Darius Kasprzak and his vessel, the Marona, which he says he’s in the process of repainting. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kodiak processors and fishermen are seeing the effects of the 80 percent cut to cod quota in the Gulf of Alaska. Some small boat fishermen who previously relied on targeting cod are turning to other means …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, KMXT features a lecture from Kodiak’s commercial trade show, ComFish. Mike Litzow with the University of Alaska talks about the Alaska marine heat wave and the effect of global warming on fish in Alaska waters.

The crowd at ITN’s outdoor film festival. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT Community members gathered at the Kodiak Convention Center this weekend to attend Kodiak’s ninth annual outdoor film festival. The festival is also the membership meeting for Island Trails Network, a nonprofit with services that include building and maintaining trails and cleaning up marine debris around …

Gabriel Saravia in the KMXT studios. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A 15-year veteran of the Kodiak City Council is resigning. Gabriel Saravia says he first took a seat on the council in 2003 at the encouragement of the then-mayor, who felt he’d represent a number of Kodiak residents. “Because I’m Spanish, I work in a cannery, …

(Adult Sockeye Salmon encounter a waterfall on their way up-river to spawn. (Photo by Marvina Munch/USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Department of Fish and Game has released its 2017 review for salmon harvest in the Kodiak Management Area. According to the report, the total 2017 area wide commercial harvest of roughly 31.8 million fish was average compared to recent years, …

Ropes, neoprene survival suits, and wooden boards used in the damage control class. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT In September, a number of fishing vessels responded to a spill at the Valdez Marine Terminal. The boats were part of the Alyeska Pipeline Service Company’s Vessel of Opportunity Program, which hires and trains crews to do cleanup in …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, the sac roe herring fishery in Sitka closed early after the Alaska Department of Fish and Game determined the fish were too small to put on the market. Also in Sitka, an application for a private, nonprofit hatchery fails once again. We had from KCAW’s Emily Kwong and Katherine in …

Short-tailed albatross. (Photo by Tony Morris / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The executive director of Audubon Alaska is in Kodiak this week to speak about the organization’s list of vulnerable birds. Nils Warnock says the group updated it last year. “It’s our list of species that we basically want people to keep track of ‘cause there’s indications that something might be …

Karluk Lake and River. (Photo by Lisa Hupp / USFWS) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alaska Department of Fish and Game released its pre-season regulations for some sport fishing this summer. They issued emergency orders closing Monashka Creek, Monashka Bay, and the Karluk River to fishing for king salmon and limiting Ayakulik River to catch and release for kings. Area Management Biologist …

Calculator. (Photo by Sykez Tom / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The City of Kodiak is busy drafting its budget plan for fiscal year 2019. At a city council budget work session Monday, staff presented seven different options for balancing the budget without doubling the mill rate. The council found itself split between two. One would rely on appropriating money from the …