Tag Archives: Mike Litzow

The latest Gulf of Alaska trawl survey shows the lowest cod numbers on record. That threatens to close the federal Gulf cod fishery which was slated to begin in less than two months. Cod numbers have been declining for four years, and in Kodiak, just a handful of fishermen are still going after cod. It’s another example of how climate …

Mike Litzow and Alisa Abookire clearing kelp out of their seine. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT On an island about four miles off of Kodiak, marine scientists working with the University of Alaska are trying to figure out why Pacific cod stocks are crashing in the Gulf of Alaska. And, how climate change may be affecting the fish when they’re …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, KMXT features a lecture from Kodiak’s commercial trade show, ComFish. Mike Litzow with the University of Alaska talks about the Alaska marine heat wave and the effect of global warming on fish in Alaska waters.

Sea ice off the coast of Alaska in the Bering Sea (Photo by Stuart Rankin / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A biologist went over climate change and its effects on marine life at Kodiak’s commercial fisheries trade show, ComFish, last week. Mike Litzow, a research faculty member with the University of Anchorage Fairbanks, explained how human-sourced carbon dioxide has interfered with …

Fishing boats in Kodiak. (Photo by James Brooks / KMXT) Mitch Borden/KMXT A new study in Kodiak will hopefully shed some light on what Pacific cod go through when they’re young. “We don’t know how they do in the winter. Where they are. What they are eating. What their energetic requirements are.” Mike Litzow is a researcher for the University …

(left to right) Elias, Eric, and Alisa. Elias snacks on an apple before going off to run track. Not shown is husband Mike, who wasn’t on the scene at the time. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT This summer, a couple returned to the City of Kodiak after roughly 10 years of sailing the world. Mike Litzow and …