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Alaska Fisheries Report
Alaska Fisheries Report
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  • This week KYUK's Evan Erickson reports on a report from the federal General Accountability Office that is critical of both fisheries observer programs and bycatch monitoring, Colleen Love for KTNA on record low king salmon returns in Susitna Valley rivers, and another post from Evan Erickson about the final report from the Alaska Salmon Research Task Force.
  • This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Davis Hovey adds to an Alaska Beacon story about see-saw funding for the Alaska Seafood Marketing Association, sablefish have been shown to be a single genetic population, as told by KCAW's Meredith Redick, and State Troopers from around the state are patrolling Bristol Bay, story by KDLG's Meg Duff, who also reports the death of a fisherman there.
  • The Gulf of Alaska federal Pacific cod fishery for 2020 will not open due to low stocks. Ocean warming, not overfishing, is being blamed. That is the latest on Pacific cod, but a0nother type, black cod, also known as sablefish, is in the midst of its own challenge. Young black cod are so plentiful …
  • On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KUCB's Andy Lusk on the Fishermen's Memorial in Unalaska, Jack Darrell of KRBD reports that the deadline for comment on ESA listing for Gulf of Alaska king salmon has been extended, Alaska Public Media's Wesley Early on the Ship Creek shutdown for king fishing, Jessie Sheldon reports of a fire on the new processor in Bristol Bay for KDLG, and KDLG's Meg Duff tells of king salmon from Nushagak for elders.
  • On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KFSK's Hannah Flor tells of this season's Southeast salmon scene, Ashlyn O'Hara reports on the start of dip netting on the Kasilof River for KDLL , and KDLG's Jack Darrell offers an audio postcard from Bristol Bay.
  • On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: A conversation with Alaska Bering Sea Crabbers' Jamie Goen about federal disaster funds, their proper uses, and the need for speed in their deployment.
  • On this week's Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KYUK's Evan Erickson reports on concerns from Kuskokwim residents about trawlers working near salmon streams, and KFSK"s Shelby Herbert gets help from Jack Darrell of KRBD on a deep dive into the petition to list Gulf of Alaska king salmon as endangered.
  • This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: Andy Lusk of KUCB tells of Aleutian mayors and their appeal to the federal government for help during a fish market crisis, Katherine Rose reports on the Sitka Assembly backing halibut bycatch caps for KCAW, KDLL's Ashlyn O'Hara on yet another lawsuit over the Cook Inlet EEZ, and rusting rivers are the focus of a story by KOTZ's Deseree Hagen.
  • This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Brian Venua reports on a flood of Russian fish, and on Bristol Bay's new 400 foot floater, plus Sofia Stuart-Rasi of KUCB on the Qawalagin Tribe's efforts to make mussels safe again in Unalaska.
  • This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report with Terry Haines: KMXT's Davis Hovey reports on a bill that would eliminate double vessel registration for fishermen, Alaska Public Media's Liz Ruskin reports on new bycatch bills from Rep. Mary Peltola, Copper River salmon season has started, according to KUAC's Dan Bross, and it is drill conductor training season for the Alaska Marine Safety Education Association.