Kayla Desroches

Alaska Fisheries Report – Dec. 07, 2017

Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the Native Village of Port Heiden is inching closer to establishing a local fish processing plant. Also, scientists warn that halibut numbers could shrink along the coast of the U.S. and Canada if fishing continues at the same rate. We held help from KSTK’s June Leffler in Wrangell, KDLG’s Avery Lill in …

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Musical Mary Poppins seeks dancers, singers, actors

A screenshot from a sing-along Mary Poppins event in Massachusetts. (Photo by Sean Hoyer / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A local is seeking a nanny, a cockney chimney sweep, and about 30 or 40 other people. Director Lissa Woodbury Jensen is holding auditions for the Kodiak Arts Council production of Disney’s Mary Poppins, which will debut in March. She says she’s …

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Opening of Tanner crab season approaches

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Representatives from the Alaska Department of Fish and Game gave a brief overview of the upcoming commercial Tanner crab season to an audience of two at a recent informational meeting. This year will be the first time the Tanner crab season has opened in Kodiak since 2013. At the meeting, ADF & G area management biologist Nat Nichols …

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Company wins recognition for cod dog treats

Cod crunchies fish treats for dogs from Alaskan Leader. (Courtesy of Alaskan Leader) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Alaskan Leader, a self-described “Hook & Line” fishing company, just took away a couple of wins at the Alaska Symphony of Seafoods, a competition that recognizes Alaska seafood products. It won first place in the retail division for its “Premium Wild Caught Alaskan Cod with …

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Kelp farmers outplant first seeded lines of season

Kelp. (Photo by Ratha Grimes / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A company that turns seaweed into pasta is planting the season’s first round of kelp in Alaska waters. This week, Blue Evolution is set to transfer seeded line from its lab to the waters around Ketchikan and Kodiak. Recently, they successfully transferred seeded line into Larsen Bay in Kodiak. Set net …

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Alaska sockeye market shifts away from Japan

Sockeye in stream. (Photo by Watershed_Watch / flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The demand for Alaska sockeye has shifted away from some of the traditional Asian markets. McDowell Group seafood economist Andy Wink says in the early 2000s, most Bristol Bay sockeye was fated to either be canned or shipped frozen to Japan. He says that’s a much smaller part of the …

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Kodiak hosts community forum on domestic violence

Community forum in Best Western Kodiak Harbor Room. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Members of the community touched on poverty, substance abuse, and other elements that may lead to domestic abuse at a community forum Friday. More than 20 people showed up at the Best Western Kodiak Harbor Room for the opportunity to speak with the state …

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Cowboy event brings dutch oven cooking and themed carols

Dutch oven cooking. (Photo by Jeff Harmon / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Kodiak Baptist Mission will kick off the first of December with a cowboy themed meal and performance. Assistant executive director Kelli Foreman say the event is a nod to Kodiak’s cattle ranching history and the lifestyle of some of its current residents. Foreman says she, like many local …

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McDowell Group releases 2017 Fall sockeye market analysis

Sockeye salmon schooling in Hidden Lake. (Photo by Katrina Mueller / USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Alaska sockeye is seeing a good year. The McDowell Group just released its 2017 Fall Sockeye Market Analysis, which it put together for the Bristol Bay Regional Seafood Development Association. KMXT’s Kayla Desroches spoke about the report with McDowell seafood economist Andy Wink.

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Alaska Fisheries Report – Nov. 30, 2017

Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, it looks like it’s awards season in the fisheries world. Alaskan Leader Seafoods won honors at the Symphony of Seafoods competition for two of its cod-based recipes, one for humans, the other for pets. Also, Northline Seafoods took away both a prize and the accompanying cash award at Fish 2.0’s Innovation Forum …

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