Oscar Dyson NOAA Research Ship in San Francisco. The vessel studies and monitors the pollock fishery and other fisheries. (Photo byrulenumberone2 / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The current pollock stock is looking strong according to NOAA’s winter midwater surveys, but that’s not consistent with summer bottom trawl surveys. Representatives presented their most recent data at Kodiak’s commercial fisheries trade show, ComFish, …

Pink salmon in Valdez. (Photo by Kimberly Holzer / Flickr) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The pink salmon forecast is looking poor for the Kodiak Management Area, but not as poor as 2016. Alaska Department of Fish and Game area management biologist James Jackson gave a presentation on the numbers at ComFish yesterday. “The overall pink salmon forecast is for a  harvest estimate …

Chris Fiala of Kodiak Island Charters. (Photo by Kayla Desroches / KMXT) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A declining Pacific halibut stock means more restrictions for charter companies. NOAA Fisheries released both the Pacific halibut catch limits and the charter management measures this week, just days before the season opener on March 24. Numbers are down – roughly 9 percent overall from last …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT Coming up on this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report, a Yale student is looking into whether or not jellyfish affect Bering Sea fisheries. Also, Alaska Fish Radio’s Laine Welch sits down with the Alaska Fisheries Report to catch up on the 2016 Gulf of Alaska pink salmon fishery disaster declaration and talk about Atlantic halibut, among other things. We …

Kayla Desroches/KMXT A helicopter crew from Coast Guard Air Station Kodiak medevac’d a man southeast of Cold Bay Wednesday. According to a Coast Guard press release, the 42-year-old was experiencing gastrointestinal issues aboard the motor vessel Elpida GR. In response to a medevac request via watchstanders, an MH-65 Dolphin helicopter crew deployed from Coast Guard Cutter Stratton and reached the …

Bridge 2 located between airport and Buskin River State Park. (Photo courtesy of U.S. Coast Guard) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A large crane is making the rounds on a couple of Coast Guard projects. It has a load capacity of 600 tons, and according to the U.S. Coast Guard Base Kodiak Facebook page, it’s the largest mobile crane in the state. Coast …

The chute camera device. (Photo courtesy of Craig Rose) Kayla Desroches/KMXT A researcher is developing a device that could help make monitoring halibut bycatch more efficient. Craig Rose from FishNext Research is in town for Kodiak’s fisheries trade show, ComFish, and will talk about the ongoing project: a chute camera and its accompanying software. “You slide fish through and it automatically …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches talks with guests about the Alutiiq Museum’s new graphic arts book, “Igaruacirpet-Our Way of Making Design,” and Kodiak’s commercial fisheries trade show, ComFish.

Duncan Fields. (Photo courtesy of Duncan Fields) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The nomination of a Kodiak-based fisherman to the Alaska Board of Fisheries has led to concern about an overrepresentation of commercial fisheries interests on the board. Governor Bill Walker recently recommended Duncan Fields for the Board of Fisheries to fill the seat left by Anchorage’s Alan Cain, whose term is up …

The draft design plan for the downtown park. (Courtesy of Alutiiq Museum) Kayla Desroches/KMXT The Alutiiq Museum and Archaeological Repository is now more than halfway to the funding goal for its Ancestors’ Memorial. They’re developing a piece of city land just behind the museum into a public park that’ll honor Alutiiq ancestors, history, and culture. Chief curator Amy Steffian says …