On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Wild Fish Conservancy will seek Endangered Species Act protections for Alaska chinook salmon, story from KFSK’s Shelby Herbert. An Angela Denning report about Southeast Alaska Indigenous leaders declaring a salmon emergency. And young citizen scientists count fish in Cripple Creek, story courtesy of KUAC’s Robyne. Young scientists from the Fairbanks Youth …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Invasive Species Week
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin sits down with Blythe Brown, Acting District Manager with Kodiak Soil and Water Conservation, and Matt Van Daele, Natural Resources Director for Sun’aq Tribe of Kodiak, to talk about how the Kodiak community can help turn the tide against invasive species in Alaska. Listen here:
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 8 June 2023
Now! The correct show! On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLL’s Jenny Neyman reports on a Cook Inlet clam opener, KRBD’s Raegan Miller says green crabs have arrived, and Evan Erickson of KYUK on Kuskokwim smelt. Bethel residents gathered at the sea wall on May 30, 2023 to mark the return of the smelts. The return of …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 1 June 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Ezra Dan reports on artisanal Southeast scallop diving, Nat Herz, of the Northern Journal on the looming troll closure (without a stay in sight), and Shelby Herbert of KFSK on the Petersburg fish rapper.
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Paralytic Shellfish Poison
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks about paralytic shellfish poison (PSP) with Julie Matweyou, Kodiak Agent with the Alaska Sea Grant Marine Advisory Program; Mika Bushell, NOAA research fellow and marine biologist for Knik Tribal Council; and Andie Wall, environmental coordinator for KANA. Listen here:
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 25 May 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alaska Public Radio’s Liz Ruskin reports on efforts to reshape the Federal Fishery “Management Commandments.” Plus Desiree Hagen of KOTZ tells of the connection between spawning sheefish and slumping permafrost. Katrina Liebich/USFWS Siikauraq Martha Whiting ice fishing for Sheefish. The Iñupiaq name for sheefish is sii (pronounced like “see” in English) …
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 18 May 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Robert Woolsey’s spotlight on three Sitka salmon trollers facing a court ordered closure. Sitka troller Eric Jordan (Sitka Conservation Society/Bethany Goodrich)
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Crabfest with the Chamber
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin talks with the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce’s outgoing executive director, Jena Lowmaster, and incoming executive director, Ellen Simeonoff, about running the Chamber, small business support, and, of course, putting together Kodiak’s largest Crabfest ever. Listen here:
Read More »Alaska Fisheries Report 11 May 2023
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Robert Woolsey reports on the state’s seeking a salmon stay, Francisco Martinezcuello’s soundscape of kids and briny pike, courtesy of KYUK, and the House Fisheries Committee looks at salmon rehabilitation permits. (Photo by Rachel Waldholz/KCAW)
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Mental Health Awareness Month with KWRCC
On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin speaks with Ellamy Tiller, Outreach Coordinator for Kodiak Women’s Resource and Crisis Center, about Mental Health Awareness Month. If you or someone you know is experiencing or affected by mental illness in a way that you fear for their safety, there is help: you can call the Suicide and Crisis …
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