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Jay Barrett/KMXT This week: A new study says maybe the world will not run out of fish in 50 years after all; a founder of Icicle Seafoods has passed away; and why Arne Fuglvog is still in limbo. Also, contaminants in Alaska seafood to be tested, UAF’s new research ship needs a name, and where do processors rank as Alaska …

Jay Barrett/KMXT On this week’s show, gillnetters are not happy about commercial closures in Cook Inlet, fish tickets are being proposed for halibut anglers, Rainforest Wild is moving on, and it’s hot in Sitka – hot pink. All that, and what’s this about mad cow fish? We had help this week from KDLL’s Ben Stanton in Kenai, KTOO’s Rosemarie Alexander …

Host Jay Barrett welcomes Superintendent Stewart McDonald, Assistant Superintendent Ron Fried, Kodiak High Principal Bill Watkins and District Director of Operations Scott Williams to Talk of the Rock to discuss the push for renovating the high school.

Host Jay Barrett welcomes Superintendent Stewart McDonald, Assistant Superintendent Ron Fried, Kodiak High Principal Bill Watkins and District Director of Operations Scott Williams to Talk of the Rock to discuss the push for renovating the high school.

Jay Barrett/KMXT On this week’s show: Where does your port rank in landings? Bristol Bay is busting through the 30-million mark in sockeye catch, plus, Yukon protests and the return of shrimping to southeast. We had help from KDLG’s Adam Kane and Mike Mason in Dillingham, KNOM’s Jesse Zink in Nome, and KHNS’ Nicholas Szatkowski in Haines.

Alaska blues legend Gary "Alaska Slim" Sloan will be performing Saturday in Kodiak at the Mecca Lounge as part of the KMXT Concert Series. He spoke with KMXT’s Jay Barrett about his career, interspersed with some of his songs.

Alaska blues legend Gary "Alaska Slim" Sloan will be performing Saturday in Kodiak at the Mecca Lounge as part of the KMXT Concert Series. He spoke with KMXT’s Jay Barrett about his career, interspersed with some of his songs.

Jay Barrett/KMXT Bristol Bay Sockeye may be winding down, but it’s been a banner year; meanwhile, Alaska salmon prices have gotten a boost from problems with Chilean fish farms; and, what do you get for trying to smuggle 91 lobsters in your pants? The answer to that, and more, on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from …

Jay Barrett/KMXT On this week’s show: Governor Sarah Palin goes fishing days after announcing her resignation; Bristol Bay is chock full of red salmon; and Sealaska gets into oyster farming. Also, the FV Trident gets a hefty fine, the Great Kusko King Vanishing Act, and standing guard against green crab. We had help from Fish Radio’s Laine Welch in Kodiak, …

Jay Barrett/KMXT On this Independence Day Weekend edition of The Alaska Fisheries Report, processors put fishermen on limits in Bristol Bay again this year; Exxon shocks the world, and what’s inside a crab that makes kids say "eew"? Also, the Southeast summer king season opens, as does the scallop fishery statewide, and the Kodiak Island Borough asks the feds to …