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Bag Limit Increases Help Offset Over-Escapement

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week the Department of Fish and Game issued catch increases for sockeye salmon in two Kodiak area rivers. The Dog Salmon River drainage and the Saltry Cove drainage bag limits increased from five fish per day to 10. Earlier this summer the department increased the bag limit on the Buskin River from two fish per day to …

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Big Salmon Surge Over Weekend in KMA

Jay Barrett/KMXT ADF&G Salmon_thru_July_7 About 55,000 salmon were netted on Saturday in the Kodiak Management Area, and another 156,000 on Sunday, bringing the season all-species harvest total to nearly 1.8-million fish. Thirty-one thousand reds were caught Saturday and about 61,000 more on Sunday, bringing the season total harvest for sockeye to over 1.3-million. Over 15,000 pinks were netted on Saturday, …

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Rezone Passes Assembly, Likely to Come Up Again

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A rezoning ordinance was passed by the Kodiak Borough Assembly on Tuesday, but just barely. During the meeting the assembly held a public hearing regarding the rezoning of land on Shannon Point in Womens Bay. The rezone would switch the land from residential back to industrial. Majority of the surrounding area is industrial. During the public hearing a …

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Two Men OK After Ditching Plane Near Ft. Abercrombie

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A small private plane floats upside down about 30 yards from the shore off Fort Abercrombie in Kodiak Saturday afternoon. Tyler Polum and Jason Brooks swam to shore after the Aeronca Chief lost power and was ditched in Monashka Bay while returning to the Kodiak Municipal Airport. Photo courtesy Wanda Sizemore Jay Barrett/KMXT Two men are okay after a small …

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Chinook Angling Closed on Ayakulik

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is closing sportsfishing for king salmon in the Ayakulik River drainage on Monday. In a release, the department points to a poor escapement of just half of the lower end of the biological escapement range of 4,000 to 7,000 spawners. The total weir count on Tuesday of 1,963 kings indicates more …

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Leftover Funds Help Clean Jack Lakes Area

This series of photos provided by Borough Code Enforcement Office Jack Maker shows before, during, and after stages of the Jack and Lee Lakes recreation area clean up. "As you can see, it’s a massive improvement," Maker said. "Items that had been abandoned there for years have been removed." Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Anyone who’s been to Jack and Lee Lakes in …

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Old Bomb Disposed of Near Chignik

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Staff Sgt. Lucas Stephens and Spc. Vincent Wallace of the 716th Explosive Ordinance Disposal Company, 2nd Engineer Brigade, take measurements of the unexploded ordinance in attempt to identify its type an origin near Chignik, Alaska, July 1, 2013. EOD teams use specific tools and procedures to ensure that all unexploded ordinance is handled as safely as possible to prevent premature …

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The Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, setnetters get their nets back in the water near the mouth of the Igushik, where a 78-foot tender capsized. Walmart has let it be known they only want Marine Stewardship Council salmon from Alaska, and a new way of life for Yukon River fishermen. The stories were brought to us by KDLG’s Dave Bendinger and Mike …

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