Coastal Villages’ worker bonuses
Coastal Villages Region Fund, a western Alaska Community Development Quota group, will pay $100,000 in bonuses to 640 youth workers employed last summer on various community job in villages in CVRF’s region. Bonuses averaged $156 per youth worker, who were between 14 and 19 years old. CVRF engages in offshore fishing in federally-man- aged waters off Alaska’s coasts.

Concerns over Kodiak rockets
Kodiak fishermen are voicing concerns over closures of fishing near Narrow Cape, on the south end of Kodiak Island, at times when the state Alaska Aerospace Corp. plans launches from its complex
at Narrow Cape. Alaska Aerospace plans more launches in 2019 and 2020 from commercial launch customers and some federal agencies, including military. The fishing closures, a safety measure, can sometimes last several days as aerospace managers await optimal conditions. More frequent closures could substantially disrupt certain fisheries, such as Tanner crab.