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Coming up this week: the Board of Fisheries has decided to close some territory of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery; efforts continue to reduce chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea, Icicle buys SnoPac and ASMI’s boss updates the House Fisheries Committee. We had help this week from CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld in Ketchikan, KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Kodiak’s new fisheries adviser gave his first report Tuesday night at the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and Kodiak City Council joint meeting. KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield spoke with Denby Lloyd about some of the more pressing issues in Kodiak’s fisheries and the hour-long crash course that he gave to the assembly and council.

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT About 20 percent of students who received scholarship money from the Koniag Education Foundation in 2008 ended up dropping out of college. In 2010 the foundation received a $700,000 grant from the U.S. Department of Education to create a program that would encourage Koniag shareholders and descendants to stay in college. KEF Executive Director Tyan Hayes says the …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak Lions Club and FairWind Players are teaming up again this year to bring dinner theater to Kodiak. The play is "Mrs. Mannerly," directed by Jared Griffin. Bob Brodie is the event’s main organizer. He says the production is all about the community. "We use it as an opportunity to support some of the high school programs …

Jay Barrett/KMXT At a press conference yesterday, the co-chairs of the Alaska Senate Finance Committee did not say how they stood on the governor’s request for $8-million to keep the Alaska Aerospace Corporation afloat for another year. Senator Bert Stedman of Sitka said the committee has been going through the governor’s budget, but have not yet held any discussion on …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Tuesday night the Kodiak Island Borough Assembly and the Kodiak City Council held a joint meeting. Included on the agenda was a presentation about local government consolidation and the first report from Fisheries Adviser Denby Lloyd. KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield has more.

Jay Barrett/KMXT The move by Alaska’s major salmon packers away from the Marine Stewardship Council certification was a major topic during a meeting of the House Special Committee on Fisheries last week. Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute Executive Director Ray Riutta told the committee that his organization was asked by the processors to provide alternative certification.

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak Lions Club and FairWind Players are teaming up again this year to bring dinner theater to Kodiak. Today’s guests are Bob Brodie from the Lions Club, Jarod Griffin and Pat Szabo with FairWind Players and Ben Kerkenschlager and Christina Leithead from the Kodiak High School Jazz Band.