Jay Barrett/KMXT Alaskan Leader Fisheries Foundation announced its annual round of grant recipients this week. The foundation was created by Alaskan Leader Fisheries, and has operations out of Kodiak and in Bristol Bay, where they focus their giving. In a release, Linda Kozak said that this year 13 grants were given in Kodiak, including such organizations as the Brother Francis …
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Strong Sockeye Return Prompts Slightly Early Opening to Kodiak Salmon Season
Jay Barrett/KMXT As we mentioned this week, the sockeye salmon run is coming back pretty strong in several river systems around the Kodiak Archipelago, and as a result, Fish and Game is opening commercial fishing a couple days early, according to James Jackson, the area management biologist. He said other systems are performing strongly for this early in the season …
Read More »The Alaska Fisheries Report
Coming up this week, herring fishing continues up the west coast, we get an update about what’s going on out in Adak, and Senator Murkowski breaks her silence on Arne Fuglvog’s new career, and some good king crab new. We had help from KDLG’s Mike Mason and Ben Matheson in Dillingham, and KUCB’s Stephanie Joyce in Unalaska.
Read More »Alaskan Named Honorary Consul from Philippines
Rosemarie Alexander/KTOO More than 25,000 of America’s 3.4-million Filipinos live in Alaska. In recognition of that fact, the Philippines ambassador and consul general to San Francisco are in Juneau this week to celebrate the appointment of the first Honorary Consul of the Republic of the Philippines to the state of Alaska. Rosemarie Alexander has more.
Read More »Strong Sockeye Escapement Opens Up More Waters for Subsistence, Commercial Fishing
Jay Barrett/KMXT The sockeye salmon run so far this summer has been reasonably strong in most districts around Kodiak Island – and strong enough around Afognak that the Feder5al Subsistence Board is opening up much of Afognak Bay to subsistence fishing. All federal waters of Afognak Bay up to the ADF-and-G markers located at the Old Bridge near the stream …
Read More »Alaska to Use TurboProp on Kodiak Route
The Bombardier Q400 will begin service between Anchorage and Kodiak in March 2014. Alaska Air photo Jay Barrett/KMXT Starting next March, travelers to and from Kodiak on Alaska Airlines will be flying in something other than a Boeing 737. The air carrier announced it will start flying the Bombardier Q-400 on several of its routes, including Anchorage to Kodiak. The …
Read More »Coast Guard Wraps Up Kulluk Hearing
Jay Barrett/KMXT The Coast Guard’s formal hearing into what led to the Royal Shell Oil drilling unit Kulluk to go aground on Sitkalidak Island New Year’s Eve has concluded. The nine-day public hearing was held at the Loussac Library in Anchorage. Witnesses who testified came from the Coast Guard, Shell, Noble Drilling, GL Noble Denton, Offshore Rig Mover’s International, Crowley, …
Read More »Navy SEALs Get OK to Train on State Land
KODIAK, Alaska (AP) — The state has approved a request from the Naval Special Warfare center in Kodiak to conduct training missions on state land. The Navy submitted its request in April, asking to use state land for training purposes up to six times per year. In approving the proposal, the state Department of Natural Resources said camping is allowed …
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