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The Alaska Fisheries Report with Jay Barrett

Coming up this week, a Rhode Island professor says individual catch shares are bad for fishing communities, the National Marine Fisheries Service is testing electronic observing methods, and we get the mixed forecast for Prince William Sound salmon. All that, and the Department of Fish and Game briefs the legislature. We had help from KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs in Kodiak, KCAW’s …

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City Salary Study on Council Agenda

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tonight the Kodiak City Council will meet for a regular meeting and hold a public hearing on an ordinance that would exclude reference and transitory documents from the definitions of city and public records. City Manager Aimee Kniaziowski said during the first reading of the ordinance on January 10 that it is more of a clarification than an …

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Sen. Stevens Moves to Rename Akhiok Airport

Jay Barrett/KMXT Kodiak Senator Gary Stevens has introduced a bill that would rename the airport in Akhiok after two Kodiak pilots who were killed in plane crashes in recent years. Senate Bill 31 would change the name of the state-owned airport in south Kodiak Island community to the “Jim Andie and Robin Starrett Memorial Runway.” The 49-year-old Andie, a pilot …

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Two Fishing Boats Raised from Jackolof Bay

Jay Barrett/KMXT Two old fishing boats that sunk under the weight of the snow Christmas Day in Jackolof Bay have been refloated and seized by the Alaska Department of Natural Resources. The fishing vessel Kupreanof was raised on Sunday and the FV Leading Lady on Tuesday. They were towed to the Homer Boat Harbor and are being observed for any …

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Council Continues Cautiously Concerning Cycle Course

Brianna Gibbs/KMXT Tuesday night the Kodiak City Council met and once again discussed at length the proposed bike path from downtown to Dead Man’s Curve. The council must sign a draft agreement with the State Department of Transportation on the project before the definitive costs can be provided. The vagueness of the project’s price tag is because true costs will …

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New Red Cross CEO Tours Kodiak

Jay Barrett/KMXT The new executive director of the Red Cross of Alaska is in Kodiak this week, as he tours the communities the organization serves. Tanguy Libbrecht took the job just about a month ago, after working for 15 years at the Sheraton Hotel in Anchorage. He points out that the American Red Cross in Alaska has a much smaller …

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Weather Puts Kennicott Off Schedule

Jay Barrett/KMXT Stormy weather kept the state ferry Kennicott docked in Kodiak overnight. By the time it sails, the State Marine Highway System says it will be about 20-hours behind schedule. It’s scheduled to depart now at 2 this afternoon on its way back to Southeast Alaska. It should arrive in Chenega Bay at 5 tomorrow morning and spend as …

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Transportation Commissioner Apologizes for Ferry Kerfuffle

Ed Schoenfeld/CoastAlaska Transportation Commissioner Pat Kemp Tuesday apologized for keeping the Marine Transportation Advisory Board out of the loop on the Alaska Class Ferry. Kemp said he was sorry during a board meeting in Juneau. "I sincerely apologize for not keeping the board involved or not knowing more about the board. I wasn’t involved with the board before and in …

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