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KMXT’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.
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Kodiak’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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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth on the Tanner crab stand down, Senator Murkowski says fishery disaster money flows too slowly, the trials of a cucumber fisherman, and what will the Mariculture Cluster do with the money? The giant red sea cucumber
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Maggie Nelson of KUCB reports on the Unalaska cod strike, and KCAW’s Katherine Rose on the lawsuit that threatens to shut down Southeast chinook trolling. A large male killer whale in the Fraser River, where southern resident whales are now endangered. Photograph: jonmccormackphoto/Getty Images
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The Island Trails Network recently received a $1 million federal grant for marine debris removal around the Kodiak Archipelago – over five times its normal annual budget. The organization plans to use that funding to both clean larger amounts of debris and recycle more of the plastic they pick up. Island Trails Network is a …
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: A look back at some of the top Alaska fish stories of 2022. Kodiak Island
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Co-Ho-Ho! Tear the wrapping away and find Robert Woolsey’s present: a report about a forum on the Future of Fishing, plus Kirsten “Santa” Dobroth from KMXT has two for your stocking: a story on declarations of fish disasters, and one about a plea for precious …
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The U.S. Secretary of Commerce has approved six fishery disaster designations for the state of Alaska – that includes the Yukon Kuskokwim and Chignik salmon fisheries for last year. Crabbers will also see relief for this year’s Bristol Bay red king crab and Bering Sea snow crab fisheries. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game …
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: A tanner season in Unalaska, story by Theo Greenly of KUCB, Robert Woolsey’s Sitka herring outlook, courtesy of KCAW, plus the state needs crab disaster docs, and the fed declines to take emergency action on Bristol Bay red king crab. Tanner crab
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLG’s Izzy Ross talks to Terry about the most recent meeting of the Alaska Board of Fish, Bristol Bay Finfish Edition. Alaska Board of Fish.
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: There were no fatalities within Alaska’s commercial fishing fleets this year, story by KRBD’s Raegan Miller, it’s river eel season on the Kuskokwim River, as KYUK’s Francisco Martinezcuello reports, and KCAW’s Robert Woolsey says Northline Seafoods is planning a big comeback.
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This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KDLG’s Izzy Ross on the designation of Nushagak Kings as a stock of concern, Kirsten Dobroth of KMXT reports about slow money for fast fish disasters, plus Washington State bans salmon pen farming, and the NPFMC wonders about crew data. (Photo by Allison Mollenkamp/KDLG)