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Study Shows GE Salmon Can Interbreed with Wild Stock

Jay Barrett/KMXT When KMXT last spoke with State Representative Garren Tarr, she was on her way back to Alaska from a visit to the Canadian Maritime Provence of Prince Edward Island. She was there to raise awareness of genetically engineered salmon, which could be produced there. Earlier in the year she had introduced a bill banning such fish in Alaska …

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Club Volleyball Team Looks South for Competition

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The high school volleyball season wrapped up in November, but that hasn’t kept a group of athletes from playing. Since April, the Kodiak Island Volleyball Club has met six times a week to workout and practice. Next week their hard work will hopefully pay off when the girls head to the Volleyball Festival in Phoenix, Arizona. Merissa Koller-Williams …

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Thomas Relieves Cawthorn as Munro Commander

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Capt. Mark Cawthorn, commanding officer, Coast Guard Cutter Munro, accompanied by his dog Akela, is presented a Meritorious Service Medal by Rear Adm. Charles Ray, deputy commander, Coast Guard Pacific Area, during a change of command ceremony in Kodiak, Alaska, June 18, 2013. Capt. Jeff Thomas relieved Cawthorn as commanding officer of Munro during the ceremony. U.S. Coast Guard photos …

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ASMI Sends Alaska Seafood Worldwide

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT This week a number of representatives from the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, also known as ASMI, are in town for an annual meeting to discuss how to better market Alaska seafood around the world. ASMI has a presence in about 21 countries worldwide, with representatives on the ground promoting the state’s bounty. A handful of those individuals spoke …

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More Subsistence Waters Open at Mouth of Buskin River

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Department of Fish and Game and the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service have opened up more water at the mouth of the Buskin River in an attempt to limit sockeye salmon escapement into Buskin Lake. A release from the Kodiak office of the Alaska Department of Fish and Game says, “In order to prevent a higher …

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