Fisheries

On today’s Talk of the Rock, host Kayla Desroches talks with a couple of organizers of Saturday’s Kodiak Women’s March. Also joining is a teen who’s been involved with the Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge for most of her life.

Coming up on this first show of the new year, what could widespread record warmth in 2016 mean for Alaska’s fisheries in 2017 – and beyond? Would you bet a salmon on a Husky? And, can the guy who makes your rain slicker make a better rubber boot? All that and more, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We …

Coming up on this last show of the year, we take a peek at the IPHC’s crystal ball for its January meeting, the dearth of chinook in the Chilkat drainage looks like it’ll continue, and, we get a follow up on the trans-boundary mine situation. All that and more, as we wrap up 2016 on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We …

The Alaska Department of Fish and Game recently released its preliminary 2017 salmon forecasts for the Kodiak Management Area, and it paints a much rosier picture for pink salmon in the new year. The humpy harvest in 2016 was an unmitigated disaster for Kodiak fishermen, with just 3.25-million fish delivered, on a forecast of 16.2-million. The wild pink salmon harvest, …

Coming up this week – President Obama puts a big chunk of the Bering Sea under permanent protection before he leaves office, Craig is on its way to a new harbor, and would you describe a Pribilof Blue king crab as more like a unicorn, or ‘Where’s Waldo?’ We’ll find out, on this edition of the Alaska Fisheries Report. We …

Coming up this week, how a small Southeast town is trying to stay viable after its cannery closed, the UAS fisheries program has been given a gift to sustain it for years to come, and it looks like mariners may soon have a new option for tying up when they sail into Sitka.  We had help from KCAW’s News volunteer …

Coming up this week, with Donald Trump soon to take office, is the Pebble Mine in Bristol Bay now a fait accompli? The people of the Mat-Su discuss their dwindling salmon runs, and there’s a new man at the helm of the Bering Sea Crabbers. We had help from KUCB’s Laura Kraegel in Unalaska, KSKA’s Ellen Lockyer in Anchorage, KDLG’s …

Gunnar Knapp speaks at ComFish 2016. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT ComFish brought a host of speakers to Kodiak to address fisheries issues and how current events are influencing the industry. The state’s budget gap was at the forefront of the talks Friday afternoon. Academic speaker Gunnar Knapp, along with political speakers like Lieutenant Governor Byron Mallott and Senator Dan Sullivan, …

Competitors stand at one station during the race and complete knots. Kayla Desroches/KMXT Kayla Desroches/KMXT A competition Saturday pitted fisherman against fisherman in a set of tasks which included knot-tying, hook-throwing, and survival suit-donning. The event created a fun spectacle on the last day of ComFish and demonstrated some of the skills even a greenhorn deckhand needs day to day. …

Courtesy of ComFish 2016 and the Kodiak Chamber of Commerce Kayla Desroches/KMXT One new booth at ComFish 2016 wasn’t a vendor at all. The U.S. Navy decided to reserve a spot this year in the Kodiak Harbor Convention Center. It also gave a public presentation Thursday, where Alex Stone, the Navy’s program manager on the environmental impact statement, spoke about …