Host Kayla Desroches talks with members of the Kodiak Fisheries Work Group about the island’s involvment in bycatch management.

Coming up this week, as the salmon season wraps up, humpy catches break records in the Central Gulf, the coho run on the Yukon was gangbusters, too, and tracking king salmon in the murky Kenai River – part one. We had help from KCHU’s Marcia Lynn in Valdez, KDLL’s Jenny Neyman in Kenai and KIYU’s Tim Bodony in Galena. 

Coming up this week, our President visited the home of sockeye – and of your host – this week; a water problem hampered coho processing in Unalakleet, and we meet another unsung cannery worker in Petersburg, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from KDLG’s Dave Bendinger in Dillingham, KNOM’s Emily Russell in Nome, …

Host Kayla Desroches talks about the fire in Chiniak with Jim Schwarber, Alaska Division of Forestry fire information officer, Aimée Kniaziowski, Kodiak emergency services director, and Kathryn Hollis-Buchanan, who’s with the Kodiak office of the Red Cross. They update listeners on the Twin Creeks fire, examine the information they now have about the night it started, and think about how …

Coming up this week, the farthest north salmon fishery is another success, lots of kings made it all the way to Canada this year, and lots of pinks in Kodiak, not so much in Southeast. All that and remembering Don McManman, editor emeritus of Pacific Fishing Magazine, coming up, on the Alaska Fisheries Report. Thanks to Kayla Desroches for sitting …

Host Kayla Desroches talks about the upcoming Kodiak rodeo and fair with organizer Jesse Bedia. This year, Bedia says the event will offer everything from chili and freshly baked goods to the classic redeo fare.

Coming up this week, it’s man – and woman – against fish in Juneau’s Golden North Salmon Derby. This year’s winner tells the tale and shares her good luck charm. Then, the National Marine Fisheries Service is looking for two new comissioners, and we meet a cannery worker in Petersburg whose heart belongs to Texas. That and more coming up …

Host Kayla Desroches chats about the upcoming Kodiak College course offerings with Jared Griffin and Taten Sheridan, with emphasis on English classes.

Coming up this week, four communities in the Bering Strait region have recieved a halibut donation in light of a poor walrus harvest this spring. And the federal government purchased millions of dollars worth of canned Alaska sockeye salmon. Then, we hear from a popular net shop owner in the town of Naknek. That and more coming up on the …

Host Kayla Desroches sits down with Alutiiq Museum staff to talk about the organization’s new publication, Kal’unek, which focuses on the archaelogical site Karluk One. Exeuctive Director April Laktonen Counceller, Curator of Collections Marnie Leist, and Curator of Archaeology Patrick G. Staltonstall discuss the site’s social, archaelogical, and linguistic impact.