Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up this week: As the pollock A season wraps up, villagers call for a crackdown on the trawl fleet because it’s intercepting too many of their salmon, Obama’s National Oceans Policy is criticized at a panel in Anchorage and fishermen want more information on ocean ccidification. We had help from KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez in Unalaska, APRN’s Steve Heimel and …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Coming up this week: Fish and Game reduces limits for two popular sportsfishing rivers in Kodiak, a Southeast village corporation is seeking a federal takeover of the Chatham Strait fisheries and the Sitka Tribe protests a dramatic increase of the Sitka sac roe herring guideline harvest level. All that and more golden king crab to go around. We …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Coming up this week: The feds are taking a closer look at seafood fraud, the state will start monitoring personally-harvested bivalves for PSP, the Department of Labor declares fishing as the deadliest way to make a living in Alaska and the Senate is looking at a resolution to get more young folks into the industry. All that and …

Coming up this week, Arne Fuglvog will spend less than a six months in prison for his fishing crimes; Southeast Native groups support trimming the sea otter population, but are concerned about some of a plan’s ramifications; and the start dates for two crab fisheries will remain flexible. All that and should seats on the North Pacific Council be dedicated …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT Coming up this week, A pirate ship in Unalaska will be up for sale soon; user groups on the Tsiu River near Yakutat clash over salmon allocations; Congress authorizes $1.7 million to dredge the entrance to Kodiak’s St. Paul Harbor; and Representative Alan Austerman touts coastal communities at a recent economic summit held in Anchorage. We had help …

Jay Barrett/KMXT Coming up this week, potential changes to the foreign student work program could mean big trouble for Alaska’s canneries this summer; longliners and the charter fleet reach a rare compromise in Southeast; and the Fish Board chairman said there was nothing improper with his accepting room and board for a meeting in his own town. We had help …

Coming up this week: the Board of Fisheries has decided to close some territory of the Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring fishery; efforts continue to reduce chum salmon bycatch in the Bering Sea, Icicle buys SnoPac and ASMI’s boss updates the House Fisheries Committee. We had help this week from CoastAlaska’s Ed Schoenfeld in Ketchikan, KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, …

ADF&G 2012 Salmon Run Forecast and Harvest Projections (pdf) Coming up this week, the summer salmon harvest could be 25 percent less than last year, increased processor capacity is in the future for the Aleutians, and Atka mackerel are pretty tasty, but are they always nutritious? We had help this week from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez …

Coming up this week, seiners in Southeast may be voting this year on buying back fishing permits, the Pribilof fishing town of Saint Paul has had its share of problems this winter, geoduck farming could expand out of Southeast, and what happens when young fishermen get together. We had help this week from KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki in Petersburg, KUHB’s Alexandra …

Coming up this week, Arne Fuglvog will spend less than a six months in prison for his fishing crimes; Southeast Native groups support trimming the sea otter population, but are concerned about some of a plan’s ramifications; and the start dates for two crab fisheries will remain flexible. All that and should seats on the North Pacific Council be dedicated …