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Fishermen who are hoping to receive checks as part of the 2016 pink salmon disaster fund should see some correspondence about the distribution of money later this month. That’s according to the webpage set up to keep fishermen notified of what is happening. The page is part of the Pacific States Marine Fisheries Commission website. The commission is working with …

Fishermen are advised to make sure ADF&G has accurate mailing address so they can receive paperwork needed to get funds.   There’s good news for Gulf of Alaska pink salmon fishermen who suffered losses during the disastrous 2016 season. Relief money from the federal government has cleared the final Washington hurdle. Rep. Louise Stutes of Kodiak is spearheading the effort …

More than two years after the 2016 pink salmon season was officially declared a disaster, things might finally be looking up for gulf fishers expecting relief payments. For months, the disaster relief plan has bounced around in federal and state bureaucracy, without a clear timeline for when it would be officially approved. And as the 2019 season ramps up, many …

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 pink salmon disaster last year ate into the profits of fishermen and processors in the Gulf of Alaska, and the Kodiak area is still waiting to see if it’ll receive emergency relief funds. At a Fisheries Work Group meeting last week, fisheries analyst Heather McCarty touched on a letter some legislators, including Senator Dan Sullivan and Representative …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT The pink salmon season in the Gulf of Alaska was recently declared a fishery disaster, and Representative Louise Stutes stood behind the declaration when local governments were writing to Governor Bill Walker to send it through to the federal government. The declaration puts communities in line to receive relief funds, but congress needs to approve the granting process, …

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. …