Are you an artist residing in Alaska? If so we are looking for your vision to help us accentuate our unique facility. The end of our hatchery raceways sits directly adjacent to our heavily trafficked sidewalk along Lincoln Street. We…
Join us for wonderful opportunities to learn more about art, water, and fish. We have engaging after school programs that are open for registration now and will be starting in the next few weeks. Programs range from elementary to middle…
After 2 to 5 years out in the wild the pink and chum are pushing at our barrier nets ready to come home. We are prepping our hatchery to receive the incoming salmon and soon will be starting to spawn…
Sitka’s diversity of culture, environment, and industries sets it apart from much of the world, a fact that Sharon Bohn Gmelch and George Gmelch know all too well having traveled much of it themselves. Sharon and George first found their…
We were so thrilled to host Gale McCrary as an intern through the Sealaska Heritage Institute (SHI) Opening the Box STEAM program. Gale brought his enthusiasm for science and for the past…
Featuring a morning adventure for pre-k students with hands on exploration of the salmon lifecycle followed by fish art prints and open admission to the aquarium. Our pre-k program will run from 10:00 am to 11:00 am. All children must…
You might wonder what would possess a pre-dental student from Utah to travel thousands of miles north to Fairbanks, Alaska. It was the love of getting his hands dirty and discovery–not within a person’s mouth, but within layers of rock…