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Kodiak to Host AAA Arctic Science Conference

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This week a few dozen scientists will converge on Kodiak to talk fisheries and watersheds. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, or AAAS, typically holds an annual Arctic Science Conference, but it usually takes place in Anchorage or Fairbanks. This year, however, Kodiak will host the three-day conference at the Harbor Convention Center. Brian Himelbloom is …

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ITN, Other Community Groups Tackle Marine Debris on Local Beaches

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT It’s been about four months since Kodiak Island Trails Network hosted a road system beach clean up, but results are finally in. The Coast Walk event took place the first two weeks of June and targeted 81 beaches along Kodiak’s road system for volunteers to document and clean up. That prompted a full summer of unexpected beach clean …

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Tusty Re-Launch Pushed Back a Few Days

Jay Barrett/KMXT There is another delay with work on the State ferry Tustumena, but according to the Alaska Marine Highway office, it shouldn’t prevent the 50-year-old ship from returning to service on October 20th, as previously announced. The re-launching of the Tusty in Seward was tentatively scheduled for today (Friday). In an e-mail this morning, ferry system spokesman Jeremy Woodrow …

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Kodiak Bait Herring Opens

Jay Barrett/KMXT The one-boat-at-a-time bait herring fishery around Kodiak Island opened today (Friday) at 10 a.m. The guideline harvest level in the two open districts is 99 tons for the South Afognak District and 180 tons in the Uganik District. The districts will remain open until further notice and be closed by emergency order by Fish and Game or when …

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Assembly Postpones CIP List Approval

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly decided to postpone a vote on its capital improvement projects priority list. An eight item list was before the assembly as a resolution, but concerns over one of the projects on the list, and the absence of three assembly members, led to its postponement until the October 3 regular meeting. Assemblyman …

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Bears at Home This Weekend

Jay Barrett/KMXT There’s a limited sports schedule this weekend for Kodiak High School athletes, comprised of a pair of cross country races and a home football game. The Bears will welcome the Colony Knights to the Fort Abercrombie trail this evening, with the girls racing at 5 p.m. and the boys at 5:45. Tomorrow at 9 a.m., the two schools …

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NOAA Seeks Input on Halibut Bycatch Amendment

Jay Barrett/KMXT The reductions in halibut bycatch passed by the North Pacific Fishery Management Council last year have been codified and NOAA is looking for some input. “Amendment 95,” as it’s called, would implement bycatch reductions in both hook-and-line and trawl fisheries, according to Obren Davis, a fisheries management specialist with the National Marine Fisheries Service in Juneau: “In June …

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KANA Welcomes Veterans for Medical Services

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Kodiak Area Native Association is opening its doors to a new kind of client these days. The organization, which typically only provides services to Alaska Natives and Native Americans, recently added veterans to its clientele. Rick Epperson is the Rural Health Program Manager for Alaska Veterans Affairs and said the service expansion is the result of a sharing …

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