Halibut prices are up slightly. The Kuskokwim River system is meeting its goals for kings and chums and reds are running strong. While in Bristol Bay the Nushagak River is open again following a vessel sinking. Fish and Game Commissioner Sam Cotton gets an earful from fishermen in Kenai. And deadlines are looming for those wanting to comment on tariffs …

  House Democrats urge President Trump to give fishermen caught in the tariff war the same benefits as American farmers. The Board of Fish takes emergency action to allow drift gillnets to fish fall chum in the Lower Yukon River. And this is Shark Week…so we’ll talk shark.   We had help from Liz Ruskin Alaska Public Media’s correspondent in …

Federal investigators find that a Bering Sea crabber that went down last year did so because it was coated with heavy ice. Southeast trollers finish the first summer fishery for king salmon. And processors’ struggles to hire enough people to staff their operations in Alaska.   We had help from Isabelle Ross at KDLG in Dillingham, Robert Woolsey at KCAW …

  Lots of fish news this week. Unfortunately, much of it is not good. First up, and this is a developing story so things could change, President Trump proposes a tariff on reprocessed fish coming from China that could signal big problems for Alaska’s seafood industry. This news comes as a Chinese delegation is visiting the state. We also take …

  Salmon returns in most parts of the state continue to be disappointing. But not so for the Nushagak River in southwest Alaska.  Fishermen there broke the record for a single day’s catch. Hauling in nearly 2 million reds. Governor Bill Walker says the Environmental Impact Statement for Pebble Mine should be suspended. We have more on the distribution of …

  This week we look at king salmon. More specifically the lack of king salmon. From Southeast Alaska to the Yukon River kings seem have lost their reign. Commercial, subsistence and sports fishers are feeling the lack. One exception is Nushagak River where locals have started a new king salmon derby.     Kodiak Coast Guard units team up to …

Optimism is as scant as the salmon Petersburg this week. The Bristol Bay Economic Development Corporation votes Yes on Yes For Salmon, but the measure gets mostly thumbs down from candidates for governor. They were all in Naknek last weekend for the Bristol Bay Fish Expo. We have a report. And finally a fish company vows to take the fish …

  Salmon season gets off to a slow start. We go inside a cannery to learn more about halibut bycatch. The North Pacific Fisheries Management Council is addressing at this week’s meeting in Kodiak. A report on how regulations, such as those by the NPFMC, affect fishing families. Plus Alaska catches more salmon in North Pacific than others.    

This week on Alaska Fisheries Report, bad news for Pebble Mine Developers is good news for Alaska fishermen. Halibut begin hitting the docks in Dillingham but this year’s quota is substantially less than last year. The Bristol Bay Fish Expo is just in its second year, but already it’s hit the big time with a major gubernatorial debate. Plus we’ll …

Maggie Wall – KMXT Alaska’s streams and rivers are the destination for both fish and people as salmon season ramps up. Bristol Bay as swarming with activity as seafood processors scramble to hire workers. And we’ll check out what it’s like to count more than a million sockeye salmon as they swim into the bay. But it’s not all salmon …