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Nicholas ManginiKMXT’s Davis Hovey recently spoke with Nick Mangini about his own journey as a former commercial fishermen turned Kodiak kelp farmer, and the industry’s growth around Kodiak Island within the last year. -
BRIAN VENUA/KMXTKodiak’s Benny Benson state airport has recorded 14.27 inches of precipitation this month, through 4 p.m. on Dec. 31, which is twice as much as usual. That amount is also the second highest December total in a century of climate observations.
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On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Robert Woolsey on Salmon Bycatch, Olivia Ebertz of KYUK with sad news about Yukon salmon and KDLL’s Sabine Poux with happier news for Cook Inlet driftnetters. BYCATCH ROBERT WOOLSEY KCAW Despite hours of testimony from residents living along the Yukon and Kuskokwim … -
On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLL’s Sabine Poux reports on more king closures, KUAC’s Dan Bross tells of low salmon returns to the Yukon, and the North Pacific Fishery Management Council figures a warmer climate into their snow crab rebuilding plan. Restricting Kings Sabine Poux KDLL Poor runs already … -
On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Robert Woolsey previews the North Pacific Fishery Management Council meeting, Dan Bross from KUAC previews the Yukon salmon run, KYUK’s Anna Rose MacArthur reports of a letter from the north asking Area M fishermen to stand down in June, and Kirsten Dobroth of KMXT tells … -
On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KCAW’s Robert Woolsey reports on the Sitka Salmon Derby, Sabine Poux of KDLL looks at catch-and-release Kings on the Kenai, from KYUK Elyssa Loughlin presents a postcard from Bethel, and the state is being sued by the federal government over rural subsistence preference. SITKA SALMON DERBY … -
On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: A report from Corrinne Smith on a study using environmental DNA to study the eulachon, or hooligan, runs in Alaska. Plus an interview with researcher Meredith Pochardt, on the tiny, oily fish about which surprisingly little is known. Eulachon Corinne Smith/KHNS Eulachon, (“Yew-la-kon”) the … -
Listen to this story; The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s marine mammal stranding hotline received a call on Sunday afternoon about a gray whale carcass. It was spotted by a passerby near Surfer’s beach, at the southern end of the Kodiak road system. The NOAA office then called Matt Van Daele, the natural resources director … -
On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Izzy Ross reports on permanent protections for Bristol Bay, Anna Rose MacArthur on the Donlin Mine water quality certificate, and Miriam Trujillo on robotic sea gliders! Permanent Protections for Bristol Bay Izzy Ross, KDLG A coalition of Pebble Mine opponents traveled to Washington, … -
On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: The Alaska Department of Fish and Game takes testimony on how federal fishery disaster money should be spent, and Yukon/Kuskokwim residents have plenty to say: Disaster Funds Kirsten Dobroth KMXT More than $130 million [web: $131.8 million] in federal relief money is heading to … -
At 7:33 p.m. on Wednesday evening, the Alaska Earthquake Center detected a magnitude 5.2 earthquake. No tsunami warning was generated. The quake 73 miles east of Chignik occurred only 90 miles away from the epicenter of an 8.2 quake from last July. Alaska Earthquake Center senior scientist Natalia Ruppert says seismologists suspect they were linked. … -
Some 20 aspiring kelp entrepreneurs got hands-on experience on Thursday processing ribbon and sugar kelp in a few different ways. Some are involved in pilot growing programs scattered around the Alaska coast, some are involved in recently opened farms- all of which are convinced that they are slicing, grinding, brining and freeze drying the crop of …