the Pandemic
July 28, 2020
July 28, 2020
FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 28 -- Alaska Sea Grant issued the following news release:
Each summer, around 13,000 workers from outside Alaska travel to the Bristol Bay region to participate in the world's most valuable wild salmon fishery. How the fishery, community, and region prepare and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic is the topic of a new project.
The sparsely populated western coast of Alaska is accessible only by air or boat, and medical services are limited. These f . . .
Each summer, around 13,000 workers from outside Alaska travel to the Bristol Bay region to participate in the world's most valuable wild salmon fishery. How the fishery, community, and region prepare and respond to the COVID-19 pandemic is the topic of a new project.
The sparsely populated western coast of Alaska is accessible only by air or boat, and medical services are limited. These f . . .