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Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. Photo Courtesy of University of Alaska Kayla Desroches/KMXT Programs around the state have been under threat of closure due to budget issues, and in the City of Kodiak, the future of one seafood research and training center has also been uncertain. But that may change if a resolution to save the center passes. The …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Programs around the state have been under threat of closure due to budget issues, and in the City of Kodiak, the future of one seafood research and training center has also been uncertain. But that may change if a resolution to save the center passes. The Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center, which opened in 1981 as the …

Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT It’s the last day for a course at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center which will help seafood professionals sell the freshest, highest quality product to the public. Seafood Processing Quality Control Training, which began Monday, covers everything from the shelf-life of fish to water quality. “We teach them …

Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center. Photo Courtesy of UAF Kayla Desroches/KMXT A group trying to prepare for the possible closure of the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center would like the Kodiak Island Borough to consider taking ownership of the building and property. Members from the Alaska Research Consortium, which include Assemblymen Larry LeDoux and Scott Smiley, sat down …

Briannna Gibbs/KMXT Humpback and fin whale populations are increasing in the Kodiak archipelago, says Bree Witteveen, a marine mammal specialist and research assistant professor for the Marine Advisory Program. On Tuesday Witteveen gave a teleconferenced talk with students at the University of Alaska in Fairbanks, but opened the talk to Kodiak residents at the Kodiak Seafood and Marine Science Center …