From KMXT in Kodiak, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. I’m Brianna Gibbs. Coming up this week, harvest restrictions are expected for the Yukon River, but the Kuskokwim River may see more salmon going to fishermen. The latest EPA assessment claims a large mine in Bristol Bay would affect salmon habitat and the future of the state’s film tax program. …
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Coming up this week, Bristol Bay fishermen will be surveyed about how they feel about a permit buy-back, Alaska salmon is getting a good reception on the world stage, and an State Representative returns from Canada’s smallest province after asking them to oppose genetically engineered salmon. We had help this week from KUCB’s Stephanie Joyce in Unalaska, Seafood.com’s John Sackton …
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Coming up this week, the king quota is down again in Southeast while a small Petersburg salmon packer is getting substantially bigger, and the Business of Fish. We had help from KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein in Petersburg, KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham and KHNS contributor Tara Bicknell in Haines.
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Coming up this week, the State Legislature throws a commercial fisherman off the Board of Fish, Kodiak’s mayors are upset with Trident, and a new pilot program could help you save money running your boat. All that, and one processor will start the salmon season offering a dollar a pound across the board. We had help from KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs …
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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 …
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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.
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Coming up this week: the final Halibut GHL is still a little up in the air even as fishermen prepare for the season opening, a floating processor’s crew is stranded and homeless in Kodiak after their ship runs aground, and a smart phone tour of Alaska’s busiest fishing port. We had help this week from KCAW’s Ed Ronco in Sitka, …
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Coming up this week: Fishermen seek broader habitat protection for the Tongass, MSA reauthorization gets underway in Congress, and no, it’s not too early to start talking about herring. Thanks to Brianna Gibbs for filling in as host the last month. We had help this week from APRN’s Peter Granitz in Washington D.C., KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, and CoastAlaska’s …
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Coming up this week, last year’s weak Chinook salmon runs prompts action in the Alaska Legislature, discussion about the same issue among interior Alaska Native villages and painting a picture of one woman’s experience in commercial fishing. All that and this year’s projected salmon catch, coming up, on the Alaska Fisheries Report.
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Coming up this week, the American Civil Liberties Union of Alaska joins the Yup’ik fisherman trials, the Alaska Legislature hears about eco-labels for Alaska’s salmon and small boats in big boat territory. All that and a series of surveys from the Fisheries Seafood Maritime Initiative, coming up, on the Alaska Fisheries Report.
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