Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, the state’s commercial fisheries director is retiring, what happens when scientists let a journalist run the sonar, and that is one big fish. We had help from KDLG’s Hannah Colton in Dillingham, KDLL’s Jenny Neyman in Kenai, and KTOO’s Matt Miller in Juneau. 

Coming up this week, as the salmon season wraps up, humpy catches break records in the Central Gulf, the coho run on the Yukon was gangbusters, too, and tracking king salmon in the murky Kenai River – part one. We had help from KCHU’s Marcia Lynn in Valdez, KDLL’s Jenny Neyman in Kenai and KIYU’s Tim Bodony in Galena. 

Coming up this week, our President visited the home of sockeye – and of your host – this week; a water problem hampered coho processing in Unalakleet, and we meet another unsung cannery worker in Petersburg, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from KDLG’s Dave Bendinger in Dillingham, KNOM’s Emily Russell in Nome, …

Coming up this week, the farthest north salmon fishery is another success, lots of kings made it all the way to Canada this year, and lots of pinks in Kodiak, not so much in Southeast. All that and remembering Don McManman, editor emeritus of Pacific Fishing Magazine, coming up, on the Alaska Fisheries Report. Thanks to Kayla Desroches for sitting …

Coming up this week, it’s man – and woman – against fish in Juneau’s Golden North Salmon Derby. This year’s winner tells the tale and shares her good luck charm. Then, the National Marine Fisheries Service is looking for two new comissioners, and we meet a cannery worker in Petersburg whose heart belongs to Texas. That and more coming up …

Coming up this week, four communities in the Bering Strait region have recieved a halibut donation in light of a poor walrus harvest this spring. And the federal government purchased millions of dollars worth of canned Alaska sockeye salmon. Then, we hear from a popular net shop owner in the town of Naknek. That and more coming up on the …

Coming up this week, Bristol Bay attracts floods of people from all over the world with its promise of sockeye salmon – but one beach remains a homebase for a local fishing family. And it’s science against sea squirts when a journalist joins divers to discover how they’re trying to get rid of an invasive species called “D-vex.” That and …

Coming up this week, Bristol Bay sockeye may have been late but they’re finishing in record territory; the Fish Board took action to protect Togiak fishermen; and buyers are struggling to keep up with the number of chum salmon flooding Norton Sound. All that, and the details behind the long awaited peace treaty over MSC labeling. We had help from …

Coming up this week, The Great MSC Standoff of 2015 is over; No second opening for Southeast king trollers; and are Kenai’s reds just late like everywhere else, or …? We had help from KCAW’s Rachel Waldholz in Sitka, KDLL’s Jenny Neyman in Kenai, KBBI’s Shady Grove Oliver in Homer and CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld in Juneau.  

Coming up this week, Bristol Bay sockeye strategically held back from hitting the nets until everyone doubted they’d show at all; Manakotak says “we can annex, too,” and getting to know our friends, the cannery workers. We had help KDLG’s Molly Dischner and Dave Bendinger in Dillingham, and KFSK’s Joe Sykes in Petersburg.