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Brian Venua/KMXTUp to 27,783 cruise ship passengers are scheduled to visit the island community this year — the busiest season in years if not ever. Discover Kodiak's executive director, Brock Simmons, says it's a good test to see if more tourism is good for Kodiak. -
Kristina Serezhenkov with the state Alcohol and Marijuana Control Office or AMCO. She told the Kodiak City Council on Jan. 21 about newer seasonal and event licenses that are available to local vendors like a "seasonal restaurant or eating place tourism license."
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This week on The Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Its the second equally shameless installment of the year in the rear view mirror. -
Trident Seafoods is moving forward with plans to replace its bunkhouse dock near its processing plant in Kodiak despite the company announcing it would sell the facility last month. Alexis Telfer, Trident’s vice president of global communications, says the dock repair project has been in the works for a long time and they’re following through … -
Russia will no longer be able to sell seafood to U.S. markets after processing products through other countries. That’s the gist of an executive order President Joe Biden signed on Dec. 22 to close a loophole, after the federal government banned direct seafood imports from Russia last year. Fishermen have been offered some of the …
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Gerry Cobban Knagin and her family fished for Trident on and off for decades. She said the announcement was a huge shock for almost everyone on the island. “Speaking with [Trident] management, there wasn’t any heads up for anyone,” she said. “And they decided, according to management, that they wanted full transparency so that the … -
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: It is a double dose of KYUK’s Evan Erickson as he reports on the early lives of chum salmon, and a lawsuit against the National Marine Fisheries Service. Plus Brian Venua on Trident’s Alaska divestiture. Chum salmon swimming upriver. (Stori Oates/NOAA Fisheries) -
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The take of killer whales in Alaska fisheries is up, the Alaska Seafood Development Foundation has a new CEO, and a look at the emerging mariculture industry. -
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KNBA’s Rhonda McBride talks to Mary Peltola about the federal lawsuit against the state, Shelby Herbert tells of an aquaculture class in Petersburg for KFSK, plus the philosophy of C Shares. PHS aquaculture students release salmon fry into City Creek, about two miles outside of … -
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT’s Brian Venua on the upcoming Kodiak tanner crab season, Sitkans gird themselves to battle green crabs as reported by KCAW’s Meredith Redick, and KDLL’s Hunter Morrison reports on pesky northern pike. Northern Pike in Andreafsky river. Photo: USFWS -
Over $22 million in federal funding is coming to Alaska for waste and recycling infrastructure. That’s according to a joint press release today (Fri, Nov. 17) from Alaska senators Lisa Murkowski and Dan Sullivan. The money is split between 17 municipal and tribal entities. The Matanuska-Susitna Borough will receive over $3.5 million – the biggest … -
This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alaska Public Media’s Kavitha George talks to Cordova kelp farmers, the Tanana Cheifs Conference weighs salmon hatcheries, as reported by Dan Bross of KUAC, and KMXT’s Brian Venua chats with Undercurrent reporter Kirsten Dobroth about a somber meeting of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute. Sean …
