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Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Last week a number of worldwide representatives from the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, or ASMI, were in Kodiak to discuss how to better market the state’s bounty around the globe. Joe Jacobson is the international program director for ASMI. “Every year, twice a year, we get together with all of our overseas reps, and all of the ASMI …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Earlier this month the North Pacific Fishery Management Council met in Juneau and set a cap on chinook salmon bycatch in the Gulf of Alaska trawl fishery. The council was looking a variety of cap amounts, ranging from 3,000 to 10,000, but in the end set it at 7,500. A number of Kodiak representatives attended the meetings in …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT The Kodiak Island Borough Assembly has a new attorney. During Thursday’s regular meeting the assembly approved a contract with Levesque (Lev-ek) Law Group, a small firm based in Anchorage. For the past three years the assembly has been represented by Cheryl Brooking, of the Anchorage-based Wohlforth, Johnson, Brecht, Cartledge and Brooking. That contract is set to expire at …

Today on the return of “The Naturalist” from Fort Abercrombie, Deb Mignogno tells us everything we’ve ever wanted to know about … slugs. Deb is the volunteer naturalist at Fort Abercrombie State Historical Park in the summertime, and brings us The Naturalist on a semi-regular basis so we can learn more about the natural world around us.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The U.S. Commerce Department’s acting secretary, Cameron Kerry, announced the selection of one current and one new member for the North Pacific Fishery Management Council. Reappointed is Kodiak’s Duncan Fields. Joining him on the council will be David Long of Wasilla. Both were appointed to three-year terms to begin on August 11th. Sam Rauch, acting NOAA assistant administrator …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A road maintenance and repair contract was postponed last night due to differing recommendations on who it should go to. Road Service Area No. 1 is the largest service area and includes Spruce Cape, Island Lake, and other areas just outside city limits. The current road maintenance contract for the area expires this summer and the assembly was …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Earlier this week we heard from Kodiak’s police chief on his department’s response to increased complaints of vagrants being an issue downtown. During that interview with KMXT, T.C. Kamai also spoke a little about the underlying issues in Kodiak that contribute to vagrancy. “You know, amongst my staff we’ve had this discussion that we’re dealing with issues of …

Coming up this week, Southeast nets went in the water on Sunday and fishermen are expecting a big pink return this year; it turns out genetically engineered salmon might be able to breed with wild stock if they ever got out, and bringing Alaska seafood to the world, and the world to Kodiak. Before we wrap up the show, a …