Alaska Fisheries Report

Jacob Resneck/KMXT This week… a robust forecast for Bristol Bay’s sockeye runs; the state Board of Fish meets in Homer; a report from this year’s "FishExpo"; an insidious invasive sea squirt in Sitka; plus… a connection between volcano eruptions and salmon? We had help this week from KDLG ’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, KBBI ’s Marcia Lynn in Homer, KUCB …

Coming up this week: Pollock may save your liver; Pacific Marine Expo is happening right now, and humpback whales know all the best places to get a meal. All that, plus, miners and fishermen working together? We had help from KMXT’s Jacob Resneck in Kodiak, KYUK’s Angela Denning-Barnes in Bethel, KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez in Unalaska, and KTOO’s Casey Kelly in …

Coming up this week, fishermen get a half-billion-dollar payday for this summer’s salmon catch; the Bering Sea pollock assessment may lead to a 50-percent increase in next year’s total allowable catch; and, we meet the new spokesman for ASMI. We had help this week from KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez in Unalaska, KBBI’s Marcia Lynn in Homer, KFSK’s Joe Viechnicki in Petersburg, …

Coming up this week, NOAA’s top cop has been demoted, there’s controversy over commercial fishermen giving away roe-on-hemlock for free in Sitka, and community of Petersburg looks to maintain its fishing industry lifestyle. Also, the Lowell Wakefield Fisheries Symposium is Monday. All that and what was your harbormaster up to last week? We had help this week from KCAW’s Ed …

Jacob Resneck/KMXT Alaska’s three U.S. senate candidates share their views on fisheries management, a new film highlights the history and beauty of Bristol Bay; a seafood processor in Wrangell is paying out thousands of dollars in a settlement with the state and there’ll soon be room at the top at Alaska Department of Fish and Game as its top commercial …

Coming up this week: Chinook bycatch is not just a problem for the Bering Sea, the Bristol Bay crab season is underway, and where are you hauling out this winter? We had help this week from KMXT’s Jacob Resneck in Kodiak, KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez in Unalaska, Deckboss Blogger Wesley Loy in Anchorage, KFSK’s Matt Lichtenstein in Petersburg and KDLG’s Adam …

Coming up this week: Big decisions about observers and tanner crab protection came out of the North Pacific Council meeting; fishermen down the chain are upset with sea lion restrictions, and it looks like the skippers who held out on the Deadliest Catch are back in the fold – just in time for the start of the Bristol Bay Red …

Coming up this week, the North Pacific Council is meeting right now, and are scheduled to make major decisions on several issues. Meanwhile, uproar in Kodiak over Gulf Tanner Bycatch. And bumblebee halibut, coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from Deckboss Blogger Wesley Loy in Anchorage, KMXT’s Jacob Resneck in Kodiak, KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez …

Coming up this week: Cannery expansion in Dillingham, harbor expansion in Dutch and harbor taxes in Wrangell. Also, keeping shellfish safe and three familiar faces leave The Deadliest Catch. We had help this week from KDLG’s Mike Mason in Dillingham, KRBD’s Maria Dudzak in Ketchikan, KSTK’s Tony Gorman in Wrangell and KUCB’s Alexandra Gutierrez in Unalaska.

Coming up this week, the FDA holds a hearing on the future of Frankenfish, Denby Lloyd steps down as Fish and Game commissioner, and what’s this about feathered bycatch? All that and The Deadliest Lawsuit threatens the Hillstrand Brothers and the fishing vessel Time Bandit. Also: Disaster relief on the Yukon, the skipper of the FV Zimovia is safe after …