Alaska Fisheries Report

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

Dutch astronaut Andre Kuipers aboard the International Space Station with his can of Alaska Salmon. Photo by Andre Kuipers Coming up this week, the families of five commercial clam diggers killed last summer are suing Pacific Seafoods, Copper River’s salmon season has opened, with the expected fanfare, and another installment of Fish In Space. We had help from KCHU’s Tony …

Coming up this week, the Togiak sac roe herring fishery happened all of a sudden this week; NOAA Fisheries issues its report on the status of U.S. Fisheries, close encounters of the cetacean kind, and jig fishermen get some marketing help. We had help this week from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham.

Coming up this week: the damage to Ocean Beauty’s dock in Petersburg won’t keep them from packing fish this summer. A fisherman’s luck turns from bad to worse in Sitka, and teaching kids about halibut. We had help from KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein in Petersburg and KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham.

Southeast Salmon Seiners have voted to buy back a number of permits, king salmon fishing should begin for gillnetters and trollers in the Stikine area starting early next week, and the downside of the foreign workers visa program. We had help from KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein in Petersburg and KMXT’s Jennifer Canfield in Kodiak.

Coming up this week, the gillnet herring fishery in Southeast could be going on as we speak, after fishermen were put on two-hour notice Monday night; Now is the time to start getting prepared for new fishing vessel safety regs going into effect next y ear, and putting on your best face when the fish council comes to town. We …

Coming up this week, the gillnet herring fishery in Southeast could be going on as we speak, after fishermen were put on two-hour notice Monday night; Now is the time to start getting prepared for new fishing vessel safety regs going into effect next y ear, and putting on your best face when the fish council comes to town. We …

Coming up this week, more on the truncated and disappointing Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring season, Senator Begich is pushing a replacement program in case the J-1 Student Worker Visa Program is ended, and Alaska Seafood exports were way up last year. All that, plus don’t count on the Pile Bay Road this spring, and at least the Legislature passed …

Coming up this week, the Sitka Sound sac roe herring fishery ended suddenly on Thursday – we’ll tell you why; Fishermen on 58-foot boats are not the only ones visiting Sitka for this fishery; There’s a new way to pay for a hatchery’s operations in Southeast, and ComFish Alaska is going on right now in Kodiak. We had help from …