This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Oceana’s Jon Warrenchuk makes a case for a freezing the footprint of bottom trawling in the Gulf of Alaska, plus KMXT’s Kirsten Dobroth with a tanner crab stand down update. Alberto Lindner/NOAA
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Chocolate Lovers’ Fling and Art Auction makes a groovy return to Kodiak
Discover Kodiak is planning to use funds from the art auction for a new “Kodiak” sign near St. Paul Harbor (Brian Venua/KMXT) The visitor’s bureau Discover Kodiak and the Kodiak Maritime Museum are bringing back their Chocolate Lover’s Fling and Art Auction. The annual event has chocolatiers and art enthusiasts gather to taste some of the best cocoa confections around, …
Read More »It’s been more than a week, and Kodiak’s Tanner crab stand down continues to stand still
Crabbers in Kodiak still haven’t come to an agreement with the island’s canneries on prices for this year’s harvest. And this weekend, the fleet voted again to continue standing down – with no plans to meet again until they get a better offer from processors. Boats tied up in Kodiak’s St. Herman Harbor on Jan. 22, 2023 (Brian Venua/KMXT) Kodiak’s …
Read More »Talk of the Rock: Dave Johnson, Kodiak Harbormaster
Talk of the Rock host Jared Griffin sits down with Kodiak Harbormaster Dave Johnson to discuss the Ports and Harbor Advisory Board, the waterfront masterplan, and how funding Kodiak’s ports could poise the community to accommodate increased Arctic traffic. Listen here:
Read More »Midday Report January 24, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: Teachers, school administrators and parents rallied outside the capitol building last night to call for increased education funding. The Board of Game has voted down a proposal to require hunters in Southeast to complete an education course. And a petition to get rid of the state’s ranked choice voting system and non-partisan …
Read More »Midday Report January 23, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Terry Haines: A Cook Inlet natural gas producer is fighting the state and Kenai Peninsula Borough over property taxes. A small, vacant lot in downtown Juneau is at the center of a dispute between the state of Alaska and the U.S. Department of the Interior. And its been a relatively warm winter in the …
Read More »State’s largest teachers union voices its support for Kodiak crabbers
Vessels tied up in Kodiak’s St. Paul Harbor, Jan. 17, 2023 (Brian Venua/KMXT) The National Education Association’s Alaska chapter is standing with Kodiak crabbers. That’s according to a letter from NEA-Alaska President Tom Klaameyer to the president of the Kodiak Crab Alliance Cooperative, Luke Lester, and it’s the first statewide organization to formally back the fleet amid price negotiations with …
Read More »Midday Report January 20, 2023
On today’s Midday Report with host Kirsten Dobroth: Earthjustice is representing tribes in opposition of the Donlin Gold mine. Homer’s Library Advisory Board unanimously voted to uphold a decision to keep 55 books in the children’s section of the public library. And the Alaska Marine Highway System’s decision to pull the Matanuska out of service has left some travelers stuck …
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