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KMXT’s Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, news of chinook and coral gardens from the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, both sides are far apart in Togiak herring prices, and listen up, mariners, some of your Marine Forecast Zones will be changing this fall. We couldn’t have done it without the help of Seafood.com’s John Sackton in Lexington, Massachusetts, APRN’s Alexandra Gutierrez …

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Buskin Busts Through Lower End of Escapement Goal

Jay Barrett/KMXT Another 40,000 sockeye salmon were harvested in the Kodiak Management Area yesterday (Wednesday), and the very first coho of the season was reported caught as well. The total through June 12th is now 244,439 sockeye caught, with just more than half – 124,633 – in the Karluk, Northwest Kodiak and Southwest Afognak area. Over 93,000 have been hauled …

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Tuxedni Crew Honored by Coast Guard for Rescue

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The crew of Air Station Kodiak and assembled guests congratulate the crew of the 109-foot Seattle-based fishing vessel Tuxedni on their award of the Gold Life Saving Medal presented by the Coast Guard at the Billiken Theater on Coast Guard Base Kodiak June 12, 2013, in Kodiak, Alaska. The Gold Life Saving Medal was created by an act of Congress …

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Have Questions About Medicare? Bendersky has the Answers

Jay Barrett/KMXT Medicare and Medicaid are two frequently used federal programs, and they are the ones Congress most likes to fiddle with. As a result, lots of people have questions. Enter Judith Bendersky, a Health Manager 2 with the State of Alaska, who is in town to answer some of those questions. “The rules change. And then with the affordable …

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NMFS Looks to Stop Fishy Shenanigans on High Seas

Stephanie Joyce/KUCB In the wake of several high-profile cases of alleged scale-tampering by Bering Sea groundfish vessels, the National Marine Fisheries Service is revising its regulations for weighing fish at-sea. As KUCB’s Stephanie Joyce reports, the new measures are aimed at making it more difficult for vessels to underreport their catch.

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Change of Command Friday at Fisheries Training Center

KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — A change of command ceremony is planned this week for the Coast Guard’s North Pacific Regional Fisheries Training Center in Kodiak. The Coast Guard says Lt. Steve Hulse will relieve Lt. Conor Sullivan as commanding officer during the ceremony Friday. Sullivan, who has commanded the center since July 2010, will next be assigned aboard the Coast …

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Sockeye Salmon Continue Strong Return

Jay Barrett/KMXT Two fisheries in the Kodiak Management Area continue to see a lot of sockeye salmon harvest, less than a week into the season. Cape Igvak and Wide Bay had over 93,000 reds caught through Tuesday, while the Karluk, Northwest Kodiak and Southwest Afognak area has registered nearly 86,000. On Tuesday, 23,682 sockeye were harvested in the KMA, bringing …

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No Relief Vessel Found for Dry-Docked Tusty

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Alaska Marine Highway’s request for proposals to cover about two weeks worth of runs between Homer and Kodiak has not produced the results it wanted. Ferry system spokesman Jeremy Woodrow says only one company – Bering marine Corporation of Anchorage – applied: “They were able to transport vehicles but no passengers, and because of that stipulation, the …

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