KMXT 100.1 FM Public Radio in Kodiak, Alaska
Here’s something that seems odd – new data compiled by five North Pacific countries shows that salmon abundance has declined in the North Pacific but catches are at an all-time high.
Unalaska is set to once again use drones to monitor salmon. In some cases collecting data on Unalaska’s little-studied streams.
Gray whales migrating to Alaska for the summer feeding season need your help. Biologists fear another big whale die-off and hope to get as much information as possible on the migrating grays.
Get a piece of paper and a pen, or get that memo app ready as we’ll have a phone number to write down later in the program.
And finally, this week we go out with a veterinary pathologist as she studies a washed up whale near Anchorage.
We had help from Nat Herz with Alaska’s Energy Desk, Tom Banse with the Northwest News Network, Zoe Sobel at KUCB in Unalaska and Laine Welch at Alaska Fish Radio.
For you fishermen, remember safety drills and life jackets make all the difference.
