Fisheries

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines, its a visit to a meeting of the North Pacific Fishery Management Council, Crab Crash Edition. Photograph: Noaa Fisheries/AFP/Getty Images

Gov. Mike Dunleavy has requested federal disaster declarations for two Alaska crab fisheries after their populations crashed.  Gov. Dunleavy requested disaster declarations for the Bering Sea snow crab and Bristol Bay red king crab fisheries, citing the closure of both this year. (Photo courtesy Corey Arnold/Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers) The Governor requested expedited disaster designations to jumpstart the process of …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Raegan Miller of KRBD on invasive green crabs, KTOO’s Yvonne Krumrey reports on the Filipino heritage of Alaska’s canneries, and KBBI’s Hope McKenney reports on ADF&G’s program that teaches kids about salmon. A European green crab. Credit: Emily Grason, Washington Sea Grant.  

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth reports on the snow crab closure, KDLL’s Riley Board on the fish that makes fat bears fat, and a story from her colleague Sabine Poux on Cook Inlet closures ordered back open. The Silver Spray  

For the first time ever, the Bering Sea snow crab fishery will not open for the upcoming season. Alaska’s Department of Fish and Game announced the closure Monday afternoon. The Bristol Bay red king crab fishery will also be closed this year- for a second year in a row. Gabriel Prout co-owns the F/V Silver Spray with his dad and …

Kodiak’s waterfront, seen from Near Island, in September, 2022. (Kirsten Dobroth/KMXT) Sen. Lisa Murkowski’s office is seeking input from coastal Alaskans on a sweeping set of draft policy proposals to invest in the state’s ports and harbors.  The initiative is called the Working Waterfronts Framework – Murkowski said it’s in a crowd-sourcing phase.  “So, there’s not actual text and legislation, …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report: KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth and Alaska Public Media’s Liz Ruskin report on two nights of fisheries debates in Kodiak. And KDLG’s Izzy Ross reports on declining permit ownership for locals in Bristol Bay.  

By Liz Ruskin, Alaska Public Media The four U.S. House candidates agreed on a lot at the Kodiak Fishery Debate Tuesday, but Rep. Mary Peltola was the only one who favors a House bill to reauthorize the Magnuson-Stevens Act — the primary law that governs fishing in federal waters. Alaska’s U.S. House candidates discussed fisheries policy at the Kodiak Fishery Debate on Oct. 4, …

On this week’s Talk of the Rock, host Jared Griffin discusses the Kodiak Fisheries Debates with KMXT News Director Kirsten Dobroth and Alaska Fisheries Report host Terry Haines.  

Kodiak’s fisheries debates kicked off last night with two challengers in the governor’s race, Les Gara and Bill Walker. The need for more science to manage Alaska’s fisheries came up early and often during Monday’s debate. So did climate change. And both candidates say current Governor Mike Dunleavy’s budget has hamstrung the state’s ability to do its own research on …