Alaska Fisheries Report

Coming up on this week’s show: NOAA’s new head is an ardent conservationist who’s criticized the agency in the past for not doing enough to curb what she sees as over-fishing; The City of Kenai is setting up a task force to protect its fisheries; And you can now renew your fishing permits online. All that and more, coming up …

On this week’s Alaska Fisheries Report: The North Pacific Fishery Management Council wrapped up its meeting in Anchorage this week, and as expected, cut nearly 20 percent from the pollock fishery next year. The council decided to do some more thinking about other issues, including processor quotas and crew shares in the Bering Sea crab fishery, latent licenses and sector …

On the Alaska Fisheries Report this week: Federal agents raid Ocean Beauty Seafoods headquarters in Seattle and plants elsewhere; North Pacific Fishery Management Council has a lot on its agenda at its meeting in Anchorage; And fishermen have started getting their Exxon Valdez Oil Spill checks. All that and more, coming up on this week’s edition of The Alaska Fisheries …

On this week’s show: There’s a lot of pollock in the news. And a few less halibut on Southeast fishermen’s hooks. Also, the Kenai Peninsula Borough is looking to form a fish taskforce to address the always contentious fisheries in Cook Inlet. All that and more, on the Alaska Fisheries Report.

Jay Barrett/KMXT On this week’s show, it should be a green Christmas for some fishermen, as the first Exxon Valdez Oil Spill checks will be arriving soon. The IPHC recommends lower halibut catch limits for 2009. And is Rationalization the wave of the future? All that, and everything you ever wanted to know about Trident’s Chuck Bundrant, this week, on …

This week on the Alaska Fisheries Report: It’s the end of the "Uncle Ted" era in Alaska; Sea Hawk Seafoods is appealing a judge’s decision to not give it more money under the Exxon Valdez pay out; and seaweed – it’s not just for wrapping sushi any more. All that and more, on the Alaska Fisheries Report.

On this week’s show: Unless Sea Hawk Seafoods appeals, the way is clear for the first round of Exxon Valdez Oil Spill checks to go in the mail; This year’s pollock fishery in the Bering Sea is over, and the outlook for next year’s season is more than a bit lower; And, changes being considered by the board of fish …

On this week’s show: Alaska Senator Ted Stevens has the slimmest of leads in his re-election bid, the hearing into the sinking of the Katmai wrapped up, the EPA has turned over water quality permitting to the state of Alaska, and Kodiak tanner fishermen are looking at a catch 20-percent less than last season. All that plus a visit with …

Casey Kelly/KMXT From KMXT in Kodiak, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. Coming up this week… Reaction to the Ted Stevens guilty verdict from fishing communities and fishermen. The Coast Guard and NTSB begin hearings into the fatal sinking of the F/V Katmai. And, IPHC Executive Director Bruce Leaman tours Southeast communities. Those stories and more on this week’s Alaska …

Casey Kelly/KMXT From KMXT in Kodiak, this is the Alaska Fisheries Report. Coming up this week… More delays in store for victims of the Exxon Valdez oil spill awaiting punitive damages. The first king crab arrives in Dutch Harbor. And Yukon River fishermen get their dipnets ready for another lamprey test fishery. Those stories and more coming up on this …