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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak is no stranger to aspiring cannery bosses, but this week a few more than usual are in town. About 15 mid-career seafood processing professionals are attending the Alaska Seafood Processing Leadership Institute at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center on Near Island. Paula Cullenburg is the director for the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program, which …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Former Kodiak City Councilman Tom Walters has been re-appointed to the Alaska Aerospace Corporation board of directors, along with David Weldon, a former Florida congressman. Walters, a local helicopter pilot, has served on the board for six years. He was first appointed while on the Kodiak City Council, where he served for 18 years. He was reappointed to …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Saying it’s about time for fisheries experts and scientists to come together and discuss fisheries bycatch and advancements in reduction, the organizer of the Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium will dedicate its next gathering to just that. Low returns of king and chum salmon, and revelations in recent years of exactly how big the bycatch is has increased awareness …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The government shutdown last month threw a wrench into many federal proceedings, including statewide subsistence criteria hearings. Back in September Federal Subsistence Board members held a public hearing in Kodiak to get input on how communities should be classified as rural or non rural. Basically, those living in rural areas are allowed access to federal lands for subsistence …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Swimming and Diving In Swimming, the Kodiak Bears are again the top team in Region III, cruising to the team titles in Kenai. The Kodiak girls had 82 points for their seventh straight region title, while the boys scored 97 for their fifth straight crown, and 9th out of the last 11. There were over 200 swimmers and …

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — Volunteers and emergency responders have ended their search for a missing 20-year-old man from Akhiok on Kodiak Island. Brandon Phillips on Oct. 26 left the village 150 miles southwest of the city of Kodiak on an all-terrain vehicle and said he was going to hike. He was reported missing that night. Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman Megan …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Seafood bycatch has long been a hot button topic in coastal Alaska, but knowledge of – and outrage over – has spread statewide in recent years with increased awareness of the sheer number of salmon taken on the high seas. The Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium in May will be exclusively dedicated to fisheries bycatch; the theme will be …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The government shutdown earlier this month threw a wrench into many federal proceedings, including statewide subsistence criteria hearings. Back in September Federal Subsistence Board members held a public hearing in Kodiak to get input on how communities should be classified as rural or non rural. Basically, those living in rural areas are allowed access to federal lands for …