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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

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT According to recent census data, there are over 1300 veterans in the borough of Kodiak. Just over 300 of those are registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive health benefits. Today’s guests are all from the the Department of Veterans Affairs including Rural Health Program Coordinator Susan Yeager, Director of the Rural Health Resource Center Dr. …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT According to recent census data, there are over 1300 veterans in the borough of Kodiak. Just over 300 of those are registered with the Department of Veterans Affairs to receive health benefits. Today’s guests are all from the the Department of Veterans Affairs including Rural Health Program Coordinator Susan Yeager, Director of the Rural Health Resource Center Dr. …

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 …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT This week’s guest is recent Kodiak High School graduate John McDonald. McDonald embarked on the trip of a lifetime this morning when he boarded a ferry bound for Homer. From Homer he will travel to Whittier and then to Belligham where he will start his America Bike Tour. KMXT interviewed McDonald late last night just hours before his …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT This week’s guest is recent Kodiak High School graduate John McDonald. McDonald embarked on the trip of a lifetime this morning when he boarded a ferry bound for Homer. From Homer he will travel to Whittier and then to Belligham where he will start his America Bike Tour. KMXT interviewed McDonald late last night just hours before his …

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.