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In its five year life, the oyster nursery in Naukati on Prince of Wales Island has become more and more successful. Now the largest seed supplier in Alaska, the year-round nursery supplies oyster seed, or spat, to almost 70% of all oyster farmers in the state. As the shellfish industry expands, Naukati's nursery is staying in stride with a program for new farmers as well as a grant for the planning and design of a regional shellfish processing facility. KSTK's Lisa Phu recently visited the nursery in Naukati and files this report.

The Wrangell borough assembly looked at a proposed resolution to grant Wrangell Seafoods, Inc. an electrical rate incentive for the cold storage. WSI is the anchor tenant for the city-owned facility.

The Committee for Clean Indoor Air did their homework and legwork when they got 196 signatures on their petition. This was enough to move their ballot proposition onto the October 7 election. The proposition would ask voters: Should Wrangell pass an ordinance prohibiting smoking in indoor public places and places of employment? At Tuesday night's regular assembly meeting, the borough assembly decided to take another route.

GCI contractors starting laying the $30 million fiber-optic cable on Monday. They started in Ketchikan and reached Wrangell by Tuesday. The entire cable measures 750 miles and will connect parts of southeast Alaska to the Alaska United Line, which currently connects the state to the lower 48.

At Tuesday night's borough assembly meeting, a Wrangell resident stated that due to recent assembly interaction with Cascade Creek, the governing body may be in violation of the Open Meetings Act.