Yereth Rosen is a longtime reporter based in Anchorage, Alaska. She is a 2018 Alicia Patterson Foundation fellow. https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/contributor/yereth-rosen/rss en Blue Economy Fisheries Tue, 06 Mar 2018 07:50:00 +0000 Yereth Rosen https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/03/06/graying-of-alaskas-fishing-fleet-puts-key-industry-in-peril https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/03/06/graying-of-alaskas-fishing-fleet-puts-key-industry-in-peril With the average age of commercial fishers now over 50, the state is trying to figure out ways to break down barriers that are increasingly keeping young people from working the sea. Arctic Plastic Pollution Mon, 12 Feb 2018 03:00:00 +0000 Yereth Rosen https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/02/12/how-microplastics-are-contaminating-seabirds-in-remote-regions-of-alaska https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/02/12/how-microplastics-are-contaminating-seabirds-in-remote-regions-of-alaska A decade of research has found that the muscles and eggs of birds in the far-flung Aleutian Islands contain endocrine-disrupting phthalates from plastics the animals have ingested, prompting Alaskan tribes to begin testing native foods for contamination. Blue Economy Wed, 17 Jan 2018 07:00:00 +0000 Yereth Rosen https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/01/17/alaska-turns-to-the-sea-for-its-newest-cash-crop https://www.newsdeeply.com/oceans/articles/2018/01/17/alaska-turns-to-the-sea-for-its-newest-cash-crop The state’s nascent seaweed industry is commercializing an ancient tradition, but concerns have been raised about the impact on indigenous kelp harvests.