Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Fishing vessel owners have just over eight months to get familiar with the new rules of the observer program. NOAA Fisheries has used the program since 1972 to collect data for use in bycatch reduction, stock assessment, protecting certain species, gear research and regulations compliance. Martin Loefflad is the director of the Fisheries Monitoring and Analysis Division for …
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The Alaska Fisheries Report with Jay Barrett
Coming up this week, the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery ended suddenly on Thursday – we’ll tell you why; Fishermen on 58-foot boats are not the only ones visiting Sitka for this fishery; There’s a new way to pay for a hatchery’s operations in Southeast, and ComFish Alaska is going on right now in Kodiak. We had help from …
Read More »New Launch Pad at Narrow Cape Tops Kodiak Budget Items
Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Senate passed its version of the state capital budget Wednesday afternoon. Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens anticipates working out the differences with the House and having both bodies pass the budget by session adjournment time on Sunday. The City of Kodiak’s Pier 3 replacement is funded to $18-million in the Capital budget, with an additional $15-million in …
Read More »Census Data Provides Insight Into Kodiak’s Past
Files of census information housed at the Baranov Museum. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT After the required 72-year wait, the National Archives has released data from the 1940 census. The records were made available online last week and have been so popular that the site often crashes. Census data inspires endless hours of research for history buffs like Anjuli Grantham …
Read More »Crystal Serenity Kicks Off Cruise Season
Timothy Geer chats with a passenger from the Crystal Serenity. Jennifer Canfield photo Jennifer Canfield/KMXT KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield headed downtown to the water dock at the end of the spit where the Port of Kodiak’s Timothy Geer greets passengers as they set foot on Kodiak Island. You can find this year’s cruise ship schedule here.
Read More »KEA Improves Pillar Mountain Wind Farm
Jay Barrett/KMXT A supplier to Kodiak Electric Association announced yesterday that it will sell a battery back up system to the co-op as part of this summer’s expansion of the Pillar Mountain wind farm.
Read More »Rezanof Repairs Scheduled
Jay Barrett/KMXT Though it’s scheduled for repaving sometime this summer, Rezanof Drive East continues to deteriorate with the spring break up. Hundreds, maybe even thousands, of potholes cover much of both lanes, especially where the street turns north starting at Sharatin Road, and extending to the vicinity of the Pillar Creek Hatchery.
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Whale Season
Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Today’s guests are Kate Wynne who is a marine mammal specialist at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center and Stacey Studebaker, the project coordinator for the Kodiak Gray Whale Project. We’ll be talking about Whale Fest and more. Here’s a short video of Stacey’s experience petting gray whales in Mexico. {youtube}UTT1igD7nsg{/youtube}
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