Tag Archives: KUCB

Coming up this week, biologist are optimistic about Lower Cook Inlet’s salmon prospects this summer; meanwhile, the board of fish is meeting in Anchorage to address Upper Cook Inlet finfish issues, also known as “The Fish Wars.” A couple of legislators are trying to remove a gag order on Board of Fish members when a conflict of interest comes before …

Coming up this week, we hear how fishermen can maximize their profits by minimizing their boat’s energy usage; folks in Kodiak are trying to ease the way for the coming and going of anadromous fish, and we hear more from the new head of the Bering Sea Crabbers, all on this edition of the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help …

Coming up this week, with Donald Trump soon to take office, is the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay now a fait accompli? The people of the Mat-Su discuss their dwindling salmon runs, and there’s a new man at the helm of the Bering Sea Crabbers. We had help from KUCB’s Laura Kraegel in Unalaska, KSKA’s Ellen Lockyer in Anchorage, KDLG’s …

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 …

Coming up in this edition, we look north to the coho run on the Yukon and to fish in the increasingly accessible Arctic Ocean. They don’t mess around trying to protect Columbia River salmon, and, there ain’t nothing like hands-on training. We had help from KIYU’s Tim Bodony in Galena, Alaska Energy Desk’s Zoe Sobel in Unalaska, KUOW’s Cassandra Profita …

This week, two crews are safe after their fishing vessels meet their fate in the past week, we have king salmon news from the upper Yukon and chum salmon news from the lower river, and more, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. Thanks to KMXT’s Kayla Desroches for sitting in while I was away for a few weeks. We …

Coming up this week, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting in Kodiak, we learn more about that walrus alert we told you about last week, and sampling salmon for dollars – it’s not a new game show. All that and digging up a stinky mess in Dutch Harbor, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help …

Marines hunkering down during the attack on Dutch Harbor in 1942. Photo from Unalaska City Archives Zoe Sobel/KUCB Governor Bill Walker has declared today (June 3) Dutch Harbor Remembrance Day. Statewide all flags will fly at half-mast to recognize the World War II attack on Dutch Harbor. The 1942 bombing was the first hostile action on Alaskan soil; 25 service men …

Zoe Sobel/KUCB – Jay Barrett/KMXT People planning on running for elected office this year have until 5 p.m. today, June 1st to register for primary and general elections. That’s the deadline for all positions including – United States AND Alaska senators and representatives. According to the Alaska Division of Elections web site, there are currently no opponents for District P …

Coming up this week, East side Cook Inlet Setnetters get a day or two fishing in after all; clean up and salvage is expected to begin soon on the sunken Evening Star; and Trident’s president passes away suddenly while in Alaska. All that, and the first review of the CDQ program is underway. We had help this week from KSTK’s …