Tag Archives: Pacific cod

The precipitous drop in Gulf of Alaska cod recently closed the federal fishery for the upcoming season. Its effects are also being felt by processors who rely on the fish for their winter workload. The Trident Seafoods plant in Sand Point closed last month for the winter, leaving a gaping hole in the city’s budget, and sowing uncertainty about the …

Xin Lyu, general manager for a seafood import/export company and CEO for Shanghai Hollywin Frozen Food snaps photos at a weir on the Buskin River near Kodiak on July 11, 2018. (Photo by Daysha Eaton/KMXT) Daysha Eaton/KMXT A delegation from China visited Kodiak Island this week with the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, touring fish processing plants in Kodiak and Larsen Bay. …

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 …

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 …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, you’ll hear about the Pacific cod decline, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council’s decision to reduce the quota, and the possible effects on the Kodiak community. Host Kayla Desroches talks with fisheries analyst Heather McCarty about that and the city and borough’s letter seeking a disaster declaration for the fishery in the Gulf …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The catch limits for Pacific cod in 2018 may be too low, and the number of participants too high, for some federal fisheries to open in the next couple of weeks. NOAA inseason manager Josh Keaton says, because of the cod quota decrease, seasonal allocations may be a lot smaller than the fisheries are used to operating under. …

Vessel in Kodiak. (Photo by Gruscana / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Gulf of Alaska is seeing a Pacific cod decline just a year after a disastrous pink salmon season, and it has Kodiak representatives looking at the next steps for the community. The North Pacific Fishery Management Council recently decided to reduce the Gulf of Alaska cod quota by 80 …