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Coming up this week – how good of a guy do you have to be to get endorsed for a new government job by both the draggers and community fish co-op types? I mean really? Alaska’s pink salmon disaster continues to make its way up the flagpole, and you, yes you, could get your crewman’s license for free this year. …

From KMXT in Kodiak, the second biggest fishing port in the nation, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. Speaking of which, the National Marine Fisheries Service has released its annual list of where America’s fish were landed and how much they were worth; we hear how crabbing is going on different ends of the state, and will the governor’s pink salmon …

The National Marine Fisheries Service released its annual snapshot of the nation’s fisheries Wednesday morning. Among other things, it showed that Americans ate, on average, one more pound of seafood in 2015 than they did in 2014 – now up to 15-and-a-half pounds. Dutch Harbor is still the U.S. port with the most tonnage crossing the docks, with 787-million in …

Jay Barrett/KMXT The National Marine Fisheries Service released its report to Congress last week on the state of U.S. Fisheries, noting that many stocks have rebounded, though some remain overfished – especially in New England waters. The report showed six more U.S. fish species once considered overfished rebounded to healthy levels in 2011. That brings the number of rebuilt fish …

Coming up this week, the Togiak sac roe herring fishery happened all of a sudden this week; NOAA Fisheries issues its report on the status of U.S. Fisheries, close encounters of the cetacean kind, and jig fishermen get some marketing help. We had help this week from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham.