Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, the pollock abundance is up in the Bering Sea, dive fisheries are starting up in Southeast, and the feds are looking for your help in determining the economic value of fisheries in Southwest. All that, and a bunch of halibut flew from Kodiak to Kotzebue, and boy are their flippers tired, coming up on the Alaska …

Coming up this week, a Haines fisherman is safe after is boat sinks out from under him; a mixed decision in an Unalaska murder trial, and Western Alaska Natives ask for increased bycatch reduction. All that, and learning to love salmon caviar, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from KHNS’ Margaret Friedenauer in Haines, KTOO’s Matt …

Coming up this week, as usual, someone changes their mind just after the AFR is put to bed, a veteran Alaska business journalist is now at the helm of Pacific Fishing Magazine, Southeast pinks returned a little stronger than expected, and The Russian Situation, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from KDLG’s Mike …

Coming up this week, Alaskans won’t get to hear the Republican candidate for Senate’s take on fisheries, West Coast fishermen may be required to scare birds off, and more tests for radiation from Fukushima, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help from KSTK’s Katarina Sostaric in Wrangle and Northwest News Network’s Tom Banse in Olympia.

Coming up this week, What were then three candidates for Alaska governor debated fish in Kodiak last week, and even though there are now just two of them, we’ll hear from all three. Also, Senator Begich tells us about progress on the latest reauthorization of the Magnuson Stevens Act. We had help this week from KMXT’s Brianna Gibbs in Kodiak …

Coming up this week, Alaskan fishermen respond to Russia’s seafood ban; Alaska’s part of the Yukon River king salmon is over, but what is Canada’s management plan? All that, and where people go when they’re stranded in a fishing town. We couldn’t have done it without help from KUCB’s Lauren Rosenthal AND Annie Ropeik in Unalaska, KUAC’s Emily Schwing in …

A Siberian Taimen, which can grow to seven feet. National Geographic photo Coming up this week, federal disaster funds are starting to come available for those affected by the king salmon collapse; a third cannery worker has been charged with pollution in Unalaska, and did you know that there’s a Siberian freshwater salmon that can reach seven-feet long? Yeah. We’re …

Coming up this week, a Kotzebue man is cited for wasting salmon while two Unalaska cannery workers are charged with air pollution. Canadians could use some positive fishery news, and is the newest nightspot in Alaska’s top fishing port destined to become “an old-man fisherman bar”? And that’s all for this week’s edition of the Alaska Fisheries Report. We couldn’t …

Coming up this week, a four-day troll closure starts this weekend in Southeast, a tailings dam burst in British Columbia, contaminating important salmon rivers, and we take another look into the archives. We had help from KCAW’s Rachel Waldholz and Greta Mart in Sitka, CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld in Juneau, KCHU’s Tony Gorman in Valdez, KUCB’s Annie Ropeik in Unalaska and …

Coming up this week, a judge says the Kenai River sportsfishing industry can go ahead with its attempt to end commercial setnet fishing in parts of Alaska. It’s a banner summer for Southeast crabbers, but are the days numbered for Alaska’s crustaceans? All that, and sometimes fishy news happens after we go to press, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries …