Programs

Coming up this week, summer salmon fishing gears up with Copper River’s first opening; cannery bosses in Unalaska are handling the state’s new, higher minimum wage by raising the rent they charge folks who come up and stay in their bunkhouses; and we get get a preview of the Yukon salmon season. We had help from KCHU’s Marcia Lynn reporting …

On Talk of the Rock today, the Baranof Museum’s Anjuli Grantham tells us about the multi-media project she’s spearheading about the history of Kodiak Island’s West Side. She’s joined by her collaborators, Toby Sullivan, Brianna Petersen, and Tiffany Brunson.

Coming up this week, there’s a new CEO for Icicle Seafoods, but is he there just to oversee its break up or sale? Don Young says he wants to keep legal beagles out of fisheries, and it’s blessing of the fleet time in Juneau. All that, and they used to blow up fish in the name of science! We had …

A bell was cast for the Russian Orthodox Church in Kodiak in 1796 and discovered in an orange grove in California over 130 years later. In 2013, a Russian bell was brought to Kodiak from California, but it wasn’t the same bell. In this episode, a Russian bell expert, Father Innocent Dresdow, and others discuss the history of Russian bells, …

Coming up this week, Togiak herring opened up this week, direct marketing of salmon is getting a boost, and the delegation from the state’s largest fishing port decline to sign a letter asking for a huge cut in bycatch. We had help from KDLG’s Dave Bendinger in Dillingham, KCAW’s Robert Woolsey in Sitka, KMXT’s Kayla Desroches in Kodiak, and KBBI’s …

  Coming up this week, will fisheries be affected if the humpback whale is removed from the endangered species list? There’s a big forecast for Togiak herring, but with the world glut and low prices, will anybody show up to catch them? All that, and quit complaining, that’s the smell of money! We had help from KMXT’s Kayla Desroches in …

Coming up this week, the big salmon packers announce they want to rejoin the Marine Stewardship Council’s sustainability certification program, the North Pacific Council hands down some steep cuts on Chinook bycatch and sablefishermen in the Gulf will have a smaller catch this season. All that and more, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from KDLG’s …

Coming up this week, Kodiak’s ComFish Alaska was jam-packed with info and toys for fishermen, and we find out how a tiny fish in Southeast is connected to the world economy. We had help from KMXT’s Kayla Desroches in Kodiak and KCAW’s Rachel Waldholz in Sitka.

Coming up this week, what does a warming climate mean for our salmon streams, will tracking seafood from source to plate cut down on illegal fishing, and only one license for you, Dude, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from KDLL’s Jenny Neyman in Kenai, KYUK’s Ben Matheson in Bethel and KTOO’s Lisa Phu in Juneau. …

Coming up this week, Sitka Sound herring wraps with more of a whimper than bang, you can now print your own fishing license in the privacy of your own home, Copper River driftnetters vote to continue their support of marketing efforts, and is that an environmental watchdog I see nominated to the Board of Fish? We had help from KCAW’s …