Crew members on two American Seafoods trawlers – the American Triumph and the Northern Jaeger – are being tested for COVID-19 as a precautionary measure; the Alaska Marine Highway System (AMHS) has limited the number of passengers allowed on its ferries due to the COVID-19 pandemic; and local and regional stakeholders are moving forward with an investigation into what caused five times the normal number of seals to wash up dead in the Bering and Chukchi seas since 2018.
