Daysha Eaton/KMXT The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting this week in Kodiak. The meetings are at the Convention Center, Best Western, and Elk’s Lodge and are open to the public.Meetings still to come this week are: Scientific and Statistical Committee: through June 6, 8am to 5pm in the Harbor Room at Best Western. Advisory Panel: Through the 8, 8am …
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(Photo by J. Stephen Conn / Flickr) Daysha Eaton/KMXT Kodiak The MJ Murdock Charitable Trust has awarded the Baranov Museum in Kodiak a $205,000 grant for a redesign of its permanent exhibits and a facility upgrade. Sarah Harrington is Executive Director of the Kodiak Historical Society and Baranov Museum. She says the money will be used to better care for …
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Daysha Eaton/KMXT Dozens of people turned out Friday to celebrate a groundbreaking for a new downtown park in Kodiak commemorating the ancestors of Alutiiq people whose remains were removed from the archipelago and are finally being returned. The Kodiak Alutiiq Dancers ushered in the Alutiiq Ancestors Memorial Park in downtown Kodiak, performing a set of songs and dances to welcome the …
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Daysha Eaton/ KMXT Kodiak is getting a new park dedicated to the ancestors of Alutiiq people whose remains were removed from the Kodiak Archipelago and are finally being returned. April Laktonen Counceller is Executive Director of the Alutiiq Museum and Archeological Repository in Kodiak. She says a ceremonial groundbreaking for the Alutiiq Ancestors’ Memorial Park will take place today at …
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(Photo Courtesy of Erik Velsko) Daysha Eaton/KMXT A fisherman based out of Homer posted images on social media of halibut bycatch headed for the grinder at Kodiak’s Trident Seafoods processing plant. The post got a lot of attention online and sparked criticism of Trident, the Gulf of Alaska trawl fleet and a body that regulates the commercial fishing industry. A …
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Daysha Eaton/KMXT This Memorial Day weekend, Kodiak hosted its 60th Crab Festival. The celebration kicked off Thursday May 24, and finished up on Monday May 28. The first couple of days were rainy but then the sun came out on Saturday. That’s when KMXT went out to ask people what they love about the annual event. Here are a few …
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2018 Kodiak Crab Festival Daysha Eaton/KMXT Today is the beginning of the 60th annual Kodiak Crab Festival, which started in 1958. Toby Sullivan, Executive Director of the Kodiak Maritime Museum recently told KMXT that the king crab fishery was a seminal event in Kodiak’s history. “It was started in the late 50’s because the crab season, in those days, went …
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Daysha Eaton/KMXT After allegations that farmers market vendors were selling food that violated state food safety laws, the biggest farmers market in Kodiak is moving. And a new market is springing up where the old one used to be, bringing the number of markets in town to three. It’s 40 degrees and pouring rain in Kodiak but inside Judy Hamilton’s …
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Well Fargo’s branch on Mill Bay Rd. is closing later this summer. (Photo by Mitch Borden/KMXT) A Wells Fargo official says that technology played a role in their decision to close a branch in Kodiak. Aryne Randall, a District Manager for Wells Fargo based out of Wasilla, who manages the Kodiak branches, says that the Mill Bay Road location is closing …
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Photo Courtesy of Erik Velsko An Alaska blog by Craig Medred featured a post on Monday titled “Halibut Trash” which chastised the bottomfish trawl fishery and Trident Seafoods for alleged wasteful practices. The blog highlighted a recent Facebook post by Alaska fisherman Erik Velsko which showed photos and video of halibut and other trawl-caught bottomfish he suspected were headed for …
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