Alaska Fisheries Report

The cast of "Alaska Women Looking for Love" in Miami. The show follows the women from Kodiak to Florida as they seek to date men who aren’t old bearded fishermen. TLC photo Coming up this week, only CDQ boats got to go crabbing when the season opened Tuesday because of the since-resolved federal government shutdown, we get a report from …

Coming up this week, Bering Sea crabbing might be delayed because of the federal government shutdown, clean up continues on the fuel spill caused by that tender sinking in Haines, and the largest longliner built in Alaska gets christened. All that and more coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal in …

Coming up this week: How the federal shutdown is affecting NOAA Fisheries and the National Weather Service; Thanks to Obamacare, being a fisherman is no longer considered “a pre-existing condition;” And, we have the latest in our on-going series of stories about people smuggling fish in their pants. We had stories this week from KSTK’s Shady Grove Oliver in Wrangell …

Coming up this week, there’s bad news, good news, and then more bad news about wild salmon versus farmed; It may have taken a senate hearing, but it looks like Alaska salmon will remain welcome on store shelves no matter who certifies them; and why we should choose salmon over logging. Thanks to Heather Hardcastle for her commentary.

Coming up this week, Southeast fishermen get extra time to target coho this month, NOAA wants your feedback on Amendment 95, we’ve got a review of this summer’s Yukon fisheries, and the backlash over a cartoon, all on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had stories from KYUK’s Angela Denning-Barnes in Bethel, and KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki in Petersburg.

Coming up this week, Walmart officials seem sound open to accepting Alaska salmon – even without MSC approval; Bristol Bay gillnetting permits are increasing in prices, even though this summer didn’t live up to expectations, and the fella who’s towed more grounded fishing boats off the rocks than almost anyone, sells his company – but doesn’t retire. All that and …

Coming up this week, fishermen take matters into their own hands when it comes to Walmart’s snub of Alaska seafood; the rain has come in the nick of time for spawning salmon in Sitka, and speaking of the Paris of the Pacific, kindly check your firearms at the door. We had help from the KCAW News Team of Robert Woolsey …

Coming up this week Mark Begich stares down Sodexo and Walmart and they both blink first. Have we mentioned pink salmon yet this summer? Because it seems they’re running pretty good. And ASMI promotes from within for its new director of international marketing. All that and more, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had great stories from KFSK’s …

Coming up this week: Mark Begich isn’t shy about getting tough with multi-national corporations when it comes to Alaska Seafood, the folks in Kake, are trying hard to save their landmark cannery, and you know what happens to your gear when you lose it? It winds up on a beach somewhere, and we talk with one of the people who …

Coming up this week, two boats go down in Southeast in separate incidents just hours apart this week; Skagway is seeing a good king run, but that doesn’t help the Canadians, and pink salmon just keep rolling in. We aired stories this week from KTOO’s Matt Miller in Juneau, KUAC’s Dan Bross in Fairbanks, KHNS’ Margaret Friedenauer in Haines, KFSK’s …