The Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, rules are changing for fishing around the Western stock of Steller sea lions, and even though they’re not a food-fish, could Sea Star Wasting Disease be a harbinger of things to come in a warming ocean? And do you remember last week when we had all that rosy news about next year’s salmon forecast? Well, for Sitka Sound herring, not so much. All that and: Pirate Crab! The show was made doable through the terrific writing of KUCB’s Annie Ropeike in Unalaska, KCAW’s Rachel Waldholz in Sitka and KSKA’s Monica Gokey in Anchorage.