Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, pollock in Prince William Sound, humpies on the Yukon, young fishermen in Juneau, and have we seen the last of The Blob, or is it just taking a breather? We had assistance this week from KCHU’s Marcia Lynn in Valdez, KIYU’s Tim Bodony in Galena, KCAW’s Robert Woolsey in Sitka and KTOO’s Matt Miller in Juneau. 

Coming up on this Russian Orthodox Christmas edition, the Alaska Supreme Court slaps down the sportsfishing industry’s attempts to ban setnetting in Cook Inlet, NOAA is looking for your help in making its freezing spray forecasts better, and trying to rein in the barracudas of the Koyukuk. We had help from KBBI’s Quinton Chandler in Homer, KDLG’s Molly Dishner in …

Coming up on this last show of the year, OR first one of the new year if you’re listening on Friday or Saturday: Will the University of Alaska mothball its applied research center in Kodiak? The Alaska Board of Fisheries decides to snub Kenai once again, and they talk about coastal erosion. All that, and how the summer salmon season …

Coming on this Solstice-Festivus-Saturnalia-Christmas-Boxing Day-Kwanzaa edition of the Alaska Fisheries Report, a harbor so clean you could probably fish out of it, the art of packing salmon, and if you want to know what people in Sand Point think about genetically-modified salmon, our high school correspondents from KSDP have you covered. All that and more, coming up on the Alaska …

Coming up this week, there’s controversy over releasing hatchery chums in Southeast, the Kodiak Maritime Museum starts the groundwork – literally – on its new display, and the lamprey fishery on the Yukon is a nice payday before the holidays. All that, and the dangers of fishing with explosives, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from …

Coming up this week, the Alaska Board of Fisheries says no thank you to stacking Bristol Bay permits, the only guy who seemed to know what was going on sometimes is retiring, and creating a new dog treat from what McDonald’s doesn’t put in its Fillet-o-Fish sandwiches, plus more, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help …

Coming up this week, sad news from the state’s capital where the newly elected mayor, Greg Fisk, a fisheries consultant, was found dead in his home Monday, the annual Yukon lamprey run is on, but don’t blink or you’ll miss it, and the fish board member from Dillingham won’t be allowed to participate in all the action at the Bristol …

Coming up this week, the FDA has given the OK to a fast-growing, gene-spliced Atlantic salmon, something Alaska’s fishermen and politicians have been fighting for decades. We hear a Nushagak fisherman lament farmed salmon in song, and, they’re training up the next generation of cannery bosses in Kodiak, all coming up on this Thanksgiving week edition of the Alaska Fisheries …

Coming up this week, what the infamous T-P-P could mean for Alaska’s seafood exports, the challenges of counting pink salmon, and The Cannery Project takes us to False Pass. All that and more on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from KDLG’s Molly Dischner in Dillingham, the Cannery Project’s Anjuli Grantham in Kodiak, KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki …

Coming up this week – fishery managers are wondering where the Kodiak and Chignik Tanner crab have gone to, the hatchery that burned near Petersburg is back up and running, and selling salmon in the desert. We had help from KRBD’s Leila Kiehry in Ketchikan, and both KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki and Angela Denning in Petersburg.