Theo Greenly
Alaska Desk Reporter, UnalaskaTheo Greenly covers the Aleutian and Pribilof Islands for the Alaska Desk from partner stations KUCB in Unalaska, KSDP in Sand Point and KUHB in Saint Paul. He’s reported from the region since 2021, chasing stories by boat, by helicopter and, once, by JetSki.
Theo began his public radio career at KCRW in Santa Monica. He's reported stories for radio stations around the country and contributed to the Los Angeles Times, Anchorage Daily News, Science Friday and NPR.
He studied journalism at Santa Monica College and graduated from the Transom Storytelling Workshop, which was basically summer camp for audio nerds.
When not reporting, he’s probably looking for someone to go hiking with. Wanna go for a hike?
Reach Theo at tgreenly@alaskapublic.org or 907-359-6033.
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Facing potential endangered species status for Gulf of Alaska king salmon, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is rolling out fishing restrictions across western Alaska. -
Alaska’s top seafood trade groups say new tariffs could trigger retaliation from key export markets, pushing the struggling industry to the brink. -
A federal judge has ruled that the Trump administration’s mass layoffs of thousands of workers were unlawful. -
For decades, the Bering Sea herring fishery has provided bait fish for crabbers. -
The Alaska Fisheries Science Center, which studies and helps oversee Alaska’s marine resources, may have lost more than 5% of its staff at once. -
The road would give King Cove residents access to potentially life-saving medical care, but it could threaten key subsistence species and create a dangerous precedent. -
Dunleavy responded to fears over the bill in a video, doubling down on his assertion that it would not open opportunities for salmon farming. -
The Bering Sea trawl sector, valued at about $2 billion, catches more chum salmon as bycatch than subsistence fishermen harvest. -
The issue pits a multibillion-dollar industry against Western Alaska subsistence communities struggling with record-low salmon returns — with climate change playing a pivotal role. -
The Bering Sea snow crab fishery is open for the first time in two years, but the Trident Seafoods processing facility in St. Paul isn’t taking any crab.
