Economy

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Brian Venua’s chilly ammonia story from KMXT, chums may get capped, as related by Evan Erickson of KYUK, and Cook Inlet EEZ comments wanted, according to KDLL’s Riley Board. Students in a week-long in-person ammonia class, October 13, 2023. (Brian Venua/KMXT)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Rhonda McBride reports that AFN is joining the fed in suing the state, Janie Diep of KBBI on kids and salmon eggs, and from KDLG Christina McDermott offers a profile of Bristol Bay fisherman Dan Barr. Twenty-seven classes from 15 schools in the Kenai Peninsula Borough School District attended the …

Kodiak’s wholesale store, Cost Savers, was sold last week to the Native Village of Afognak and the Sun’aq Tribe. The joint venture was announced in a press release on Oct. 12. It’s the latest move in improving food security on the island.  The deal was in the works for about two months before it was announced. The Native Village of …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KYUK’s Evan Erickson reports on building a better bycatch map, chum salmon may be moving on up to the Arctic, story by Dan Bross of KUAC, and Shelby Herbert tells of a federal grant to make dirty diesels into clean hybrids. Plus, AFN speaks up about subsistence preference. Sabrina Garcia, …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alaska Public media’s Kavitha George reports on Yukon youth without salmon, and CoastAlaska’s Angela Denning on selecting hatchery chinook salmon to preserve wild stocks. Kenzie Englishoe stands by an idle fish wheel once used by her community in Gwichyaa Zhee on Aug. 31, 2023. (Matt Faubion/Alaska Public Media)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game kicks off its traveling bycatch roadshow, story from Brian Venua of KMXT (plus audio postcard!), and Kavitha George delves into the Yukon salmon collapse for Alaska Public Media. The Kodiak bycatch meeting was standing-room only.  September 19, 2023. (Brian Venua/KMXT)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: A Bristol Bay two-way with KDLG’s Christina McDermot and economist Gunnar Knapp. Not to be outdone, CoastAlaska’s Angela Denning sits down with biologist Bo Meredith to break down SE salmon. F/V Sounder gillnetting in Lynn Canal, Southeast Alaska. Photo: Joe McCabe

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The National Transportation Safety Board issues its report on the sinking of the Challenger, story and setup by Brian Venua, of KMXT, who also contributes a report about a forty year old salmon hatchery in Kodiak.

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Brian Venua’s report on the salmon market, from KMXT, Desiree Hagen’s spot on the Kotzebue salmon closure, and a stroll around a noisy Kodiak boat harbor.

This week the Alaska Fisheries Report with host Terry Haines features Jamie Diep’s story on the latest mariculture meet up, courtesy of KBBI, a report on the sudden drop in salmon prices by KFSK’s Hannah Flor, and voracious young black cod could be a challenge for salmon hatcheries, according to Thomas Copeland, also of KFSK. Sablefish swimming just above the …