Spring has come to the Great Land, and everything is drippy. Speaking of drippy: This right here, this is pretty Alaska: the Coast Guard has seized $65,000 worth of… fish eggs.
Over $65,000 worth of pollock roe — or fish eggs — was seized by the Coast Guard last month after it uncovered federal fishing violations on an Alaska fishing boat.
On March 26, the crew of the U.S. Coast Guard Cutter Waesche boarded the catcher-processor ship Northern Eagle after a pre-boarding audit by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration Fisheries Office of Law Enforcement revealed major discrepancies between the vessel’s production reports and electronic logbook.
It was confirmed through the logs that the vessel recorded less catch in its logbook than the vessel’s reported production weight, according to the Coast Guard press release.
The production weight exceeded its reported catch weight by 1,223 metric tons, equivalent to almost 2.7 million pounds.
Doesn’t look like it was the first time this boat and crew tried this:
The investigation also uncovered evidence from a previous voyage indicating the underreporting and offloading of approximately 12.4 metric tons of pollock roe, valued at an estimated $150,000.
The crew observed the offload and documented 11,524 boxes of pollock roe, which was 241 boxes more than what was officially declared in the vessel’s production report, according to the press release.
Well then.
Alaskan pollock roe is used in traditional Japanese, Korean, and Russian foods. Having spent a fair amount of time in Japan, and having eaten a fair amount of fish-roe rice balls (don’t knock it, they are delicious), I have likely ingested some Alaska pollock roe at one point or another.
But please, folks, come by it honestly.
Alaska Man Score: Five fish roe onigiri.
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Now, this right here is interesting, given where I sit as I write this: Alaska is apparently the worst state for people working from home.
If you or someone in your family works from home, where you live matters more than you might think. Internet costs, home size, and how many people around you are doing the same thing all add up.
WalletHub just released its 2026 rankings of the best and worst states for remote work. They looked at factors like the share of remote workers in each state, internet costs, home size, and how crowded homes tend to be.
Here’s what they said about Alaska:
For the second year in a row, Alaska ranked dead last. The state has a very low share of residents who work remotely. And when it comes to internet costs, Alaska is the most expensive state in the country, roughly five times higher than Connecticut, which has the cheapest internet on average.
That gap is not a surprise to anyone familiar with the state. Internet service in rural parts of Alaska has historically been slower and more expensive than in more populated areas of the country.
Well, they aren’t wrong – quite. If you live in Anchorage or any of its suburbs, in Palmer, Wasilla, or much of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, or Fairbanks, or any of the larger towns, you’ll have pretty good service. We’re on DSL here in the Susitna Valley, and we’ve never had any problems with service being slow. Power can be iffy, yes, but no more so than lots of rural places. As for the expense, Alaska is more expensive than most places in lots of ways, mainly because everything has to be shipped up here, from copper wire to routers.
I find working from our valley digs perfectly suitable. If it costs a little more than an internet connection in, say, New Jersey, then fine. It’s worth it. I’m in Alaska.
Alaska Man score: 5 expensive imported routers.
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Now, let’s have a look at some gun leather.
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