Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week, Cook Inlet setnetters finally get a break; there’ll be no Frankenfish Bill this year in Congress; Southeast Kings come up short, while the Copper River sockeye run is nearing a record…. and crewmen: if you think your skipper is tough on you, wait till you hear the story of the shotgun-toting Canadian skipper. We had help …

Coming up this week, free salmon nets proved controversial on the Kuskokwim, they’re incubating salmon eggs in Norton Sound while two Southeast communities would like to see more fish hatcheries in their region. All that and setnetters on the Kenai want their fair share of Cook Inlet salmon. We had help this week from KYUK’s Sophie Evan in Bethel, KDLL’s …

This week we take a sweeping look at the salmon season from one end of the state to the other; the loss of a Haines fisherman recently has prompted his fleet-mates to get as many fishermen outfitted with PFDs as possible; and find out exactly why copper is bad for baby salmon. We had help this week from KHNS’s Margaret …

A Tencel Salmon Blazer from fashion designer Lindsay Long features lapels and pockets trimmed in salmon skin leather. It’s part of her line of salmon-detailed clothing coming out this fall. Coming up this week, the long-time boss at ASMI is fixin’ to retire, while officials plan to fix the MV Excellence, its crew has been stranded in Unalaska, fishing on …

Coming up this week: How ObamaCare may help independent fishing families; processing fish and creating jobs in Kake, and sharing fish on the Yukon. All that, and the Dungy season in Southeast got off to a better start this summer than last. We had help this week from KCAW’s Ed Ronco in Sitka, KHNS’s Margaret Friedenauer in Haines, KUAC’s Dan …

Coming up this week: It looks like a sizable payday is in store for Norton Sound crabbers this summer, ASMI awards its first sustainability certification, and in what might be a harbinger of things to come for Alaska salmon, Russian sockeye are fetching much lower prices in Japan this summer. We had help from KNOM’s Matthew Smith in Nome, KFSK’s …

Coming up this week the Norton Sound Red King quota is up, a dog who wouldn’t abandon ship as it was going down near Kodiak was rescued by a Good Samaritan. And the struggle to subsist on salmon, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from KYUK’s Mark Arehart reporting from Mountain Village, KUCB’s …

Held up by Sealife aquarist Jemma Battric, Claude weighs a mighty 15lbs and measures 15 inches wide – when he is fully grown he will weigh a whopping 30lbs and gain an extra three inches.Daily Mail photo Coming up this week, the trawlers in the Gulf will see a 15 percent reduction in allowable halibut bycatch; to err is human, …

Coming up this week: Ocean Beauty says damage to its Petersburg dock will force them to pack salmon elsewhere this summer; the North Pacific council is meeting right now in Kodiak, and halibut bycatch is at the top of the menu. All that, and yes, boats still hit icebergs and they still sink, 100 years after the Titanic. We had …

Coming up this week, outlook, outlook, outlook, recap. Also, the North Pacific Fisheries Management Council is headed towards Kodiak, and a Fairbanks professor wants to know what fishermen think of their careers and community. We had help this week from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, and KNOM’s Ben Matheson in Nome. Here’s the outlook for the NPFMC’s upcoming meetings: npfmc_three_meeting_outlook