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Jay Barrett/KMXT You know those energy audits you can get for your home, where heat loss and fuel efficiency are all measured and charted to see where you might save money on utilities? Well soon, you might be able to get one for your fishing boat. The Alaska Fisheries Development Foundation is gearing up a pilot study of fishing vessel …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A boater was rescued from the 31-foot sailing vessel Etak Tuesday. A Coast Guard Air Station Sitka MH-60 Jayhawk helicopter successfully hoisted the man from the vessel in the Gulf of Alaska, about 200 miles northwest of Sitka. The boater, who was not named by the Coast Guard, was transported to Sitka where he was met by medical …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Yesterday, by the slimmest of margins, two-term Alaska Board of Fisheries member Vince Webster’s reappointment was rejected by a joint session of the Alaska House and Senate. After attacks on him by the Kenai River Sportfishing Association stretching into last week, Webster was voted down 30-to-29. A commercial fisherman from King Salmon, Webster got the support of legislators …

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT A bill passed during the 27th Legislature could mean more land opening up for Coast Guard housing in Kodiak. The bill provides low interest state money for development on land adjacent to military facilities, which can be rezoned as Military Facility Zones. Borough Manager Bud Cassidy said the Coast Guard is concerned about not having enough residential structures …

Coming up this week, looks like another bust in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery this year; nobody likes Chinook Salmon bycatch, and a Kodiak-bound fishing boat lost for 41-years is finally found. All that, and no more “fishy-fishy." We had help from KCAW’s Robert Woolsey in Sitka, and the entire KUCB News Team of Stephanie Joyce and Lauren …

Coming up this week, looks like another bust in the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery this year; nobody likes Chinook Salmon bycatch, and a Kodiak-bound fishing boat lost for 41-years is finally found. All that, and no more “fishy-fishy." We had help from KCAW’s Robert Woolsey and Ed Ronco in Sitka, and KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal in Unalaska.

Jay Barrett/KMXT A brand new fishing vessel headed for Alaska to join the Kodiak fleet in 1972 never reached its destination, and its fate has been a mystery for over 40 years. That is, until it was discovered sitting on the sea floor under 9,000 feet of water in the Gulf of Mexico. The fishing vessel Katmai was found by …

Jay Barrett/KMXT On Friday the Senate Resources Committee heard testimony on reducing Chinook salmon bycatch in Alaska’s trawl fisheries. The testimony across user groups was almost universally in favor of reducing the bycatch, with the only doubt being brought up by representatives of the trawl industry. Senator Peter Micciche from Soldotna introduced Senate Resolution 5, which would request the North …