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Buskin River Sockeye Bag Limit Boosted

Jay Barrett/KMXT More good news for anglers looking to fight some salmon this summer – the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is increasing the bag and possession limit in the Buskin River Drainage for sockeye. The Department had already increased the bag limit on the Afognak River. Starting at 1 minute after midnight Wednesday morning, the bag limit for …

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Long-Time Kodiak Librarian Reflects on Career in Kodiak

Hear the entire interview from Talk of the Rock here: Brianna Gibbs/KMXT After more than 13 years serving as the director of the A. Holmes Johnson Memorial Library, Joe D’Elia will say his goodbyes to the organization this month. He and the library will both be making moves to new locations, but while the library will only have to travel …

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St. Paul’s Bourdukosfsky Remembered

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Mary Bourdukofsky with Vladyka Nikolai. Russian Orthodox Diocese of Alaska photo Lauren Rosenthal/KUCB The Pribilof Island of St. Paul lost an important elder this month. Mary Nicolai Bourdukofsky passed away at age 90. Bourdukofsky was devoted to preserving Unangan culture and history. Bourdukofsky was born January 9, 1923 to Nicolai and Olga Kozloff, on St. Paul Island. Bourdukofsky was a …

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Council Will Hear Pier III and Baranof Park Plans

Jay Barrett/KMXT The Kodiak City Council is holding a work session tonight, which looks like it’ll be dominated by a presentation on replacing Pier 3, the cargo dock. PND Engineers of Anchorage has a 25-page report based on its geo-technical findings and offers some preliminary design recommendations. The executive summary of the report says a pile-supported dock will be needed …

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Council Votes for 7,500 King Bycatch Cap

Alexandra Gutierrez/APRN This weekend, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council voted to put new restrictions on the Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet in an effort to curb chinook salmon bycatch. There was almost certainly going to be a cap. All the other trawl fisheries had one, and concern over the health of Alaska’s chinook runs has only increased in recent …

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Weather Service Seeks to Simplify Marine Weather Forecasts

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Changes to marine forecast zones are in red. National Weather Service map Jay Barrett/KMXT Marine weather forecasts are required listening for fishermen and others living in Coastal Alaska. They give vital information specifically for mariners, such as expected wave height and, in the winter, icing conditions. Coming this fall, the National Weather Service will be making modifications to the different …

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Strong Afognak Sockeye Run = Bag Limit Increase

Jay Barrett/KMXT The sockeye salmon run has been so strong up the Afognak River drainage, that both subsistence and commercial fishing areas were increased near its mouth. Now sportsfishermen can get in on the action. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game in Kodiak has increased the bag and possession limit for sockeye anglers to 10 fish per day and …

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Sockeye Continue Strong Run as Harvests Begin

Jay Barrett/KMXT Because of the strong early red salmon return, Fish and Game opened the Kodiak salmon season a little early, with staggered openings Friday, Saturday and Sunday. The first two days saw a harvest of 37,109 sockeye, largely in the Karluk, Northwest Kodiak, and Southwest Afognak district, which saw 24,251 reds, 357 kings, 621 chum and 5 pinks netted. …

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