Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, summer salmon fishing gears up with Copper River’s first opening; cannery bosses in Unalaska are handling the state’s new, higher minimum wage by raising the rent they charge folks who come up and stay in their bunkhouses; and we get get a preview of the Yukon salmon season. We had help from KCHU’s Marcia Lynn reporting from Cordova, KUCB’s Annie Ropeik, who, I’m sad to report is moving back east after nearly two years of outstanding work in Unalaska, and, KNOM’s Matthew Smith in Nome.