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Alaska Fisheries Report 13 April 2023

The North Pacific Fishery Management Council

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Sabine Poux reports for KDLL that the North Pacific Fishery Management Council has decided not to pick a poison in the Upper Cook Inlet. Tribal organizations are suing the federal government over management of salmon in the Yukon/Kuskokwim as reported by KNBA’s Rhonda McBride. And Kavitha George of AKPM tells …

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Alaska Fisheries Report 9 March, 2023

Six-year-old Solo Sky Frost ice fishes for the first time with his kindergarten class on the Homer reservoir. (Corinne Smith/KBBI)

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Kenai is already closed for kings, story by Sabine Poux of KDLL, kids go icefishing, as reported by KBBI’s Corinne Smith, and a halibut preview from KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth. Six-year-old Solo Sky Frost ice fishes for the first time with his kindergarten class on the Homer reservoir. (Corinne Smith/KBBI)

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Alaska Fisheries Report 2 March, 2023

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Brian Venua of KMXT reports that ASMI is helping the state distribute salmon in Ukraine, The Board of Fish votes to continue to manage 2 Chignik sockeye runs separately, story by KBBI’s Corrinne Smith, Sabine Poux reports on a possible buyback plan for Cook Inlet setnetters for KDLL, and Izzy …

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After more than 2 years, Ouzinkie’s new hydropower system is up and running

As of late last month, the village of Ouzinkie has a new hydropower system that provides the bulk of energy for the village of 130 people. But getting there wasn’t easy. The story starts back in the 1980s – that’s when the village’s hydropower system was first installed. It worked – but it had issues and was only running at …

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Alaska Fisheries Report 16 February 2023

Anglers fish the Russian River

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Alaska fishery injuries are most often associated with a winch, story from the Alaska Beacon’s Yereth Rosen, Shelby Herbert reports on watershed repair for KFSK, and the Russian River watershed is protected for twenty more years, as reported by KDLL’s Riley Board. Anglers fish the Russian River

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