Fish Eggs, Telecommuting, and Leather – RedState

Spring has come to the Great Land, and every thing is drippy. Speaking of drippy: This proper right here, this is fairly Alaska: the Coast Guard has seized $65,000 price of… fish eggs.

Yes, actually.

Over $65,000 price 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 manufacturing reviews and digital logbook.

It was confirmed through the logs that the vessel recorded less catch in its logbook than the vessel’s reported manufacturing weight, according to the Coast Guard press release.

The manufacturing weight exceeded its reported catch weight by 1,223 metric tons, equal to virtually 2.7 million kilos.

Doesn’t seem like it was the first time this boat and crew tried this:

The investigation also uncovered evidence from a earlier voyage indicating the underreporting and offloading of roughly 12.4 metric tons of pollock roe, valued at an estimated $150,000.

The crew noticed the offload and documented 11,524 packing containers of pollock roe, which was 241 packing containers more than what was formally declared in the vessel’s manufacturing report, according to the press release.

Well then.

Alaskan pollock roe is used in conventional Japanese, Korean, and Russian meals. Having spent a honest quantity of time in Japan, and having eaten a honest quantity of fish-roe rice balls (don’t knock it, they’re scrumptious), I’ve probably ingested some Alaska pollock roe at one level or another.

But please, of us, come by it truthfully.

Alaska Man Score: Five fish roe onigiri.

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Now, this proper right here is fascinating, given where I sit as I write this: Alaska is outwardly the worst state for people working from home.

If you or somebody in your loved ones works from home, where you live issues more than you would possibly suppose. Internet prices, home dimension, and how many people around you’re doing the same factor all add up.

WalletHub just launched its 2026 rankings of the best and worst states for distant work. They regarded at elements just like the share of distant staff in each state, web prices, home dimension, and how crowded properties have a tendency to be.

Here’s what they said about Alaska:

For the second 12 months in a row, Alaska ranked lifeless last. The state has a very low share of residents who work remotely. And when it comes to web prices, Alaska is the most costly state in the nation, roughly 5 instances increased than Connecticut, which has the most cost effective web on average.

That hole shouldn’t be a shock to anybody acquainted with the state. Internet service in rural elements of Alaska has traditionally been slower and more costly than in more populated areas of the nation.

Well, they aren’t incorrect – fairly. If you live in Anchorage or any of its suburbs, in Palmer, Wasilla, or a lot of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough, or Fairbanks, or any of the bigger cities, you’ll have fairly good service. We’re on DSL right here in the Susitna Valley, and we’ve never had any issues with service being slow. Power might be iffy, yes, but no more so than tons of rural locations. As for the expense, Alaska is more costly than most locations in tons of methods, mainly because every thing has to be shipped up right here, from copper wire to routers.

I discover working from our valley digs completely appropriate. If it prices a little more than an web connection in, say, New Jersey, then high quality. It’s price it. I’m in Alaska.

Alaska Man rating: 5 costly imported routers.

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Now, let’s have a look at some gun leather-based.

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