Jay Barrett/KMXT Coming up this week: Exactly how they’ll be determining king bycatch in the Bering Sea, and ComFish Alaska is a week away. All that, and there’s a new Deck Boss in town. We had help from KUCB‘s Anne Hillman in Unalaska, Fish Radio‘s Laine Welch in Kodiak, KDLL‘s Ben Stanton in Kenai and Deck Boss blogger Wesley Loy …
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Jay Barrett/KMXT On this week’s show, the North Pacific Fishery Management Council took some tough stands at its recent meeting in Anchorage, and the Sitka Sac Roe Herring Fishery from a different perspective. We had help from KUCB’s Anne Hillman, freelancer Mike Mason, and KCAW’s Student Reporter, Ben Gordon.
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Jay Barrett/KMXT On this week’s show, the U.S. Attorney General wants former Senator Ted Stevens’ conviction thrown out; The North Pacific Fishery Management Council is meeting right now in Anchorage; and shrimp fishing is returning to Prince William Sound. We had help from KNOM ‘s Paul Korchin in Nome, KCAW ‘s Bonnie-Sue Hitchcock in Sitka, and freelancer Mike Mason in …
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Jay Barrett/KMXT On this week’s show: The Sitka Sac Roe Herring season opened in the past week; we have part two of Big Fish, Little Fish; and who’s your Fish Master? That, and Trident says no to Wrangell Seafoods, all coming up on the Alaska Fisheries Report. We had help this week from KRBD ‘s Jay Marble on Prince of …
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Jay Barrett/KMXT Coming up this week: Fish and Game is predicting more salmon this summer than last, but is harvest pressure making fish smaller? And how the Sitka Sound Sac Roe Herring Fishery is like love. We had help this week from Deb Corso in Sitka, KUCB‘s Anne Hillman in Unalaska and KDLG‘s Adam Kane in Dillingham.
Read More »Talk of The Rock with Jay Barrett
Jay Barrett/KMXT This week on Talk of The Rock, we chat with Dr. Stanley "Jeep" Rice, a NOAA Fisheries scientist from Juneau, who will make a presentation about the lasting affects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. And we talk with Toby Sullivan, executive director of the Kodiak Maritime History Museum, about the display of photographs of the spill on …
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Jay Barrett/KMXT This week on Talk of The Rock, we chat with Dr. Stanley "Jeep" Rice, a NOAA Fisheries scientist from Juneau, who will make a presentation about the lasting affects of the Exxon Valdez Oil Spill. And we talk with Toby Sullivan, executive director of the Kodiak Maritime History Museum, about the display of photographs of the spill on …
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Jay Barrett/KMXT Coming up on this week’s show, the halibut season is fast approaching, but what kind of prices can fishermen expect? Unalaska’s mayor is worried king salmon bycatch may hurt her city; and changes to sport sablefish could affect the commercial fishery in southeast. All that, and Exxon Valdez Captain Joseph Hazelwood says he’s sorry. We had help this …
Read More »A Very Literary Talk of The Rock
Jay Barrett/KMXT This week on Talk of The Rock, we welcome City of Kodiak Library Director Joe D’Elia, who is hosting the Alaska Library Association convention here starting Friday. Also, Toby Sullivan, who is organizing the Second Annual "Kodiak Out Loud" and Moe Bowstern, one of the poets/writers who will perform on Saturday at 7:30 in the Gerald C. Wilson …
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Jay Barrett/KMXT On this week’s show: More outcomes from the Board of Fish meeting in Sitka, the Southeast Tanner and Golden crab seasons are going great guns, and ground is about to be broken for Unalaska’s newest cold storage facility. All that and a brand new fishery is about to kick off in Prince William Sound. < ![endif]--> < ![endif]--> …
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