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  The deadline for comments on the Pebble Mine Draft Environmental Impact Statement has closed. More than 91,000 comments were received, including that of the EPA, which found fault with the EIS. The agency says the draft report likely underestimates the risks the mine poses. Alaska Governor Mike Dunleavy did some serious red-inking to the state’s budget, including cuts to …

First opener June 6-9 was ‘lackluster.’  No need to worry yet, says ADF&G. Sometimes fish are late, though a late return usually indicates a weak return. Friday’s two-and-a-half-day opener is hoped to net fishermen between 30 and 50,000 fish.   The seiner Jaime Marie sails past other fishing vessels at City Pier 2 on Thursday, June 6, 2013. (Photo by …

Sac Roe herring fishermen gear up in Sitka but not everyone is pleased with Fish and Game’s plan for the fishery. We have a report on talk of civil disobedience on the water.   Halibut opened on March 15. The catch limit is up slightly and market conditions look good. And we look at salmon genetics. Salmon researchers are trying …

This summer’s sockeye returns have been some of the worst on record in many Alaska river systems, while others have fared okay. Here on Kodiak Island, the lowest returns have been on the northeast side of the island, which is close to the city and the island’s most popular fishing ground. For this week’s Talk of the Rock, Daysha Eaton …

A fisherman at the mouth of the Buskin River. (Photo by Lisa Hupp/USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A poor early sockeye run continues to stunt sports and subsistence fishing close to the city. As of Monday, according to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, the majority of sockeye were caught at Alitak and along the west side of the island, and …

Sockeye salmon schooling in Hidden Lake. (Photo by USFWS/Katrina Mueller) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The west side and south end of Kodiak Island opened to commercial sockeye salmon fishing Monday, but it looks like there might be less variety of certain fish ages. Alaska Department of Fish and Game Salmon biologist James Jackson says sockeye may spend a year to three years …

  Maggie Wall/KMXT Salmon season is coming on strong. The Bristol Bay drift fleet upgrades their gear to include chillers and upgrades the quality taken to market. Copper River kings are stronger than forecasted. More than 40 boats fished in the Prince William Sound shrimp fishery. Cod, Dungeness, Pollock, halibut and more all going on in various parts of the …

Emperor Goose. Photo Sandy Cole Wikimedia Commons After a false start a year and a half ago, managers are ready now to allow not one, but two hunts per year for the king of all waterfowl – the emperor goose. Because of a crash in its population 31 years ago, sport hunting for the bird was suspended, with a ban …

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently released its preliminary 2017 salmon forecasts for the Kodiak Management Area, and it paints a much rosier picture for pink salmon in the new year. The humpy harvest in 2016 was an unmitigated disaster for Kodiak fishermen, with just 3.25-million fish delivered, on a forecast of 16.2-million. The wild pink salmon harvest, …

Coming up this week, the fisheries in Cook Inlet remain so contentious that the Feds are being sent in to manage it; They’re going to try and track illegal fishing with an eye in the sky, and while many Alaskans are calling on the president to stop creating marine monuments, the people of Saint George are asking the feds for …