National Fisherman

March 30, 2017

War training planned for Gulf of Alaska could spell trouble for salmon

Laine Welch

The guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie, guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur, and Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf transit the Gulf of Alaska in formation June 17, 2011, during Northern Edge war training exercises. USCG photo.

The guided-missile cruiser USS Lake Erie, guided-missile destroyer USS Decatur, and Coast Guard Cutter Bertholf transit the Gulf of Alaska in formation June 17, 2011, during Northern Edge war training exercises. USCG photo.

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Laine Welch

Laine Welch has covered the Alaska fish beat for print and radio since 1988. She has also worked “behind the counter” at retail and wholesale seafood companies in Kodiak and Cape Cod. Click here to send her an email.

You can read more from Laine at alaskafish.news. 

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