Tag Archives: Board of Fisheries

At last week’s Board of Fisheries meeting, board members rebuked a letter that Rep. Louise Stutes submitted expressing concern about meeting procedure. Rep. Louise Stutes at the Kodiak Legislative Information Office. (Photo by Kavitha George/KMXT) Stutes claimed there was “strong public perception” that board members had predetermined some of their decisions on allocation issues and other fisheries proposals. Some of …

When the Board of Fisheries moved its Upper Cook Inlet Finfish meeting from Kenai to Anchorage it took a lot of people by surprise, among those the folks in Kenai. A recent report by the Alaska ombudsman finds that the Board of Fish actions violated the state’s open meeting law. A familiar name in the fishing industry had his catch …

Sockeye in stream. (Photo by Watershed_Watch / flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Concern about the poor escapement for sockeye salmon in the Chignik area has led regional groups to seek emergency measures, but some Kodiak stakeholders are worried about what that could mean for the Kodiak management area. According to the Alaska Department of Fish and Game, early-run sockeye salmon escapement at …

The intersection of the Sockeye run and the Chinook run. (Photo by Ingrid Taylar / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT There are a few different fisheries groups around town, and one of them is connected to a genetic study which found Cook Inlet fish in Kodiak waters. In response to the study, the United Cook Inlet Drift Association asked the Alaska Board …

Sockeye running up the Kenai River to spawn. (Photo by Kentaro Yasui / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Board of Fisheries has rejected an agenda change request that would have moved up the discussion of a Cook Inlet claim on sockeye salmon in the Kodiak management area. That’s according to Kodiak resident Duncan Fields, who was at the board’s work …

Adult Sockeye Salmon encounter a waterfall on their way up-river to spawn. (Photo by Marvina Munch / USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak is gearing up to oppose what it considers a threat to its fisheries. Last year, the Alaska Department of Fish and Game released a study that found a percentage of Kodiak area sockeye salmon are Cook Inlet fish. Now, …

Screen capture of Les Gara during joint session on Gavel to Gavel. Courtesy of 360 North Kayla Desroches/KMXT The state legislature confirmed the appointment of three members to the Board of Fisheries Tuesday at its joint session. Board Chair John Jensen of Petersburg and member Reed Morisky of Fairbanks will both return to their seats, while former member Frederick “Fritz” …

The Kodiak Joint Fisheries Working Group held a two-plus hour meeting Thursday morning to hear several reports, including one about a possible intercept fishery around Kodiak of Upper Cook Inlet salmon. A genetic study indicating such an intercept was presented at the Alaska Board of Fisheries meeting in Kodiak this winter, and will be presented again at the board’s Cook …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Board of Fisheries wrapped up its meeting in Kodiak last week. The board puts out an open call for suggested regulatory changes in any fishery and region. One proposal it received would have allowed fishermen to harvest a certain number of bairdi crab in the Bering Sea despite the low threshold of mature female crab. Glenn Haight …