Programs

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 …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The whales and the crabs have their own celebration and now so do the brown bears. The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge along with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is hosting the first ever Kodiak Brown Bear Days. Also, this week KNWR is hosting the Far North Film Festival. Hans Klausner from KNWR and Larry Van Daele …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The whales and the crabs have their own celebration and now so do the brown bears. The Kodiak National Wildlife Refuge along with the Alaska Department of Fish and Game is hosting the first ever Kodiak Brown Bear Days. Also, this week KNWR is hosting the Far North Film Festival. Hans Klausner from KNWR and Larry Van Daele …

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 …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT This week’s guest is Terry Haines. He’s on the Kodiak City Council and is involved with the Alaska Municipal League and the Crewman’s Association. He’s been active in the push to get the state to start collecting data on crewman. The information would be valuable to fishing communities, but the practicalities of gathering the data are, so far, …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT This week’s guest is Terry Haines. He’s on the Kodiak City Council and is involved with the Alaska Municipal League and the Crewman’s Association. He’s been active in the push to get the state to start collecting data on crewman. The information would be valuable to fishing communities, but the practicalities of gathering the data are, so far, …

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, …

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak Lions Club and FairWind Players are teaming up again this year to bring dinner theater to Kodiak. Today’s guests are Bob Brodie from the Lions Club, Jarod Griffin and Pat Szabo with FairWind Players and Ben Kerkenschlager and Christina Leithead from the Kodiak High School Jazz Band.

Jennifer Canfield/KMXT The Kodiak Lions Club and FairWind Players are teaming up again this year to bring dinner theater to Kodiak. Today’s guests are Bob Brodie from the Lions Club, Jarod Griffin and Pat Szabo with FairWind Players and Ben Kerkenschlager and Christina Leithead from the Kodiak High School Jazz Band.

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 …